John Michael Greer
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John Michael Greer

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Birth date1962
Place of birthBremerton, Washington
Occupationindependent scholar, author, religious leader, historian, activist, cultural critic, esotericist, futurologist, environmentalist, blogger, etc.

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John Michael Greer (b. 1962 in Bremerton, Washington) is an American author, independent scholar, historian of ideas, cultural critic, Neo-druid leader, Hermeticist, environmentalist/conservationist, blogger, novelist, and occultist/esotericist who currently (2010) resides in Cumberland, Maryland after living in Ashland, Oregon for a number of years. He was raised in a nonreligious family. Greer graduated from Western Washington University in 1983, and from the University of Washington with an B.A. in the Comparative History of Ideas in 1993. He currently serves as the Grand Archdruid of the Ancient Order of Druids in America, a position he has held since 2002.

His first book, Paths of Wisdom, a study of the Golden Dawn system of Qabalah, was published in 1996. Greer has since written, edited, and/or translated many other books on numerous subjects and topics, including multiple encyclopedias.

Greer also studies and practices various forms of Asian mysticism (Tai Chi Chuan, Nei gung, etc.), Tarot, sacred geometry, and similarly esoteric practices; he is one of 21st Century America's most noted occultists. He is also an organic gardener.

Some of Greer's more recent books include an exploration of UFO phenomena, multiple titles on Druidism and Western esoterica, along with the predicted overall effects of the post-industrial age and associated resource depletion on human culture in the future. Greer has also written extensively about "peak oil" and other forms of expected resource shortages which he believes will eventually bring about fundamental changes in many societies around the world for generations to come. In addition Mr. Greer maintains an interest in historical hermetic philosophical teachings. This historical interest led him to translate the Historic rapier tretise of Girard Thibault. Mr. Greer has taught several classes on the philosophical and practical teachings of Girard Thibault in partnership with the fencing school Academia Duellatoria.

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Going Forward: On the Subject of the Previous Post - ScienceBlogs (blog) Tweet this news
ScienceBlogs (blog)---...- constraint of climate change back to old ways, not having to radically change of life, failure will be, as -John Michael Greer- has observed, inevitable. ... - Date : Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:24:02 GMT+00:00
Chargers roll past Wolves; CBA wins opener, 8-0 - Midland Daily News Tweet this news
Midland Daily News--Northern Michigan was one of the preseason favorites for the league title, so I'-m- happy with the results." Gladwin's Travis -Greer- scored with three minutes ... - Date : Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:25:12 GMT+00:00
The World After Abundance - CounterCurrents.org Tweet this news
CounterCurrents.org--It has been nearly four decades now since the limits to industrial civilization's trajectory of limitless material growth on a limited ... - Date : Fri, 28 May 2010 17:24:32 GMT+00:00
Defeat Zombies with Your Victory Garden - ScienceBlogs (blog) Tweet this news
ScienceBlogs (blog)---John Michael Greer- takes up the Victory Garden, and puts it in its proper place - economically, politically, socially - and for zombie slaying. ... - Date : Thu, 20 May 2010 15:43:19 GMT+00:00
In our desperation, we greens have forgotten our love of the planet - The Guardian Tweet this news
The Guardian--In the opening essay of the movement's first book, to be published this week, -John Michael Greer- proposes that conventional oil supplies peaked in 2005, ... - Date : Mon, 10 May 2010 19:31:10 GMT+00:00
OBSERVERLAND RELAYS RESULTS - Hometownlife.com Tweet this news
Hometownlife.com--Churchill (Alex Rytarsyk, Joe Marlow, -Michael Greer-), 35-6 (fewer misses); 2. Plymouth, 35-6; 3. Canton, 33-6; 4. Northville, 31-0; 5. Salem, 31-0; 6. ... - Date : Thu, 06 May 2010 11:46:41 GMT+00:00

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Core issuesPeak oil * Mitigation of peak oil * Predicting the timing of peak oil * Hubbert peak theory * Olduvai theory
Results/responsesHirsch report * Oil Depletion Protocol * Price of petroleum * 2000s energy crisis * Energy crisis * Export Land Model * Food vs fuel * Oil reserves * Pickens Plan * Transition Towns
PeopleAlbert Bartlett * Colin J. Campbell * David Goodstein * John Michael Greer * Richard Heinberg * M. King Hubbert * James Kunstler * Jeremy Leggett * Dale Allen Pfeiffer * Richard Rainwater * Matthew Simmons * Doomer * Richard C. Duncan * Kenneth S. Deffeyes
BooksThe End of Oil * The Long Emergency * Out of Gas * The Party's Over * Power Down * Beyond Oil
FilmsA Crude Awakening * The End of Suburbia * Oil Factor * PetroApocalypse Now? * How Cuba Survived Peak Oil * What a Way to Go
OrganizationsASPO * The Oil Drum * Energy Watch Group * ODAC * OPEC * OAPEC * IEA * Post Carbon Institute
Other "peaks"Peak coal * Peak copper * Peak phosphorus * Peak gas * Peak uranium * Peak water * Peak wheat



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