Known in certain new age circles as the focus of the Aquarian age, Russia is currently undergoing a massive ‘occult revival’. Interest in paranormal phenomena, occultism and parapsychology has never been more prevalent. With the end of the communist system, […]
Secret History
The Strange Case of The Secret Gospel: A Controversial New Look at the Secret Gospel According to Mark
From New Dawn 82 (Jan-Feb 2004) Even with recourse to the best scholarship and offering the best proofs for events of Jesus’ life and linked issues across history, it is not enough to claim to have found Jesus’ horoscope as […]
The War on the Cathars
From New Dawn 110 (Sept-Oct 2008) The “Cathar heresy” that struck Southern France in the 13th century, and was viciously persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church, remains a pool of interest and intrigue. What really happened, and what did the […]
Athanasius Kircher’s Theatre of Marvels
The museum of Athanasius Kircher (1602 – 1680) in the Jesuit College of Rome was an obligatory stop for high-class tourists, from John Evelyn the diarist to Queen Christina of Sweden, but they never knew what to expect. The college […]
Tasmania’s Mysterious Monuments: Decoding the Work of Ian Sykes
From New Dawn 139 (Jul-Aug 2013) Earlier this year [2013] a New Dawn reader came across a mysterious set of strange monuments in a rural recreation area called Sanctuary Park, situated in Railton, Tasmania – just 20km south of the […]