This article was published in New Dawn Special Issue Vol 11 No 4 (August 2017) A leading academic in the field of Neopaganism, Witchcraft, and Druidry, Ronald Hutton is Professor of History at the University of Bristol. During the 1990s, […]
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Twisting the Threads: The Ageless Wisdom of the Western Mystery Tradition
This article was published in New Dawn Special Issue 5 (Winter 2008) Once upon a time, every religion was Janus-faced. It had its exoteric or outward side, serving or exploiting the majority of believers, and its esoteric or inward side, […]
The Way of the Sly Man: The Teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff
This article was published in New Dawn 131 (Mar-Apr 2012) It has happened to everyone. You go into a room only to find you have no recollection of why you went; someone reminds you of a promise you made but […]
Who Was Julius Evola, Really?
New Dawn 162 It is a pity that no researcher, while there was still time, ever spoke to the friends and relations who had known Julius Evola (1898–1974) in his youth. Like some other occult philosophers (Blavatsky and Gurdjieff come […]
J.G. Bennett: A Quest for the Masters of Wisdom
From New Dawn 149 (Mar-Apr 2015) On 13 December 1974, just over forty years ago, a 77-year-old Englishman died unexpectedly, after digging a flower garden, on the grounds of Sherborne House, an impressive mansion in the Cotswalds of England. Formerly […]