2012: Science or Superstition (The Definitive Guide to the Doomsday Phenomenon)

by Alexandra Bruce

The expanded companion book to the #1 documentary film about 2012! The 2012 meme has evolved beyond any debates about the relevance of the Maya Long Count calendar to the lives of contemporary human beings. 2012 is about us on planet Earth at this time. December 21, 2012: will the world really change forever on this date, the end of a 5,125year calendar last used over a thousand years ago? Certainly Hollywood would like you to think so. Indeed, a notsosmall industry has arisen around the date, hawking everything from tshirts to teleseminars. Clearing a path between fantasy and reality, Alexandra Bruce surveys the entire 2012 landscape, asking questions such
Is the Earth losing its Mojo? Did psychedelics facilitate the Maya "Cosmovision"? Uniquely amongst a vast array of 2012 literature, this book features interviews with the leading experts--including Graham Hancock, John Major Jenkins, Daniel Pinchbeck and many others--and insightful, detailed analysis of the broad spectrum of opinion, debate, research and myth regarding the most compelling "end times" prediction of the 21st century.

Genres: Science

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Brazilian-American Author and filmmaker.

She is the author of six non-fiction books about popular culture, science and spirituality.

Reviews

[Danielle Jorgenson Akanat · Rating 5 out of 5]

At the beginning of the month I bought 2012: Science or Superstition by Alexandra Bruce. I have been aware of the book since before its publication because I follow Disinformation.com pretty regularly with Facebook. I have previously purchased and loved Beyond the Bleep: The definitive unauthorized guide to What the Bleep Do We Know? By Alexandra Bruce. Alexandra Bruce's ability to give you an overview of a topic that is packed with more than surface information is astounding. And it benefits anyone who wants to get a real handle on the entire 2012 hubbub. I have read a few other books about 2012 before that left me a little disappointed. They were Apocalypse 2012, How To Survive 2012 and the other was The Mystery of 2012: Predictions, Prophecies, and Possibilities respectively. The previous books were all too one way or another or even out of the way. This book has been a joy to read because I at last got the grounding I was looking for into the whole spectrum of what makes up 2012. I even have taken away names of other authors, researchers, websites to look at parts of 2012 that hold a deeper fascination for me. Having read a few books from cover to cover and having done my own casual research into this topic I was amazed to have read a book on this topic that specific information that I was completely unaware of. I read Patrick Geryl's How To Survive 2012 completely mystified at these seemingly important calculations he had come to. I felt maybe it was my own mathematical inability or maybe I'd not understood because I haven't read his previous books...but nothing he said within his book compelled me to feel I wanted to look deeper because it was too over my head how he seemingly kept pulling these numbers out of nowhere. What I was craving was a broad look at the entire topic so I could get a sense of this whole fascinating topic and this book didn't disappoint. I loved it. Now that I've read it (and definitely will reread) I not only feel more informed but I have new leads to investigate on my own because of Alexandra Bruce's digging around this topic. If anyone were to ask me the book they should read to get a better complete understanding of what 2012 is I would instantly recommend this book. I have not been able to find any other that brings up the science involved, the politics, the religious, and the plain spiritual about this subject. Anyone wanting to know where, how, and why 2012 is such a huge deal to many, many people as the date approaches couldn't do better than read this book to begin a search of their that is grounded in reality but with windows to a higher spiritual reality of the would be tomorrow!

[Chris · Rating 1 out of 5]

I was skeptical about buying this title in the first place, but the $4.99 price tag coupled with my curiosity made it difficult to resist. I found the language approachable at first but the further I went the more obtuse the language. I could not bear to finish it and passed it along to a conspiracy theory loving co-worker. Maybe it is a good title to those more well versed in 2012, astronomy and lore, but it just wasn't for me

[Kayla · Rating 3 out of 5]

The world didn't change, so the book lost its credibility. The history outlined was quite interesting though.

[Anabela Costa · Rating 4 out of 5]

An interesting book that has different views about the 2012 phenomenon. The interviews in the book are very interesting as well.
About this issue was the best book I've read so far.