| Title | : | Apocalypse Not: Why Everything You Know About 2012, Nostradamus and the Rapture Is Wrong (Unabridged) |
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| Author | : | John Michael Greer |
| Release | : | 2012-01-12 |
| Kind | : | audiobook |
| Genre | : | History |
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| 1 | Apocalypse Not: Why Everything You Know | John Michael Greer |
| The hundreds of end-of-time prophecies splashed across the consciousness from the time of clay tablets to our Internet have had something besides hysteria in common: every one of them has been wrong. Here is a survey of three millennia of apocalyptic prophecies, tracing one of the most remarkable threads of our cultural history: our long and unproductive fascination with apocalyptic myths and miracles that can solve our problems without requiring committed action in our own lives. |
