In this corner, Whitley Strieber - supposed UFO abductee probably best known as the author and subject of the book and movie Communion.
And in this corner, Daniel Pinchbeck - profiled in Rolling Stone and author of two books [the first of which I've read - Breaking Open the Head] - writer of tomes concerning psychedelics, shamanism and 2012.
Pinchbeck vs Strieber - Apocalyptic Smackdown | TDG - Science, Magick, Myth and History:
"This week on Whitley Strieber's Dreamland radio show, author Daniel Pinchbeck was scheduled for a chat about his book 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. What eventuated though was a heated argument, after Daniel accused Whitley of being... in league with alien presences that don’t have the best interests of the human species at heart...the result is an intense and revealing discussion as Pinchbeck accuses Strieber of encouraging disaster by having a ‘negative’view of the future and Strieber accuses Pinchbeck of preferring a fantasy that seeks to ignore the laws of nature."
Head hurts... too much irony... need to go have a lie down.
ha! i'm listening to it right now and did a little googling about the show and found your entry about it. i love whitley strieber for the totally insane, goofball, friendly way he welcomes other lunatics, so i'm really thinking daniel pinchbeck is a jerk.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I read Pinchbeck's first book [and really dug it] but in the couple interviews I've seen he comes off as really superior and off-putting...
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