From New Dawn 166 (Jan-Feb 2018) Twentieth-century Australia was a greenhouse of spirituality and occultism in their many colourful varieties, offering a revolving door to a diverse range of international teachers and practitioners who graced our shores. Among them was […]
Secret Wisdom
The World of Esoteric Orders: Secrets Within Secrets
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 7 No 3 (June 2013) It is noon on a summer morning in California, and I am sitting in a dimly lit auditorium that is decorated in an Egyptian style with Art Deco touches. […]
William Walker Atkinson & His Legacy
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 13 No 5 (Oct 2019) William Walker Atkinson was one of the most influential and mysterious metaphysical writers of the twentieth century. Under an array of different pseudonyms, Atkinson authored over a hundred books […]
The Strange Connection Between Science & the Occult
From New Dawn 170 (Sept-Oct 2018) We like to think that modern science has developed as a result of rational enquiry; however, the history of science is littered with tales of bizarre experiments, eccentric characters and peculiar coincidences. Many of […]
The Gnostic Revolt Against the God of the Old Testament
From New Dawn 98 (Sept-Oct 2006) They teach the insidious doctrine that there is another God besides the Creator.– Irenaeus, Against Heresies For many heretics have said that the God Of the Old Testament is one, and the God of […]