cancel the apocalypse

Recently I have been having the increasingly powerful realization that the "shift" does not have to happen catastrophically at all. We could potentially, as Saul Williams put it, "Cancel the Apocalypse," and skip straight into the Golden Age without the otherwise inevitable harrowing of hell.

It would be a bit like the fall of the Berlin Wall, but on an exponentially larger and deeper level - in which all of the "mind-forged manacles" as Blake called them suddenly fall away, because we are done with them.

One aspect of this is that those of us who have been thinking about this transformation or noospheric activation, and in a sense preparing the "morphogenetic field" for this shift in consciousness, have to work harder on ourselves - we have to abolish our deep desire for some kind of cosmic come-uppance.

By this I mean that a lot of people in the radical and progressive cultural realm, on some level, are actively looking forward to the destruction of the present system and then a truly horrendous and volatile passage before we potentially come out the other side. What underlies this is an old-fashioned Christian notion, that our civilization needs to do "penance" for our "sins," before we can go forward. It also suits some deep interior wiring for catharsis - like the bloody spectacles performed in the Roman coliseum.

But even these deep inner processes can be examined for what they are - shadow projections.

I am putting my intention into a different potential outcome - a massive and sudden raising of the collective intelligence of the species, as a natural and instinctive reaction to this critical moment.

I agree with the Dalai Lama that all anyone wants is a better life - if we can show the worst apparatchik in the Bush regime how to achieve a better life, with more love and generosity and meaning, they can make a switch in an instant.

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EVENT

I'm giving a talk tomorrow night, Thursday, at Spoonbill and Sugartown booksellers, 218 Bedford Ave at N3, 7 pm.

new interview in Maybe Logic Quarterly

This is a nice conversational interview with me - though it needs some copyediting:

maybelogic.org/maybequart...terview.htm

upcoming readings and events

The "2012" tour continues this summer.

Hope you can catch one of these events, or pass the info on to others in the area.


Saturday, June 25: Gaian Mind Festival, Pennsylvania
Early Evening (time TBA): Talk/reading
For directions and info: www.gaian-mind.com/gmsf2k6.htm

Thursday, July 13: Brooklyn
7:00 PM: Talk/signing at Spoonbill & Sugartown, 218 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, New York, 11211

Tuesday, July 18: Durham, NC
7:00 PM: Talk/signing at The Regulator Bookshop, 720 9th Street, Durham, NC, 27705,

Thursday, July 20: Asheville, NC
7:00 PM: Talk/signing at Malaprop’s, 55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801, 828-254-6734.

Monday, July 24: Tyson’s Corners (DC area)
7:30 PM: Talk/signing at Borders, 8027 Leesburg Pike, Ste 100, Vienna, VA 22182, 703-556-7766, Contact: Faika Halici, 703-536-4023, fhalici@bordersgroupinc.com

August 3 – 9: Boom Festival, Portugal
Talk and panel discussion: Dates/time TBA
For info: www.boomfestival.org/boom2006/index.html

Wednesday, August 16: Philadelphia
7:30 PM: Talk/signing at Borders, 1 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, 215-568-7400

Thursday, August 17: Boston
12:30 PM: Talk/signing at Borders, 10-24 School Street, Boston, MA, 02108, 617-557-7188

powell's info corrected

on thurs night, i will be reading at the powell's on hawthorne street.



Powell's Books on Hawthorne
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

weds in seattle (plus party afterward)

Please join us on Wednesday, June 14th as we welcome author Daniel Pinchbeck
to Seattle. He will be reading from his new book "2012: The Return of
Quetzacoatl" at Elliot Bay Bookstore at 6pm. We will host a reception
afterwards at 76 S. Washington, Suite m106.

on Thursday, June 15, i will be reading in Portland, at Powell's.






Thursday, June 15: Portland
7:30 PM: Talk/signing at Powell’s, 2720 NW 29th, Portland, 97210, 503-228-4651 x5889. Contact: Michal Drannen, michal.drannen@powells.com.

SF party for "2012" and "Entheogen" on Weds, June 7

Wednesday, June 7

Reception for “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl”, a new book by Daniel Pinchbeck, and “Entheogen: Awakening the God Within”, a new film by Rod Mann, Nikos Katsaonis, and Kevin Kohley.

Supper Club San Francisco
657 Harrison Street
94107-1312 CA, San Francisco
P (415) 348 0900
supperclubsf.com

Reception in bar area 9 – 11 p.m. (reading from “2012” at 10 p.m., screening of “Enthegeon to follow).
Party continues in the main club after 11 p.m.

RSVP: Daniel@breakingopenthehead.com

2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (Tarcher/Penguin nonfiction, May 4, 2006, $26.95, ISBN 1-58542-483-8) by Daniel Pinchbeck unifies the inquiry into cosmological phenomena — including crop circles, quantum physics, and the worldwide resurgence of shamanism — in support of the Mayan prophecy that the year 2012 will bring an unprecedented global shift in human consciousness.

“Daniel Pinchbeck's 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl is a dazzling kaleidoscopic journey through the quixotic hinterlands of consciousness, crop circles, and ancient prophecy, as well as an intriguing and deeply personal odyssey of transformation. 2012 presents a compelling and complex teleological argument, weaving together the twilit realms of the human imagination and the harsh realities of accelerated global catastrophe. Its conclusions are surprisingly robust, original, and thankfully optimistic.”
— Sting


“Entheogen: Awakening the Divine Within” is an 80 minute documentary concerning ecological awareness, evolution of consciousness, and the revival of shamanism. What do ancient rites of passage have to do with our ecological crisis? What do dancing and festivals have to do with the collective consciousness?

Stan Grof, Ralph, Metzner, Marilyn Schlitz, and Barabara Marx Hubbard among others, postulate how the disenchantment brought about by the scientific method has created our current ecological crisis and how the emergence of the technosphere has made available the next leap in the evolution of consciousness.

Trailer is available at www.maps.org/avarchive/entheogen.mov

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Other Bay Area book tour events for “2012”

Thursday, June 8: San Francisco
7 PM: Talk/signing at City Lights, 261 Columbus Avenue, SF, 94133

Sunday, June 11: San Francisco
The Visionary Voices Salon (all day event with Erik Davis and Mark Pesce. Daniel Pinchbeck will talk from noon to 1 pm.) Café Cocomo 650 INDIANA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94110. Donations $20.00. 21 and Over- No One Turned away for lack of Funds- Free and plentiful Parking- also easily accessible via MUNI route 22 Filmore- Plenty of Drink, and Some Food. W

Sunday, June 11, Oakland
3:00 PM: Talk/signing at Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618

2 recent articles on 2012

2 recent articles on 2012:
www.idonline.com/features/feature.asp
www.timeout.com/newyork/Details.do

updated west coast tour schedule

2012 Tour
Daniel Pinchbeck



Monday, May 29, 7pm-midnight @ Bedlam Warehouse, Downtown LA - 2012: Return of Quetzalcoatl * Book Release Party for Daniel Pinchbeck. Hosted by EvolverProject, Bedlam Warehouse & Cynnamon Twyst

-- Pinchbeck reading + discussion, 8-9:30
-- live avant-electronika by Volvox 10-11:30 (myspace.com/mulchsound)
-- timechange-ambient-mix by Twist before & after

$5 donation, 7pm-midnite
Bedlam Warehouse
www.bedlamfilmlocation.com
1275 E. Fifth St., off Alameda
Limited private parking, first come first serve, & "at yr own risk" street
parking


Friday, June 2: Los Angeles
7 PM: Talk/signing at Book Soup, 8818 Sunset Boulevard, LA, 90069, 310-659-3684. Contact: Tyson Cornell, Tyson@booksoup.com.

Sunday, June 4: Malibu
3:00 PM: Talk/signing at Diesel, A Bookstore, 3890 Cross Creed Road, Malibu, CA 90265, 310-456-9961. Contact: John Evans, john@dieselbookstore.com.

Monday, June 5: Santa Cruz
7 PM: Talk/signing at Gateways Books and Gifts, 126 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95062, Contact: David: 831-429-9600

Wednesday, June 7: Book launch party at the Supper Club in SF – details to be announced soon.

Thursday, June 8: San Francisco
7 PM: Talk/signing at City Lights, 261 Columbus Avenue, SF, 94133, 415-362-8193.

Sunday, June 11: San Francisco

The Visionary Voices Salon (all day event with Erik Davis, Mark Pesce. I will talk there from noon to 1 pm sharp, and hope to return for the end.) Café Cocomo 650 INDIANA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 94110. Donations $20.00. 21 and Over- No One Turned away for lack of Funds- Free and plentiful Parking- also easily accessible via MUNI route 22 Filmore- Plenty of Drink, and Some Food. W

Sunday, June 11, Oakland
3:00 PM: Talk/signing at Diesel, A Bookstore, 5433 College Avenue, Oakland, CA 94618, 510-633-9965. Contact: John Evans, john@dieselbookstore.com.



Wednesday, June 14: Seattle
6 PM: Talk/signing at Elliott Bay Bookstore, 101 S. Main Street, Seattle, WA 98104.
Contact Rick Simonson, 206/624-6600, rsimonson@elliottbaybook.com.

Thursday, June 15: Portland
7:30 PM: Talk/signing at Powell’s, 2720 NW 29th, Portland, 97210, 503-228-4651 x5889. Contact: Michal Drannen, michal.drannen@powells.com.

Thursday, July 20: Asheville, NC
7:00 PM: Talk/signing at Malaprop’s, 55 Haywood St, Asheville, NC 28801, 828-254-6734.

coast to coast update

They changed the time for Saturday.

I will be on "Coast to Coast AM" from 11 pm - 2 am PST, 2 am - 5 am EST. Podcasts are available afterwards, though subscription may be required to access them.

Schedule:
www.coasttocoastam.com/shows/...13.html

Affiliates:
www.coasttocoastam.com/affili...aa.html

Saturday night - Coast to Coast AM

Hi folks,

I will be on Coast to Coast AM this Saturday night, from 7 - 10 pm PST. I will be talking about my new book, 2012.

It should be fun - hope you can tune in, or check it out later as a podcast.