From New Dawn 152 (Sept-Oct 2015) We may have entered a new epoch, or so some scientists are telling us. The Anthropocene is a geological epoch characterised by the noticeable impact of humanity on the surface of the Earth. The […]
Kali Yuga
When Does the Kali Yuga End?
From New Dawn 138 (May-June 2013) The widespread belief that an age is ending and a new one dawning is part of a cyclical concept of time common to most philosophical cultures. The best known versions are the Four Ages […]
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 […]
The Alchemy of Time: Understanding the Great Year & the Cycles of Existence
From New Dawn 92 (Sept-Oct 2005) The age of iron has no other seal than that of Death. Its hieroglyph is the skeleton, bearing the attributes of Saturn: the empty hourglass, symbol of time run out…– Fulcanelli The inspiration for […]