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On the day when a $200 million projection of disaster capitalizing on humanity’s thirst for adrenaline rushes is being released, another more empowering point of view about 2012 is on its way.
Next month, Hollywood presents its apocalyptic vision of 2012 in which millions die in a disaster movie that makes the Titanic look like a fairy tale.
“2012: Time for Change” projects a radical alternative to apocalyptic doom and gloom. Directed by Emmy Award nominee Joao Amorim, the film follows journalist Daniel Pinchbeck, author of the bestselling 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, on a quest for a new paradigm that integrates the archaic wisdom of tribal cultures with the scientific method. As conscious agents of evolution, we can redesign post-industrial society on ecological principles to make a world that works for all. Rather than breakdown and barbarism, 2012 will herald the birth of a regenerative planetary culture, where collaboration replaces competition, where exploration of psyche and spirit becomes the new cutting edge, replacing the sterile materialism that has pushed our world to the brink.
Pinchbeck interviews design scientists, anthropologists, physicists, musicians and actors including Dean Radin, Barbara Marx Hubbard, John Todd and Paul Stamets, Sting, Ellen Page and Gilberto Gil.
“Entertaining and inspiring.”
— Eckhart Tolle, author of A New Earth
“I have never enjoyed a novel more than The Twelve. [William Gladstone’s] theme and message of hope and inspiration is exactly what Jack Canfield and I worked so hard to achieve with our Chicken Soup for the Soul book series.”
— Mark Victor Hanson, co-author of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series
“This is a truly awesome and timely book.”
— Tom Anderson, President, MySpace
The Twelve is an extraordinary and unforgettable novel about a most unusual and unsuspecting hero. As a child, Max lives in a world of colors and numbers, not speaking until the age of six. As an adult, Max ventures on a journey of destiny to discover the secret behind the ancient Mayan prophecy about the “end of time,” foretold to occur on December 21, 2012.
At fifteen years old, Max has a near-death experience during which he has a vision that reveals the names of twelve unique individuals. While Max cannot discern the significance of the twelve names, he is unable to shake the sense that they have deep meaning. All of The Twelve seem connected, and all of them are important to what will happen at the exact moment the world as we know it will end.
The novel takes the reader on a series of spectacular adventures to Jerusalem, Athens, London, India, Istanbul, China, Japan, and Mexico, culminating in an understanding of why and how Max and The Twelve are destined to unite and discover the true meaning of December 21, 2012.
The outcome of their meeting could fulfill an ancient Mayan prophecy, controlling the future of life on our planet. Only The Twelve can provide the answers, as the fate of all humanity rests in the balance.
To watch a short video with Twelve’s author, William Gladstone, click on the blue hot link.
2012 Time for Change – Teaser from Joao Amorim on Vimeo.
2012: Time for Change is a feature-length documentary, directed by Joao Amorim of Curious Pictures in New York and featuring Daniel Pinchbeck, the bestselling author of “2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl” (Penguin, 2006). In the style of “An Inconvenient Truth”, “What the Bleep Do We Know”, and “Waking Life”, our file explores ideas about what the immediate future may hold, symbolized by the myths and prophecies of the Mayan culture of Mexico. Interviews with design scientists, anthropologists, physicists such as Dean Radin, Barbara Max Hubbard, Nassim Haramein John Todd and Paul Stamets and celebrities such as David Lynch, Sting, Ellen Page and Gilberto Gil. 2012 combines Film and animation in an innovative way, taking us on a journey through our own evolution.. The energy of this trailer is one of optimism and healing which is exactly what the word needs a very large dose of right about now. Enjoy!
At least two more films are in production that use 2012 as the iconic year for transformation. (The Shift and Shift of the Ages on which we will soon do follow up stories. Of course, we cannot wait until 2012 but the energy, intelligence, creativity and wisdom inherent in these films is here now. We are witnessing the ultimate meltdown from an era of greed and corruption and they are the compost for a rich organic soil in which a new civilization is being birthed even as the old one is in the process of self destruction.
Part of humanity, those who voted for McCain and Palin (46% of US voters) are clinging to old ideas that have kept us prisoners in a dysfunctional and dangerous paradigm built on scarcity or scare city. The new paradigm represented by Obama is field of possibility that we have an opportunity to energize and actualize in the form of socially responsible and visionary products and services that place people and the planet first and make a profit by honoring and serving life rather thank destroying it. I believe hybrid for-profit and non-profits could be the way of the future along with local currencies.
In any event, 2012 is a powerful future-present vision of whats possible and we will be covering the production and release of more new paradigm films, novels, artworks, music, products and services and other creative expressions, whatever their form, in the weeks, months and years leading up to 2012. More than anything, it is the spirit and energy of 2012 that is pulling us toward a future that works for everyone rather than the few at the expense of the many.
