From New Dawn 141 (Nov-Dec 2013) The history of astrology is in many ways the history of a polemic. The question of whether astrology works, as crucial as it is, is soon buried under other issues, such as what this […]
Secret History
Who is Afraid of Conspiracy Theories?
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 7 No 6 (Dec 2013) In his book Philosophical Investigations, philosopher of science Ludwig Wittgenstein demonstrated that words are more than designations or labels. They are signals in a context of activity, and are […]
The Magical Universe of William S. Burroughs
From New Dawn 142 (Jan-Feb 2014) When the American writer William S. Burroughs passed away at the ripe old age of 83 back in August 1997, the media coverage was definitely more in keeping with his status as a counter-cultural […]
Sister Veni Cooper-Mathieson: Pioneer Thinker & Metaphysical Teacher
From New Dawn 141 (Nov-Dec 2013) Australia has a long tradition of self-help literature and much of it was written, in the early years, by colourful characters who embraced a hodgepodge of new and progressive ideas which included Theosophy, New […]
Sean Stone Speaks Out
From New Dawn 147 (Nov-Dec 2014) As a post-2012 digitally-networked generation rushes headlong into a juncture between an ever-growing global corporatocracy, an ever-worsening financial barometer, never-ending military adventures and the drumbeats of World War III, an alternative dialogue on the […]