A Sneak Peek at 2012

Reality Sandwich and Disinformation present...

Sneak Preview of 2012: Science or Superstition

Discussion with Daniel Pinchbeck and Gary Baddeley

Join a night of thought-provoking cinema and conversation on one of the most fascinating subjects of our time. On December 21st, 2012, the “Long Count” of the ancient Mayan Calendar comes to an abrupt end, finishing off a grand cycle that spans 5,125 years. Some believe it portends an apocalyptic End Times of earth-shattering cataclysms; others disagree, claiming the date as the start of a new era of enlightenment and advanced human consciousness.

The rising popular interest in the 2012 date is a phenomenon in itself, and may indicate a growing awareness that major changes are rapidly taking place in the world. With natural disasters occurring more frequently, and especially in the face of a deepening financial crisis, it appears quite possible that we are heading for turbulent times in the next four years. But alongside these dark scenarios, many are also experiencing profound synchronicities and heightened intuitions, suggesting a powerful shift rising up in the human psyche.

Is the 2012 transformation merely an archeological myth? Or is it a scientific reality, manifesting before our eyes? The new documentary film 2012: Science or Superstition explores these questions, probing deep into the facts and philosophies behind the approaching Mayan climax. Released by The Disinformation Company, the film lives up to the label’s reputation for objective, challenging inquiry. A broad range of scholars and authors are featured in exclusive interviews, including Graham Hancock, John Major Jenkins, Alberto Villoldo, astronomer Anthony Aveni, and Daniel Pinchbeck. The film is slated to hit the screens later this year – on December 21st, to be exact.

The film will be followed by an interactive discussion with Reality Sandwich's Daniel Pinchbeck (author of 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl)and the film’s writer/producer, Disinformation's Gary Baddeley.

Wed, October 22
The Wild Project
195 East 3rd St. between Ave A & B
(7:30p, $20)

Watch trailer here.

Comments

Wake up and smell the Meltdown.

Submitted by DON_DiMARCO on Fri, 10/10/2008 - 08:11.

I'm really looking foreword to hearing Daniel and others from this movie speak at the 2012 Conference in San Francisco later this month. To be honest I had become a bit jaded with 2012 but the current economic meltdown has re-focused my mind. Huge economic shakeups were foretold in the lead-up to 2012. A few years ago in the boom I didnt take it seriously. Recent events however have given me a renewed interest.

Screenings in other places?

Submitted by Jennifer Palmer on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 12:10.

Hi ST,

Is there a contact person for peeps to email about organizing screenings of this film where they live? Our friends at Detroit Evolution would like to show it.

http://detroitevolution.com/

Thanks!

http://twitter.com/true

'The Jewish--oops global economy'

Submitted by Propaganda Anonymous on Sat, 10/18/2008 - 04:24.

Propaganda Anonymous

Ecolocal, expand on 'help stimulate the jewish--opps , i mean global economy'

Are you making the assertion that there is a cabal of Jewish Bankers ruling the world's currency?

I would like to read your argument for such a case. What evidence do you have to support this claim?

PRop!

THE LAW

Submitted by ecolocal (not verified) on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 08:20.

Sounds like a legal interrogation! But you must be mistaken... i never mentioned jewish or any other bankers.

My dad is a jewish banker so watch it!

Relax

Submitted by Propaganda Anonymous on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 06:30.

Propaganda Anonymous

Chill kid. No reason to get excited.

Nobody is putting you on trial for word crime.

I must say though, there is a real big difference between the Socratic Method, which utilizes the question WHY to evoke further clarification on statements made,

and Interogation, which utilizes coercive tactics to extract an answer from someone stripped of agency.

The difference is between a free individual and a captive.

I am questioning you as one free individual to another.

And the question came about from YOUR Own statement. No Body is putting any words in your mouth Eco. Just mirroring back to you what YOU wrote, Quote/Unquote.

So instead of trying to be all clever with the games, why not just focus on being cool.

Amid the Alien Corn

Submitted by lloydevans on Sun, 10/19/2008 - 14:48.

Ecolocal is my brother, but I think sometimes he's a bit over the top. Also, he forgets that some of us really do shovel shit for a living, and write comments etc here on RS only when we get the chance to do so.

As for the UFO/alien, it did turn up, but in a humorously daimonic guise. All of the mainstream UK tv channels broadcast features on the 13th, - lunchtime and evening news - about the "invasive alien" Japanese knotweed - a near indestructible plant that has swamped the country since escaping from some Victorian gentleman's exotic garden. Scientists have apparently found a way to kill it. So, the channellers were onto something, but they were hoodwinked as usual by those arch comedians out there in the soul's wilderness depths.

Sometimes we think we have found gold coins, but then we wake in a ditch and realise our pockets are full of autumn leaves...

ITS THE JEWS!!!

Submitted by PSYmon on Sun, 10/19/2008 - 15:36.

You know your mind is truly expanded once you realize that there is a secret society of physically inept, anal retentive, bagel and lox eating JEWS that are out to get you and your family's money...

Go jack off to an effigy of Sarah Palin ecolocal...

Dont bring your uninformed bigotry to a place where people are trying to be positive, open minded, and intelligible.

If You Want A Screening Near You

Submitted by disinformation on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 11:34.

Thanks for the interest in the film everyone, and in response to Jennifer's post above, if anyone wants to organize a screening of the film please send an email to dvd [at] disinfo.com. We can't do the organizing of a screening for you, but we will certainly help promote it on our website and MySpace page, email lists, newsletters, etc. The Disinformation team

Why the forboding, ominous music and imagery on the trailer ?

Submitted by demdranger on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 17:26.

So, a question: if we are dedicated to making the 2012 transition a positive one - we ARE, aren't we ? - why does this film blatantly exploit, through both its ominous musical score and its apocalyptic tone and imagery, the same fears and anxieties that "2012 positivists" (my term for the more balanced, less-fear-mongering scholars of the 2012 movement like Jenkins and Pinchbeck) would appear to reject ? Can we get over the "Day After Tomorrow" style messaging please ?

One wonders if the film would actually sell if had a positive, non-threatening message that didn't invoke the same reptilian-brain, fear-based messaging that is used to promulgate every other product everywhere. Keep it positive people, or you're just playing into the same old fear game that got us to where we are now.

"Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." - Albert Einstein

On the real,

Demdranger

2012 film

Submitted by setera on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 14:16.

will the film be screened in the uk? i hope so, the no-show UFO was a big disappointment- no amount of japanese knotweed can make up for it. Also, where do the channelers get their stuff from, it has been said that they are under mind control to spread confusion. Can't help wondering if there may be a point in that as so much of it is similar - i.e, Blossom Goodchild and Suzy Ward both flagged up the 14th october appearance through their contacts. i loved that line about thinking we have found gold coins then waking up in a ditch with pockets full of autumn leaves, i'm going to treasure it. Showing my ignorance i expect, but Thomas - is it your little nugget or is it from some famous piece of writing which i have never read?

Gold Leaf

Submitted by lloydevans on Wed, 10/22/2008 - 16:44.

Hi Setera, the metaphor is not my invention - it's a theme in various folk tales: the protagonist thinks he has stolen some gold from the fairies, but when he gets back to our realm the gold has turned into crispy autumn leaves. Its a poignant moment that I suppose many of us can empathise with...waking from the dream, it fades even as we try desperately to keep it.

Some rare people, equally cursed and blessed perhaps, do manage to keep the fairy gold, but most of us are left with humbling emblems of human transience - knotweed for example, when we hoped for spaceships.

alchemy

Submitted by setera on Thu, 10/23/2008 - 18:05.

ok so not your metaphor, Thomas - but what you have done with it is beautiful. Cradled in a ditch, we wake under the tender, gently mocking gaze of nature and realise how silly we have been all along. Maybe this has got nothing to do with the subject in hand, but maybe it has got everything to do with it.

The metaphor was a relevant

Submitted by Bob Gnarly on Fri, 10/24/2008 - 13:07.

The metaphor was a relevant one, I must agree.

Funny thing is, crisp autumn leaves hold more value and beauty than gold coins ever will.

For people in the know....

Submitted by new age bridie on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 11:54.

The Japanese knotweed takeover has been on the tips of most peoples lips all summer here...the way most would talk about the weather it was a hot topic...its a surivivor,thats for sure...maybe its a hopeful sign...we should learn from the plant that grows through concrete.. Was never expecting to find it growing on here!!!

Solas

oooops.......

Submitted by new age bridie on Sun, 10/26/2008 - 11:57.

my comments are growing too.......

With the disasters both our

Submitted by AidanB on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 02:59.

With the disasters both our economy nature have been experiencing, its more relevant if the transparency in government is disclosed. . The E-Government Act of 2002 has made it clear that government organizations have to make their data available to the public, which is a great move towards greater transparency. Google Public Data data is a new Google service where you can search for public data, such as unemployment rates and so forth. There’s no more to worry about the urgent information to know. Disasters are monsters like dirty oil smeared the jungle underfoot, flooded from a ruptured pipeline, destroying the foliage. Not the first spill. Before this day the jungle had been recovering. Today it was dying again. What to do now? Review your long term goals and make sure you’ve got the right asset mix, take losses (up to $3,000 more than your gains, remembering to match short term gains and losses) to minimize your taxes, reposition your equity investments according to our recession scenario, move your bonds into cash and tighten your seatbelt. We’re in for a bumpy ride.