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The annotated apocalypse: Anthropologists tackle 2012
The college course mentioned called "Archaeological Myths and Realities", "looking at myths that have come out of archaeology and how those play out in popular culture", sounds really cool. Also some interesting remarks on how traditions can get invented and become culture, become "real things", like the Mythos and perhaps Harry Potter.
(Favorite bit: "...the reality is that this mythology came out of the psychedelic subculture. You can’t ignore that influence. ... If some of the 2012 theories seem like they were made up by people on drugs, it’s because they were.")
The college course mentioned called "Archaeological Myths and Realities", "looking at myths that have come out of archaeology and how those play out in popular culture", sounds really cool. Also some interesting remarks on how traditions can get invented and become culture, become "real things", like the Mythos and perhaps Harry Potter.
(Favorite bit: "...the reality is that this mythology came out of the psychedelic subculture. You can’t ignore that influence. ... If some of the 2012 theories seem like they were made up by people on drugs, it’s because they were.")