From New Dawn 147 (Nov-Dec 2014) Traditionalists, for present purposes, means the loosely-constituted group inspired by René Guénon (1886-1951). Many of them also revere Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947). Later Frithjof Schuon (1907-1998) became central to the group, while the work […]
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The Return of the Elder Race & Opening the Gateway of the Fifth Kingdom
René Guénon’s assertion, culled from ancient esoteric sources, that in the remote past humanity’s first civilisation arose in the ice-free Arctic zone is not without geological support. According to the well-known researcher J.S. Gordon, “there is no scientific doubt that […]
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 […]
Arkaim: Russia’s Ancient City & the Arctic Origin of Civilisation
From New Dawn 111 (Nov-Dec 2008) Vast shadowy forces are moving in Central Asia – or rather in the greater region we call Eurasia – which may change the face of our global society and civilisation forever. Even as the […]