Despite the attempts to use scientific and historical evidence to support 2012 theories, the previous chapters show that there is not nearly enough evidence from science and history on their own to convince anyone of the special significance of 2012. Yet, many people genuinely believe that something very significant, whether catastrophe or enlightenment, is going to happen. This cannot be explained without looking at the spiritual roots of both those who espouse 2012 theories and those who believe them. By examining the true source of the 2012 theories, we will be able to better examine the possible agendas behind them.

David Wilcock is one of the longest tenured and most well known espousers of 2012 theories. His interviews, books, and films have reached millions of people. According to his website,[1] he started having strange dreams and experiencing strange synchronicities when he was two years old, had out of body experiences and experimented with ESP by the age of 7, read hundreds of “metaphysical” books on topics like lucid dreaming and channeling, came to believe he is the reincarnation of Edgar Cayce, and of course believes that 2012 is very significant to humanity (of course, the original name of his website was Ascension 2000, so he’s been wrong before).[2]

It is of course possible that Wilcock is a complete charlatan and is cynically manipulating other people and making things up about himself and his experiences in order to attract attention and increase merchandise sales. However, if his accounts of his own experiences and abilities did not resonate with anyone, who would buy or believe in his material? It is clear that many people have had similar enough experiences that they believe Wilcock or are at least interested in what he has to say.

It is also possible that everything Wilcock says is true and not only has he experienced what he has claimed to have experienced, but that his view about the world and 2012 is accurate and things are unfolding just the way that his “automatic writing” has predicted that it would. The significant problem with this approach, however, is that Wilcock has not been right about much of anything. His predictions for “ascension” to occur in the year 2000 obviously didn’t pan out, and he relies on much of the same bogus “scientific” support for his theories that has been convincingly refuted in the earlier chapters of this book and many other places.[3]

The third possibility, and the one that will be the working hypothesis of this book, is that Wilcock and others like him believe what they say and really have had various spiritual experiences, but are being deceived as to the entities they are communicating with and are being used to spread lies about a variety of subjects, including 2012. This explains both the appeal of Wilcock’s work, the seeming genuineness and confidence of his presentation, and the fact that he almost always wrong when he makes a prediction.[4] For example, here are some of his predictions for 2009.

David also predicts that President Obama will attempt to reveal the existence of aliens and alien technologies this year. He says it’ll be a two-hour prime time special, in which a human-like off world entity will be introduced. Wilcock is a rare voice in his field that both knows about the Illuminati and its now public push for a New World Order, AND still believes that Obama is “authentic.” He says while Obama is surrounded by minions of the Rockefeller/Rothchild [sic] secret societies, “they do not control the administration.” He urges seekers of truth not to give in to cynicism and a hardened perspective. On the economic crisis, he says, “You’re going to see things that might appear scary at first.” But that there’s a renewal coming that will help us all see the grander context.[5]

Leaving his assessment of Obama aside, it is obviously easy to assess the accuracy of the two-hour prime time aliens introduced by Obama prime time special prediction. In a strange way, predictions like this indicate that he really believes what he is saying. If he was a cynical charlatan, he would be careful to avoid such precise and unlikely predictions.

If Wilcock is getting these predictions from a source outside himself, what is the source? Wilcock refers to communications with “Higher Intelligence” and “his own higher self” to explain his channeling connection.[6] It is clear from the inaccuracy of the information he gets from this source that either the source is quite limited in its knowledge of the future, or is intentionally misleading Wilcock. Perhaps a clue to the true nature of these “higher forces” is that Wilcock was very afraid of them when he first encountered them as a child.[7] From a Christian perspective, the entities that Wilcock is communicating with are demons or “fallen” angels. If the angel hypothesis is correct, we would expect these entities to spread lies about Jesus Christ and to try to lead people away from Him. We would also expect other people to have similar experiences to Wilcock, and that is exactly what we do find.

–Andrew

[2] Ibid

[3] http://divinecosmos.com/

[4] http://www.greatdreams.com/hitmiss.htm

[5] http://astrology.about.com/b/2009/10/11/david-wilcock-predictions.htm

[6] http://divinecosmos.com/index.php/about-david-wilcock

[7] http://divinecosmos.com/index.php/component/content/37?task=view