From New Dawn 142 (Jan-Feb 2014) We think of prophecy as a revealing of information that can include warnings or spiritual insights. In the Old Testament, prophets were revered and the wisdom they imparted considered of the highest authority. They […]
Secret History
Gallipoli: The Untold Story – ‘The first casualty of war is truth’
From New Dawn 149 (Mar-Apr 2015) The truth about Gallipoli has, unlike its victims, been buried deep. Historians like Peter Hart who describe it as “an idiocy generated by muddled thinking”1 are justified in their anger, but not their conclusions. […]
The Secret History of Astrology
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 […]
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 […]