This article was published in New Dawn 147 (Nov-Dec 2014). Not long ago I was walking through the aisles of a New Age fair in the suburbs of Chicago. All the usual suspects were there: booths for Baha’i and Eckankar; […]
Secret Wisdom
What is Alchemy?
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 9 No 2 (June 2015) It is a remote location in China in the early 1960s. A young man, Wang Liping, is studying with three Taoist masters. After preliminary training, they give him a […]
The Mystery of Christian Origins: Hail the Solar Kristos
An innate knowledge of the Gods is coexistent with our very existence; and this knowledge is superior to all judgement and deliberate choice, and subsists prior to reason and demonstration. – Iamblichus, 4th Century Neoplatonist, On the Mysteries of the Egyptians, […]
Kindling the Divine Spark: The Secret to Awakening
From New Dawn 100 (Jan-Feb 2007) Blessed is he who has a soul, blessed is he who has none, but woe and grief to him who has it in embryo.1– G.I. Gurdjieff The United States Declaration of Independence proudly proclaims […]
Manifesting Your Will
From New Dawn 103 (Jul-Aug 2007) Much of New Thought is about manifesting your will. It’s far more helpful to do this if your will is in alignment with your own higher nature. This exercise is designed to help you […]