Contents
List of Figures
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: December 21, 2012—It Didn’t Happen
Part I: Episode 1, October 22, 1844
1. Millerites and the Biblical End of the World
2. A Brief History of Apocalyptic Thinking in the West
Part II: American Apocalypse
3. From Columbus to the Great Awakenings
4. Fin de Siècle Secular Perfectionism
5. Spiritualism and the Veiled Synthesis of Science and Religion
Part III: New Age Religion and Science
6. The Age of Aquarius
7. Techno-Angels of the Alien Advent
8. Resurgent Christian Dispensationalism and the End of Time
in Popular Media
9. Astronomical World Age Theories Resurrected
Part IV: Episode 2, December 21, 2012
10. The Fathers of Y12 Prophecy
11. 2012 and the Perennial Philosophy
12. Ancient Galactic Wisdom and 2012 Mayanism
Conclusion: Contrasting the Signs of the Times
Notes
About the Author
Index