{"product_id":"the-cracking-tower-jim-dekorne-9781556438165","title":"The Cracking Tower: A Strategy for Transcending 2012","description":"End-of-the-world paranoia has been with us since time immemorial. Now, with the end of the legendary Mayan \"long count\" calendar looming on December 21, 2012 and recent threats of a worldwide economic collapse triggering widespread apprehension and a search for answers, \u003ci\u003eThe Cracking Tower \u003c\/i\u003eoffers an arsenal of strategies to turn these fears into an opportunity for spiritual and personal growth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBeginning with a lively memoir of the author's experiences in the '60s, the book goes on to explore apocalyptic thinking through perennial philosophy, shamanism, gnostic mysticism, the body as a vessel of consciousness (and death as \"an extended out-of-body experience\"), and psychedelics. Shaping the discussion is the fascinating metaphor of the cracking tower, an apparatus for distilling gasoline, as a vehicle for distilling our awareness. Rather than speculating on what might occur in 2012, DeKorne proposes vigilance of a more introspective sort. \"The important thing,\" he says, \"is to ignore the finger and strive to comprehend the moon,\" to see what our apocalyptic tendencies reveal about ourselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jim DeKorne\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1556438168\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781556438165\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.28w x 0.67d","brand":"Jim DeKorne","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447912968447,"sku":"9781556438165","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5494155e-2179-4b87-9fac-5c4649e1ac86.jpg?v=1777235659","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-cracking-tower-jim-dekorne-9781556438165","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}