From New Dawn 98 (Sept-Oct 2006) A question frequently put to me by newcomers to magical practice is whether there is a reliable way of distinguishing subjective experience from what exists independently of their perception of it. In other words, […]
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Homage to Pan: Rosaleen Norton – The Witch of Kings Cross
From New Dawn Special Issue 3 (June 2007) Rosaleen Norton (1917-1979) has been described as Australia’s best known witch. She was a controversial and ‘colourful’ character in Sydney’s Kings Cross district during the 1950s and 1960s and was known to […]
Toxic Prayer: Be Careful What You Ask For…
From New Dawn 114 (May-June 2009) You might be under the impression that authors choose the titles of their own books. That isn’t true – at least not always. If the publishers don’t like the title, they will change it. […]
Nothing Is True, Everything is Permitted: The Untold Story of Brion Gysin
From New Dawn 154 (Jan-Feb 2016) If Brion Gysin had not existed, it probably would have been necessary to invent him, as the saying goes. Pre-eminent multimedia psychedelic shaman of the latter-half of the twentieth century, Gysin was something of […]
Mystery Thailand: Monks, Magic & the Spirit World
From New Dawn 140 (Sept-Oct 2013) What country is the most occult in the world? Lying smack dab in the heart of Southeast Asia, Thailand arguably fits the bill. This is a country that truly believes in spirits and supernatural […]