Apocalypse's Eternal Return Hipster guru predicts: Capitalism will destroy the world! -- Reason Magazine

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Reason Magazine reviews Danial 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, by Daniel Pinchbeck, Bere is a taste from the beginning of the review:

Did you know that the ancient Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl—the all-encompassing plumed serpent whose return has been prophesied for centuries—has decided to weigh in on politics? Here’s an excerpt from his message for the world of mortal men: “The global capitalist system that is currently devouring your planetary resources will soon self-destruct, leaving many of you bereft.”

Quetzalcoatl has chosen to speak through the curious medium of Daniel Pinchbeck, 40, a former editor of the Manhattan lit-journal Open City. Pinchbeck has had a glowing reputation in hipster circles since his 2002 book Breaking Open the Head, a travelogue and treatise on exotic psychedelics, which transformed him into the 21st century’s chief pop guru on the meaning and significance of altered states—a thought leader whose musings, no matter how offbeat, are considered worthy of review in publications as mainstream as The New York Times.

The rest of this well reasoned review can be read at the link at the top of this post.

Note: Image Dürer's Four horsemen of the Apocalypse by way of Wikipedia