From New Dawn 123 (Nov-Dec 2010) Every civilisation needs a myth; but woe to the civilisation whose myth has been found wanting. That is the position of Christianity today. It came to ascendance at a time when the myths of […]
Richard Smoley
Waiting for the End of the World: René Guénon and the Kali Yuga
From New Dawn 122 (Sept-Oct 2010) Currently the fear – or hope – of the closing of the age pervades the air like a thick vapour. Sometimes this end is envisaged as an environmental calamity, sometimes as the second coming […]
A Pagan Christ? Reflections on the Real Christmas Story
From New Dawn 105 (Nov-Dec 2007) Strictly speaking, a pagan Christ is a contradiction in terms. The very concept of paganism was constructed by Christians who wanted to distinguish their faith from the old religion of Greece and Rome, which […]
The Real Secret of The Secret
From New Dawn 103 (Jul-Aug 2007) The latest in the blockbusters of alternative spirituality is The Secret, now both a film and a book. Both have been huge successes. The film version has sold 1.5 million copies in DVD format, […]
New Dawn Interview With Tobias Churton
From New Dawn 91 (Jul-Aug 2005) Tobias Churton is one of today’s most lively and spirited investigators of that underground stream of the Western tradition known as Gnosticism. He first became interested in the Gnostics while reading for a degree […]