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8 Jenkins, John Major. “Mayan Shamanism and 2012: A Psychedelic Cosmology.” Toward 2012: Perspectives on the New Age, ed. by Daniel Pinchbeck and Ken Jordan. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2008.
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11 Ramakrishna in Hixon, Lex. Great Swan: Meetings with Ramakrishna. Boston and London: Shambhala, 1992, p. 171.
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13 Bache, Christopher. Dark Night, Early Dawn. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2000, p. 298.
14 Nasr, Seyyed Hossein. The Need for a Sacred Science. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 1993, p. 25.
15 Sustainable living resources and books of interest include: Pritchett, Laura (ed). Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press, 2009; Timpson, William, et al. 147 Tips for Teaching Sustainability. Madison, Wis.: Atwood Publishing, 2006; Bartmann, Dan, and Dan Fink. Homebrew Wind Power. Buckville Publications, 2009; books of www.chelseagreen.com; Friedman, Thomas. Hot, Flat, and Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008; Ivanko, John, and Lisa Kivirist. Rural Renaissance: Renewing the Quest for the Good Life. New Society Publishers, 2009; Kunstler, James. The Long Emergency, 2006.
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3 Ibid.
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