From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 12 No 5 (Oct 2018) The word “real” in the title distinguishes the type of magic we’re discussing. This is not about the fictional magic of Harry Potter or the fake magic of Harry […]
New Science/Consciousness
Cosmic Consciousness & Outer Spaces in Popular Culture
This article was published in New Dawn 165 (Nov-Dec 2017) Science fiction is always more important than science.– Timothy Leary The sacred, the sublime, has always walked amongst the profane. The signs are everywhere, blended into the sidewalks, pulp fictions, […]
Mind at the Centre: The Radical Liberation of My Mental World
It is a curious fact that we have successfully used our minds to penetrate profound secrets of the physical universe, but when it comes to grasping the nature of our minds, we are baffled. This is the famous mind-body problem, […]
VALIS “Vast Acting Living Intelligence System”: The Invasion of Philip K. Dick’s Mind
This article was published in New Dawn Special Issue Vol 8 No 4 (August 2014) In an interview with English journalist Charles Platt in 1979, the American science fiction writer Philip K. Dick claimed that in the spring of 1974 […]
Sacred Geometry: A New Spin
This article was published in New Dawn 136 (Jan-Feb 2013) I had trouble with calculus in college. The concept of mathematics describing geometric shapes just did not resonate in my brain. Yes, I knew the formula for the circumference of a […]