From New Dawn Special Issue 3 (June 2007) Rosaleen Norton (1917-1979) has been described as Australia’s best known witch. She was a controversial and ‘colourful’ character in Sydney’s Kings Cross district during the 1950s and 1960s and was known to […]
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Maria de Naglowska, A Herald of the New Era
From New Dawn 135 (Nov-Dec 2012) When Winston Churchill called Russia “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” he could as well have been describing a daughter of Russia named Maria de Naglowska. She was a poet, a […]
Toxic Prayer: Be Careful What You Ask For…
From New Dawn 114 (May-June 2009) You might be under the impression that authors choose the titles of their own books. That isn’t true – at least not always. If the publishers don’t like the title, they will change it. […]
Gnostic Mysteries of Sex: An Interview with Tobias Churton
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 10 No 3 (June 2016) Tobias Churton is one of today’s most visible and prolific writers on the Western esoteric tradition. He first came to the attention of the public in the UK in […]
American Gurus & the Search for Enlightenment: An Interview with Arthur Versluis
From New Dawn 154 (Jan-Feb 2016) Until recently the academic world paid almost no attention to the Western mystical and esoteric traditions. If any scholars strayed into these areas, they did so gingerly and apologetically, often feeling the need to […]