From New Dawn 100 (Jan-Feb 2007) In a changing and unpredictable world, no classical text is more rewarding, or more challenging, than the ancient Chinese I Ching or Book of Changes. This classic presents itself as a book of divination […]
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Robots, Goblins and Alien Amoeba, Answering Fermi’s Paradox
From New Dawn 100 (Jan-Feb 2007) I believe there are many gods, not one, and always in conflict. Well, if there are gods who created and control what’s going on here, you can tell a lot about them by what […]
Kuan Yin: The Compassionate Rebel
From New Dawn 99 (Nov-Dec 2006) It is unfortunate that Buddhism’s most enduring (and universal) contribution to the world has been insufficiently translated as compassion. The original Sanskrit word is karuna, which holds within itself traces of the fragment ‘ru’, […]
William S. Burroughs: 20th Century Gnostic Visionary
From New Dawn 199 (Nov-Dec 2006) In 1984, in Boulder, Colorado, an interviewer asked William S. Burroughs (1914-1997), “What religious persuasion would you consider yourself?” Without hesitating, Burroughs replied, “Gnostic, or a Manichean.”1Upon reading those words, suddenly everything made sense. […]
The Incredibly Strange Story of Intelligent Design
From New Dawn 97 (Jul-Aug 2006) Children in Ohio may be taught life was created by aliens under an education package designed to ditch Darwin’s Theory of evolution. The US state is considering adopting the “intelligent design” theory that life […]