Cherry Gilchrist’s book on the history and interpretation of alchemy has remained a classic since its first publication in 1984. Alchemy, the Great Work: A History and Evaluation of the Western Hermetic Tradition was published in a new edition by […]
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Living at the End of an Age
This article was published in New Dawn Special Issue Vol 11 No 3 (June 2017) Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centrecannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the […]
The Lord of the World: What’s Really Behind the Legend of the Mysterious Kingdom of Agarttha?
From New Dawn 151 (Jul-Aug 2015) A current theory holds that the secret rulers of humanity are an alien, reptilian race. The best-known version of this view comes from British author David Icke. (See Donald Tyson’s “Reptilians ’R Us” in New […]
The Dawning Aeon of the Child: Personal Thoughts & Reflections
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 11 No 3 (June 2017) In 1904, while visiting Cairo with his wife Rose, the English occultist Aleister Crowley received a text known as The Book of the Law via direct voice transmission. He […]
The Black Arts after Fifty Years
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 11 No 4 (Aug 2017) This year marks the 50th anniversary of Richard Cavendish’s classic study of the occult, The Black Arts. The year of Cavendish’s book – 1967 – could be seen as a […]