From New Dawn 147 (Nov-Dec 2014) The idea that consciousness is evolving is one of the most important doctrines of the New Age. But is it true? Over the long term, the answer seems obvious. Even the stupidest of humans […]
Richard Smoley
The Rebirth of Gnosticism: An Interview with Dr. Stephan A. Hoeller
From New Dawn 143 (Mar-Apr 2014) One of the most compelling themes of current times is Gnosis – the idea of a transcendental knowledge that, like enlightenment, liberates the individual from bondage to the world of suffering. While Gnosis and Gnosticism […]
Is Your God a Devil?
From New Dawn 142 (Jan-Feb 2014) It is one of the most familiar and reassuring lines in scripture: “The Lord is my shepherd.” But when you think about it, the metaphor is a disturbing one. It’s true that a shepherd […]
Will Thinking Make It So? An Interview With Mitch Horowitz
This article was published in New Dawn 142 (Jan-Feb 2014) Much of today’s writing about spirituality is loaded with nonsense. Often it consists of little more than wild speculation, shoddy reasoning, and the repetition of a few stale truisms. A […]
The Secret History of Astrology
From New Dawn 141 (Nov-Dec 2013) The history of astrology is in many ways the history of a polemic. The question of whether astrology works, as crucial as it is, is soon buried under other issues, such as what this […]