The Muggle world is filled with symbols. From Coke cans to McDonald’s arches, IBM computers to Apple Macintoshs, from flags to emblems and medals, to the endless variety of product packaging, modern culture is brimming with images. Open the Yellow […]
Secret Wisdom
G.I. Gurdjieff & the Hidden History of the Sufis
From New Dawn 107 (Mar-Apr 2008) Sufism belongs in spirit to the modern age. It has an affinity with it; it is in tune with secularism, with the modern thirst for objective knowledge. Yet the Sufi tradition is immensely old. […]
The Real Secret of The Secret
From New Dawn 103 (Jul-Aug 2007) The latest in the blockbusters of alternative spirituality is The Secret, now both a film and a book. Both have been huge successes. The film version has sold 1.5 million copies in DVD format, […]
Satsang: The Power of Spiritual Presence
From New Dawn 101 (Mar-April 2007) Enlightened people are like spiritual dynamos: they have a very strong presence which touches the people they come into contact with, transmitting something of their enlightenment to them. Even people who aren’t at all […]
The I Ching, The Most Modern Ancient Wisdom Classic
From New Dawn 100 (Jan-Feb 2007) In a changing and unpredictable world, no classical text is more rewarding, or more challenging, than the ancient Chinese I Ching or Book of Changes. This classic presents itself as a book of divination […]