A History of the End of Time – Apocalypse

Author: John Michael Greer
Publisher: ‘Quercus
Year: 2012
Pages: 229
Printed: UK
ISBN: 9781780870403
Binding: Soft Cover
Book Condition: New
Weight: 168gr.
Description from the publisher: The ancient Egyptians would have known it as the sixth day of Pachon. The Mayans named it 4 Ahau 3 Kankin. To us it is 21 December, 2012. On this day, it is said, the world will come to an end. This is not the first time we’ve been told that our time is up. And – touch wood – it probably won’t be the last. Religious and secular, past and present – Apocalypse covers each and every one of our prophesized dooms: featuring asteroids, Antichrists, solar flares, Singularities, Utopias, UFOs, Zoroastrians and Zapotecs, to mention but a small few. The result is a thorough history of one the most fascinating threads of our cultural existence: spanning from the first warnings of our ancient ancestors, to the contemporary (yet equally glum) forecasts for our future.