From New Dawn 110 (Sept-Oct 2008) Today, especially in New Age circles, the term ‘shamanism’ is often used in a generalised way to describe all kinds of indigenous magical practices in a wide range of cultures worldwide. It has also […]
Ancient Mysteries
Rescuing the Bible from Literalism
From New Dawn 110 (Sept-Oct 2008) “The world,” wrote the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, “is the totality of facts, not of things.” So it is, but facts take many forms. The hard-edged events of ordinary reality are only one form, and […]
Are We Food for the Moon?
From New Dawn 96 (May-June 2006) If man is not affected in some way by the Moon, he is the only thing on Earth that isn’t.– Robert Millikan (1868-1953), US physicist & 1923 Nobel Prize winner Probably no heavenly body […]
The Mystery of Göbekli Tepe and Its Message to Us
From New Dawn 122 (Sept-Oct 2010) What were our ancestors like 10,000 or more years ago? The most common image is one of small nomadic bands endlessly in pursuit of the next meal. Men hunted game while women and children […]
The Mystery of the Crystal Skulls
An old native American legend describes the existence of thirteen ancient crystal skulls, the size of human skulls, with moveable jaws that were said to speak or sing. The legend tells that these crystal skulls contain important information about some […]