From New Dawn 143 (Mar-Apr 2014) Despite its proximity and influence on planet Earth, our understanding of the Moon – and the mechanism by which it formed – remains incomplete. The Moon is holding out on a number of mysteries […]
Secret History
The Magus Was A Spy: Aleister Crowley and the Curious Connections Between Intelligence and the Occult
From New Dawn 105 (Nov-Dec 2007) In Magick Without Tears, Aleister Crowley observed a fundamental similarity between the “Secret Chiefs,” the invisible and inaccessible Masters to whom he professed obedience, and “Captain A. and Admiral B. of the Naval Intelligence […]
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 […]
Witchcraft Before Wicca: The Cunning Men and Wise-Women of Old
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 11 No 4 (Aug 2017) Today the popular image of witchcraft in the mass media and in books and magazines is largely defined by ‘Wicca’, a form of neo-pagan witchcraft created by a retired […]
Unity: The Remarkable Story of Charles & Myrtle Fillmore
Myrtle Fillmore was in desperate straits in 1886. Sick from tuberculosis and malaria, her much-younger husband had managed to bankrupt himself in both the mining and real-estate industries. She was so weak that she was incapable of caring for her […]