The Crisis of Imagination - Daniel Pinchbeck - C0399

Daniel Pinchbeck has been described as a radical futurist. He’s a philosopher and keen cultural observer. He was featured in the 2010 documentary, 2012: Time for Change and host of the talk show, MindShift, on Gaiam TV. He directed the think tank Center for Planetary Culture. His essays and articles have appeared in a vast range of publications, including the New York Times, Esq., Rolling Stone, ArtForum, Dazed and Confused, The Village Voice and many other publications. In 2007, Daniel launched the web magazine Reality Sandwich and co-foundedEvolver.net. Evolver currently includes Evolver Learning Labs, a webinar platform, and The Evolver Network, a nonprofit initiative. Daniel also edited the publishing imprint, Evolver Editions with North Atlantic Books. He is the author of Breaking Open the Head: A Psychedelic Journey into the Heart of Contemporary Shamanism(Broadway Books 2003), 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl (Tarcher/Perigee 2007), and How Soon is Now: From Personal Initiation to Global Transformation (Watkins Publishing 2017).

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