Daniel Pinchbeck's new book, How Soon Is Now?, looks at the ecological crisis facing us as a rite of passage or initiation for humanity, which will force us to evolve to another level of consciousness as a species.
In traditional societies, initiations mark the transition from adolescence to adulthood. An adult member of a tribal society must be responsible for the health of the entire tribe. Now that we have created a planetary civilization, we must take responsibility for the fate of the whole.
Jose Arguelles coined the term 'psycho-technical civilization'� in his book, The Transformative Vision. As we realize there is an underlying psychic reality, we can make a shift to a new social vision where we explore and apply the knowledge gained from altered states of consciousness as a new direction for humanity.
One focus of shamanic cultures in the Amazon as well as ancient civilizations like Egypt was the development of psychic abilities. Potentially, we can use our technical powers to enhance and accelerate a collective psychic evolution.
This requires the development of what the occult philosopher Rudolf Steiner called a 'spiritual science,'� an understanding that science and spirituality are not opposed. Psychedelic catalysts like ayahuasca, DMT, LSD and other substances seem to reveal vast regions of inner experience or other dimensions.
We find ourselves at the beginning of our journey as a species in exploring these hidden realms. The ecological crisis may be necessary as pressure, forcing us to accelerate our psychic evolution.
Daniel Pinchbeck is the best-selling author of: Breaking Open the Head, and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl. He co- founded the web magazine Reality Sandwich and the online platform Evolver.net.
Daniel Pinchbeck's expert knowledge of shamanism and ancient cultures has given him a quantum perspective from which to approach our contemporary crisis Jefferson Hack, CEO & Founder Dazed and Confused
'How Soon is Now' offers a spiritually driven approach to global economic and ecological crisis. This is the process through which humanity can bring itself back from the brink. Dr Doug Rushkoff Author, Teacher and Documentarian
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