‘The 2012 Phenomenon’: A historical and typological approach to a modern apocalyptic mythology.

M.A. Thesis by Sacha Defesche
Department of Religious Studies, Subdepartment History of Hermetic Philosophy and Related Currents
M.A. Program Mysticism and Western Esotericism.
Tutor: Prof. Dr. W.J. Hanegraaff
Secondary Reader: Dr. M. Pasi
University of Amsterdam
January-August 2007

"As the year 2012 approaches, apocalyptic visions of the year has achieved newfound popularity. In this MA-thesis, Sacha Defeche investigates the roots of the esoteric apocalypse in 2012 in psychedelic and New Age subculture, and looks at the different types of apocalyptic visions, from Jose Argüelles to David Icke."
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