From New Dawn 124 (Jan-Feb 2011) The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.– William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience If there is a central religious doctrine […]
Secret Wisdom
A Search for Paul Brunton
From New Dawn 191 (Mar-Apr 2022) There was a time when Paul Brunton (1898-1981) needed no introduction. From the 1930s through the 1950s, his eleven books were best-sellers in the field of alternative spirituality. A Search in Secret India and […]
An Aquarian Age Revolution In the Balance
From New Dawn 181 (Jul-Aug 2020) The challenge of the Aquarian Age is to “inner-stand” between the two personal and trans-personal forces represented by its rulers Saturn and Uranus. Many astrologers fall into the personality trap of labelling poor Saturn […]
Toward the Practice of the Original Magic of Zarathustra
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 11 No 4 (Aug 2017) One of the enduring signs of the origin of consciousness beyond the limits of our present planet is that of the Persian Faravahar – a winged disk mounted by […]
Of Cannibals, Inquisitors, Mainstream Militants & Escape Artists
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 12 No 1 (Feb 2018) Recently re-reading St. Augustine’s Confessions, written over sixteen hundred years ago, I was struck by one aspect that had previously eluded me: the authors he refers to are, for […]