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Updated: Mar. 8, 2010 | 7:22 a.m.
The apocalyptic movie "2012" wasn't good enough for the Oscars to take seriously. But a small cast of celebrities are taking the hit film's premise seriously: that 2012 could be the end of the world as we know it.
Stars who have ruminated publicly about 2012 being The End include Woody Harrelson, Lil' Wayne, Joe Rogan, Montel Williams and the grande dame of New Age spirituality, Shirley MacLaine.
You can add Dan Aykroyd to that list.
Aykroyd and I were catching up the other day because he's in Vegas to autograph bottles of his Crystal Head Vodka at an Albertsons (4 p.m. Tuesday, 10250 W. Charleston Blvd.).
And he's giving Wednesday's keynote address at the Nightclub & Bar Convention at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Because Aykroyd is a pop-renaissance man, I started by asking him about his many interests: The House of Blues (he and his partners sold it in 2006, but he's still spokesman-consultant); Crystal Head Vodka, which he co-created (no chemical additives); and "Ghostbusters III" (the script's closer to being done).
Then I asked Aykroyd, 57, about his interests in UFOs, which led to this:
He thinks "the UFO phenomenon is going to figure greatly" in a 2012 "revelation," when "the end of the world will come."
"It won't be the end of the world physically as we know it, as depicted in the movie. But it will be the end of consciousness and the end of perception as we know it."
Aykroyd is a "great admirer of George Knapp," who has chronicled UFO phenomena for decades in Nevada.
And Aykroyd, a lifetime benefactor of MUFON.com, has visited the town of Rachel on Extraterrestrial Highway and marveled at "real photographs" there of sightings.
"These aren't hoaxes or fakes," he said. "Dozens of Army officers, police, sheriffs, emergency workers -- people who are outside all day, all night, all the time -- are consistently coming forward to report events."
UFO phenomena could be elements in a 2012 realignment, perhaps as mass revelations or mass sightings, he said.
"Mass telepathic content has already occurred throughout North America on many occasions, the last notable one being in 1994 in (Quebec), where there was an incident that involved about 2,000 people being called to their back porches to look up into the sky and witness an event with a craft at the same time. That was a telepathic event where they were all contacted."
Clearly, some kind of end is near, he said.
"As Shirley MacLaine puts it: The light is going to go out in the next few years, 2012, and a new perception will come on.
"Whether that has to do with the dominance of dark matter in the universe -- or some triumph/domination of good and evil -- the light we know now, whether that's a good light or a bad light, is going to change.
"There's going to be a phase-wave shift in everything, and that's very exciting. I don't think it's destructive. I think it's going to be very constructive."
I asked him how we should prepare.
"I think we should open our minds and start being better human beings to each other, and accept that this may be the way of life. We've got to be more compassionate, more loving, more positive thinking."
A worst-case scenario is that "the good light" will go out and we will experience "the bad light." If that happens, people who practice on behalf of the good light will be even more pressed to "fight" against "whatever darkness is coming," he said.
I asked him, "Fight how?"
"Fight like hell!" he said. "Fight like hell on the side of the road."
I asked him how Nevada will fit into all this.
He answered by unfurling an incredibly deep knowledge of Vegas and Nevada. He reflected on the UFO culture of Rachel; the state's military; Nevada's "beautiful topography"; Mayor Oscar Goodman's adeptness at handling issues; the strength of "first families" and entrepreneurs in Nevada, such as the Maloofs; the positive ways Vegas embraces performance artists; our liberal attitudes toward leisure; UNLV's educational culture; and the big brains of math doctorates who work for multidynamic hotels.
Many of those strengths mean Vegas could take in refugees in 2012, he said.
"There's no city on Earth that handles more people more efficiently," he said.
"If you had to create an exodus of 100,000 people, where they had to flee from their native land, they could be put up in Las Vegas with no problem," he said.
He added, "We don't want to wish that" kind of refugee-causing catastrophe.
Floored by all this information, I thanked Aykroyd for sharing his thoughts, and I asked whether there's anything else he wants me to tell you.
"We're doing a signing at Albertsons next Tuesday," he said.
Doug Elfman's column appears on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. Contact him at 702-383-0391 or e-mail him at delfman@reviewjournal.com. He also blogs at reviewjournal.com/elfman.
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Charles Yancey wrote on May 06, 2010 06:13 PM:
This end of Consciousness idea, sounds a little to mild, considering the natural devastations that have increased in recent years, I'm afraid that we are literally up against the end of civilization, what with the rising waters/floods, tornados seem to have become more violent and destructive & numerous along with Hurricanes and earthquakes, and not to mention we have literally fouled our own nest - what with all the pollution(ground and air and water) I've heard that the amount of stronium in our atmosphere has increased in a major way since we have exploded the atomic bombs over and over for practice in the 40's and 50's, we just weren't very smart in seeing what the outcome of our actions would be, and now we'll all probably pay the price for it, of course others may say this is a natural progression for earth, heat up and then cool down and freeze. Good day
sydwell wrote on March 27, 2010 01:37 PM: I dont agree at all,in life there is law of similars. people r born n die so r stars n their planets.our planet has come to a violet end.i wish we should get some help to vacate earth b 4 is 2 late.it happened b 4 in outer space now is our turn,we r going to be residence of the universe we r to find a new home in another dimension this 1 is done.is nobody's fault but natural forces. Migog wrote on March 25, 2010 11:56 AM: If you don't think something is about to happen,count the earthquakes and volcano events in the last few months against the yearly average. Lets see the average increase the closer we get to 2012. JJM wrote on March 24, 2010 01:51 PM: Y2K was real, very hard work was done to prevent countless computer systems from crashing. People pooh-pooh it all the time, but the bugs were real, as were the programmers who fixed them. Taggart Snyder wrote on March 24, 2010 11:27 AM: (H)e's in Vegas to autograph bottles of his Crystal Head Vodka at an Albertsons." And THIS we're suppose to take seriously? Seriously? Dodgy wrote on March 23, 2010 02:00 PM: Mick Lethal wrote on March 22, 2010 08:27 AM: Incredible!! The close-minded people will be the first to go... ...Hello Mick, what makes you think that my disagreement means I'm closed minded? My opinion regarding the UFO debate is a conclusion I have reached based on many years of study, research and my own beliefs. That doesn't mean that I am closed-minded, just that I have made a decision, as you have made your decision (by your criteria I could argue that you're closed-minded 'cos you don't see things the way I do)...surely if I were truly closed-minded I wouldn't be bothered to think at all and have no opinion either way? Keep watching though (as I do) as you never know what might turn up! ohare wrote on March 23, 2010 12:42 AM: well where is that video footage of the Ohare airport ufo that Aykroyd said he had many years ago? coolbreeze wrote on March 22, 2010 09:10 PM: Dan send me an e-mail day after and I will explain why it didn't end,the Mayans had a visit from the asteroid that landed in their back yard and threw them out into the ocean and then the sharks ate them and their neighbor's end of story. Extrasomethinggirl wrote on March 22, 2010 07:04 PM: Cheers to Dan Aykroyd, one of my favorite comedians. Maybe someone who played a "Conehead" would be able to understand it from a better perspective than the average Joe. My overall opinion is that if intelligent beings were to officailly arrive on our planet that would truly be news. And no, the average homo sapien sapien is unable to process the ability of predicting the future. As individuals we posess different talents and perceptions. If everyone experienced things the same that would make us artificial intelligence. joe wrote on March 22, 2010 12:17 PM: If Aykroyd said one word about believing Billy Mier's crap, I'd be done with him altogether Read More Comments |
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