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. […]
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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 […]
How to Make a Ghost: Magic and Mysticism in Tibet
This article was published in New Dawn 96 (May-June 2006) Authors note that fictional characters have a tendency to take on a life of their own. But few readers realise just how literally they mean it. A friend of mine, […]
Who Built the Moon? An Interview With Christopher Knight
From New Dawn 96 (May-June 2006) Many New Dawn readers will know of British writer Christopher Knight from his first book The Hiram Key, which he co-authored with Robert Lomas and published in 1996. Quickly becoming a best seller, The Hiram Key was […]
Mary Magdalene, Apostle of the Apostles
With the publication of Holy Blood, Holy Grail in the mid-nineties and the Gnostic Gospels found in Nag Hammadi, a new perspective on the role of Mary Magdalene in the revelation and dissemination of the esoteric teachings of Christ has […]