2012: Science or Superstition (The Definitive Guide to the Doomsday Phenomenon) (Disinformation Movie & Book Guides) [Paperback]

Alexandra Bruce (Author)

Book Description

Series: Disinformation Movie & Book Guides | Publication Date: September 1, 2009

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 5,125-year calendar last used over a thousand years ago?

Certainly Hollywood would like you to think so. Indeed, a not-so-small industry has arisen around the date, hawking everything from t-shirts to teleseminars.

Clearing a path between fantasy and reality, Alexandra Bruce surveys the entire 2012 landscape, asking questions such as:

• Is the Earth losing its Mojo?
• How did 2012 come to mean "The End of Time"?
• Did psychedelics facilitate the Maya "Cosmovision"?
• Should we worry about Earth Crustal Displacement?
• What the hell is "Planet X"?

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.

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About the Author

Alexandra Bruce's articles on urban legends, metaphysical and quantum physics themes have been published in Paranoia Magazine, Steamshovel Press, Borderland Sciences and Disinfo.com. She is the author of "Beyond The Bleep: The Definitive Unauthorized Guide To 'What The Bleep Do We Know!?" and "Beyond The Secret: The Definitive Unauthorized Guide To 'The Secret'"

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: The Disinformation Company (September 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934708283
• ISBN-13: 978-1934708286
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #968,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I graduated from Brown University with a BA in Semiotics, additional studies of cultural criticism, film theory and production at l'Université de la Sorbonne in Paris and NYU Film School.

When I was youngster, I had my own production company and I produced/directed/edited over 40 music videos for the major music conglomerates during the heyday of the video music era, including Sony, Universal, Polygram, Def Jam, Profile Records, Jive Records, Island Records, MCA, etc. (These guys' ownership switch hands so often, it was and continues to be an actual real-time blur).

I've been in the trenches for the past two decades, in film/television/catalog/book production, DVD publishing and marketing, cable TV advertising sales, and the promotion of my six (soon to be 7) published books on television, radio and the Internet.

I am Brazilian-American. I have a massive, loving and incredibly dynamic family. I have one full-, one half- and five step-brothers and sisters. I have 15 nieces and nephews and so many cousins and second-cousins, whose children who I consider to be my own nieces and nephews, as well as lifelong family friends who *are* family, including their kids...My family lives on three or four continents (when I last checked).

It's gotten to the point, where I just see everyone as family...how very blessed I am, with my immense, loving family...

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The *Only* 2012 book with a truly broad coverage of all the issues, November 17, 2009

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Hagbard Celine (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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Surprisingly this is the only book, with the exception of the 'Complete Idiot's Guide' (less said about that the better) that even tries to cover all of the angles about the 2012 meme. The pseudo-science; the new era of consciousness; the modern Maya, and on and on. If you buy only one book about 2012, I'd firmly recommend this one.

13 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pursue the truth and discover hope and inspiration., October 12, 2009

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If you are looking for a breakdown of the contemporary theories regarding the approaching year of 2012 and the nonstop preaching of Armageddon in general, but you want an objective perspective free of the doomsday hype, then I highly recommend placing an order for Alexandra Bruce's 2012: SCIENCE OF SUPERSTITION. Her writing combines a brain stimulating discourse with a down to earth perspective that is not only educational, but entertaining. Far from terrorizing my spirit I found her fact distilling pursuit of the truth full of hope and inspiration. I even read much of the book out loud to my children! Read and become illuminated!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best 2012 Book I've Read,, May 14, 2010

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Danielle Jorgenson Tanaka "Second star on you... (the world that needs me most.) - See all my reviews

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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 [...] 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!