Timewave Zero: The Hallucinogenic Way to the End of the WorldTimewave Zero concept was conceived by Terrence McKenna in the mid-1970's. It is what's called a novelty theory in which attempts are made to calculate the ebb and flow of novelty in the universe with regards to time. The theory proposes that the universe is interconnected eventually reaching a singularity of infinite complexity on December 21, 2012.
Terrence McKenna was born in the mid-1940's and graduated University of California at Berkeley with a Bachelor of Science in Ecology and Conservation in 1969. Upon his graduation, he spent years in Japan teaching English. In his high school and college years, he experimented in psychedelics, cannabis, and LSD. He considered himself as a philosopher and practiced shamanism. In 1971, Terrence and his brother, Dennis (along with 3 friends), embarked on a journey to the Colombian Amazon in seach for a plant containing dimethyltryptamine (DMT). DMT is a powerful psychedelic drug. During this psychedelic experiment, Terrence experienced a divine voice which prompted him to explore the I-Ching, which eventually led to the novelty theory (Timewave Zero). The timewave is a combination of numerology and mathematics, utilizing McKenna's interpretation and analysis of the I-Ching. When the sequences were graphed it showed specific ebbs and flows. When correlated with time, the ebbs and flows corresponded to specific novelties in time. McKenna chose the bombing of Hiroshima as a specific point in time and it followed a cycle of 67.29 years. With this cycle, the end of the graph stops at December 21, 2012. Could this be an actual indication of the end of the world? This theory has drawn many criticism, especially from the scientific community, because of the lack of scientific data and the use of the I-ching and Mayan Calendar. Regardless of the criticisms, the concept is still fascinating and has some merits, based on complex mathmetical computation and the sequencing of numbers. There are still phenomenons out there that science can't and will probably will never be able to explain. Cheers! Jason
Learn more about I-Ching, click here. To return to 2012 Apocalypse from Timewave Zero, click here.
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