2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl Audiobook By Daniel Pinchbeck cover art

2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl

Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for $0.00
Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for $14.95/mo after 3 months. Cancel anytime.

2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl

By: Daniel Pinchbeck
Narrated by: Paradox Pollack
Try for $0.00

$0.00/mo. after 3 months. Offer ends July 31, 2025 at 11:59PM PT. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $17.47

Buy for $17.47

Confirm purchase
Pay using card ending in
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use, License, and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.
Cancel

2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl is the acclaimed metaphysical epic that binds together the cosmological phenomena of our time, ranging from crop circles to quantum theory to the resurgence of psychedelic drugs, to support the contention of the Mayan calendar that the year 2012 portends a global shift—in consciousness, culture, and way of living—of unprecedented consequence.

The Classical Maya developed a highly sophisticated civilization in the Yucatan and Guatemala that vanished 1,000 years ago. They were extraordinary architects and astronomers, and developed methods of timekeeping that are far more precise than our Western calendar system. Although we destroyed most of their scrolls, our archaeologists have discovered that the Maya looked toward the year 2012—specifically the date December 21, 2012—as the end of a “Great Cycle” of 5,125 years on their Long Count calendar. According to the Mayan creation myth, the Popol Vuh, such cycles end with the destruction of the old way of life and the inception of a new world. Many scholars agree that the Classic Maya pointed to this time, around the year 2012, as the juncture between one world age and the next.

We are currently in the throes of an ecological crisis, brought about by human activity, which threatens us with disaster if we do not immediately change our ways. Basic resources such as fuel, water, and food are becoming scarce around the world. Many scientists have predicted cataclysm due to climate change and pollution that could lead to the extinction of the human species in a short span of time. On the other hand, we are also experiencing a massive leap in human consciousness. Our world is now meshed together through communications technology and social networks that act as a “global brain.” We can transmit new ideas and transformative practices instantly across the world.

In 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, I proposed that what happens in “2012” depends on what humanity decides to make of it. We might see global famines and wars and increasing misery, or we might decide to institute a new planetary culture based on empathy, alternative economic systems, sustainable design, and an equitable sharing of wealth. According to the prophecies held by the Maya and other indigenous cultures, we may integrate modern scientific knowledge with Eastern spiritual wisdom and indigenous shamanism, leading to a new understanding of the physical and psychic cosmos. Rather than “doomsday,” 2012 could be a time of positive transformation and the opening to a new way of life.

©2006 Daniel Pinchbeck (P)2022 Waterside Productions, Inc.
Divination Religious Studies Spirituality Unexplained Mysteries Maya Civilization Consciousness Ancient History Extrasensory Perception Parapsychology

Listeners also enjoyed...

The Occult Control System Audiobook By Daniel Pinchbeck cover art
The Occult Control System By: Daniel Pinchbeck
Modern Occultism Audiobook By Mitch Horowitz cover art
Modern Occultism By: Mitch Horowitz
Afterlife Audiobook By Daniel Pinchbeck cover art
Afterlife By: Daniel Pinchbeck
How Soon Is Now Audiobook By Daniel Pinchbeck cover art
How Soon Is Now By: Daniel Pinchbeck
When Plants Dream Audiobook By Daniel Pinchbeck, Sophia Rokhlin cover art
When Plants Dream By: Daniel Pinchbeck, and others
A Course in Miracles: Text, Vol. 1 Audiobook By Dr. Helen Schucman - scribe cover art
A Course in Miracles: Text, Vol. 1 By: Dr. Helen Schucman - scribe
Empire of the Summer Moon Audiobook By S. C. Gwynne cover art
Empire of the Summer Moon By: S. C. Gwynne
Between Death and Life Audiobook By Dolores Cannon cover art
Between Death and Life By: Dolores Cannon
The Dawn of Everything Audiobook By David Graeber, David Wengrow cover art
The Dawn of Everything By: David Graeber, and others
The Bhagavad Gita Audiobook By Eknath Easwaran cover art
The Bhagavad Gita By: Eknath Easwaran
Autobiography of a Yogi Audiobook By Paramahansa Yogananda cover art
Autobiography of a Yogi By: Paramahansa Yogananda
The Immortality Key Audiobook By Brian C. Muraresku, Graham Hancock - foreword cover art
The Immortality Key By: Brian C. Muraresku, and others
The Ra Contact Audiobook By Don Elkins, Carla L. Rueckert, James Allen McCarty cover art
The Ra Contact By: Don Elkins, and others
How to Read the Akashic Records: Accessing the Archive of the Soul and Its Journey Audiobook By Linda Howe cover art
How to Read the Akashic Records: Accessing the Archive of the Soul and Its Journey By: Linda Howe
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross Audiobook By John M. Allegro cover art
The Sacred Mushroom and the Cross By: John M. Allegro
Prometheus Rising Audiobook By Robert Anton Wilson cover art
Prometheus Rising By: Robert Anton Wilson
How We Live Is How We Die Audiobook By Pema Chödrön cover art
How We Live Is How We Die By: Pema Chödrön
Escaping from Eden Audiobook By Paul Wallis cover art
Escaping from Eden By: Paul Wallis
History Ends in Green Audiobook By Terence McKenna cover art
History Ends in Green By: Terence McKenna
The Three Magical Books of Solomon: The Greater Key of Solomon, The Lesser Key of Solomon & The Testament of Solomon Audiobook By King Solomon, Samuel Liddell MacGregor, Aleister Crowley, Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare cover art
The Three Magical Books of Solomon: The Greater Key of Solomon, The Lesser Key of Solomon & The Testament of Solomon By: King Solomon, and others
Most relevant  
The author’s voice and style is quite enjoyable but he could’ve organized the various ideas and topics explored in the book better. I’m curious about how he feels about what actually happened in 2012.

The narrator is also very enjoyable to listen to. I noticed when reading quotes by Terence McKenna, he kind of did his signature voice and mannerisms, I think. If this was intentional and I did not just make this up, it was a good touch.

Very interesting yet a bit convoluted

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

On spite of the fact that the book is both outdated and poorly written-somehow you keep reading it waiting for doomsday to be explained. It doesn’t happen. The usual litany of environmental woes mixed into dense, obtuse blathering.

Overly academic and convaluted

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Great writing, and wild collage of content that Pinchpeck weaves together in a really engaging way

Unexpected favorite

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

This book will bifurcate the audience between people who will think Pinchbeck is crazy, and those who believe he was tuning in. I’m in the later group.

Prophecy… a work of Art

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

I originally read the first half of this book right after it came out and was fascinated. It was very cerebral and went over my head so I took a break and just never picked it back up again. finally, I was ready to revisit the book from, so here I am. After having the first half distilled through a second read, I really learned a lot more than from my first time through. The book has a great premise, solid investigative real world research, and a massive data dump of many fascinating ideas and mysteries related to consciousness, the soul, reincarnation, plant medicines, and different ancient civilizations beliefs on these matters. Going through the second half of the book was not as easy going for me. It dived deep into the author's personal hallucinogenic experiences and the Mayan belief system, both of which I did not find much interest in, nor did I care for. The whole bit on crop circles was new news to me. I always thought all that was a hoax and I only learned here that there actually is a real open-ended unknown phenomenon associated with that going back to pre-modern times. I thoroughly enjoyed the bit on the swami that argues that consciousness is fundamental, rather than matter. This exposition predates Donald Hoffman's recent public relations campaign arguing this same point, which has deeply resonated with me over the last year or so. for me, that was the greatest takeaway of this book and I'm very grateful that I got to read it and discovered in it that these ideas are long-standing and have an investigated by both the spiritual and intellectual classes of both Eastern and western society.

A brave soul on a quest for meaning and purpose

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.