NEAR JOURNEY'S END traces man's history, mainly in the Christian era, from "Past Imperfect" to "Present Ridiculous," to ultimately be stalled in America's current quest for "Future Perfect" reality, by its "cut & control" practices, only to inadvertently entertain man's possible extinction. It is the 11th hour and America's course can be corrected by putting the same energy into responsible stewardship now haplessly ensnared in self-indulgent cultural narcissism. To do otherwise, social psychologist James R. Fisher, Jr. contends, man's fate may be on course to a fait accompli.