In this somewhat controversial and totally fascinating interview with JOHN MICHAEL GREER we explore apocalyptic thinking throughout history, a topic he covers with great wit and erudition in his latest book, APOCALYPSE NOT: Everything You Know About 2012, Nostradamus and the Rapture is Wrong.

He is the author of twenty-four books in the fields of alternative spirituality and future studies, including The New Encyclopedia of the Occult, The Long Descent: A User’s Guide to the End of the Industrial Age, and Secrets of the Lost Symbol, which has been translated into eight languages. He is also the author of a popular weekly blog on the future, The Archdruid Report, http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.com/.

Born and raised in Washington State, John Michael and his wife Sara live in Cumberland, Maryland, an old red brick mill town in the Appalachians.