Archeologists tells us that ancient Mayan documents predict that the world, as we know it now, will be end in five years. Daniel Pinchbeck was a cynical, non-believing journalist when he started experimenting with hallucinogens and spiritual enlightenment. He tells Kurt how his experience with a Mayan diety, Quetzlcoatl, convinced him the predictions are accurate. Headlines in the current newspapers, he says, bears them out.
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