From New Dawn 105 (Nov-Dec 2007) In the first chapter of his fascinating book The Origins of Psychic Phenomena (1984), the British psychologist Stan Gooch explains that he used to smile when he heard, “for instance, stories of invisible ‘thought […]
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John Perkins: From Economic Hitman to Shaman
I remember John Perkins. He was a real jerk. A gold-plated, super-slick lying little butthole shill for corporate gangsters; a snake-oil salesman with a movie-star grin, shiny loafers, a crooked calculator and a tooled leather briefcase full of high-blown bullshit. […]
The Speed of Life: Why Time Seems to Speed Up and How to Slow it Down
From New Dawn 104 (Sept-Oct 2007) I’m six years old, in the car with my parents and brother, travelling back from our annual two week holiday in Conwy, North Wales. It’s dark and the journey seems to take forever. I […]
The Lost Lands of Mu and Lemuria: Was Australia Once Part of a Sunken Continent?
From New Dawn 103 (Jul-Aug 2007) Lemuria and Mu are interchangeable names given to a lost land believed to have been located somewhere in either the southern Pacific or Indian Oceans. This ancient continent was apparently the home of an […]
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, […]