From New Dawn 129 (Nov-Dec 2011) Man is born an unfinished creature. He cannot walk or talk or feed himself. Long years of care are required to bring him to even the most minimal levels of self-sufficiency. And yet even […]
Secret Wisdom
India’s Science of Light
From New Dawn 127 (Jul-Aug 2011) While most people in the Western world are aware of astrology, comparatively few know that other cultures have other systems of astrology. There are Chinese and Tibetan horoscopes, with their cycles of twelve signs […]
The Mysterious Kybalion
From New Dawn 124 (Jan-Feb 2011) People who have spent time grazing in metaphysical bookshops may have come across a mysterious volume called The Kybalion, written by “Three Initiates” and first issued by the Yogi Publication Society of Chicago in […]
Waiting for the End of the World: René Guénon and the Kali Yuga
From New Dawn 122 (Sept-Oct 2010) Currently the fear – or hope – of the closing of the age pervades the air like a thick vapour. Sometimes this end is envisaged as an environmental calamity, sometimes as the second coming […]
Eros & Gnosis: A Gnostic Study of Human Sexuality
From New Dawn 121 (Jul-Aug 2010) Human beings are not only the funniest monkeys: they are the sexiest ones as well. In many ways we are a species singularly devoted to sex. We talk, write, read, joke and argue about […]