From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 14 No 1 (Jan 2020) “The universe is an ocean, the Moon is the Diaoyu Islands, Mars is Huangyan Island. If we don’t go there now even though we’re capable of doing so, then […]
December, 2021
Getting Beyond the Robot: Some Reflections on Paradoxical Freedom
From New Dawn 182 (Sept-Oct 2020) Some weeks ago I had an odd experience. Like many other people, I have spent the past few months under a voluntary “house arrest,” following the rules the government has set out in order […]
Enlightenment & Gnosis: An Inquiry into Experiential Religion
From New Dawn 186 (May-June 2021) The study of mystical religious experience was introduced into psychological studies in the late nineteenth century. Curiously, this somewhat novel interest was initially stimulated by researchers of medical psychology who observed that phenomena resembling […]
Getting Serious with Spiritual Practices in an Age of Crisis
From New Dawn 181 (Jul-Aug 2020) Over the years, I have used a variety of contemplative practices in combination to achieve specific spiritual outcomes. These practices eventually became ritualised into cyclical patterns in which the stage was set for some […]
The Astonishing Achievements of our Ancient Ancestors
From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 14 No 3 (June 2020) Like other New Dawn readers, I had heard something about Roman road-builders, Mayan mathematicians and Babylonian astronomers. But I was subsequently surprised to discover that these and other peoples […]