This article was published in New Dawn 111 (Nov-Dec 2008) If the industrious man, through taking action,Does not succeed, he should not be blamed for that –He still perceives the truth.– The Sauptikaparvan of the Mahabharata (2,16) If we select […]
Secret Wisdom
Awakening Our True Potential
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 […]
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 […]