This article was published in New Dawn 142 (Jan-Feb 2014) When the veil descended, men revered what it covered. And as time went on it seemed to hide more and more and was revered still more. Then, when it was […]
Richard Smoley
In Search of the Lost Gospels
This article was published in New Dawn Special Issue Vol 8 No 3 (June 2014) Slowly the public has learned that the Gospels in the Bible are not the only ones that were written. Some of these other half-forgotten texts […]
Dreams: Another Reality?
This article was published in New Dawn 135 (Nov-Dec 2012) For most of us, the dream world is the most immediate and pressing of all alternative realities. Its bizarreness, its sheer otherness, which presents itself to us every night, constantly […]
The Way of the Sly Man: The Teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff
This article was published in New Dawn 131 (Mar-Apr 2012) It has happened to everyone. You go into a room only to find you have no recollection of why you went; someone reminds you of a promise you made but […]
Gematria: The Link Between Numbers & Letters
Count the numerical values Of the letters in Nero’s name, And in “murdered his own mother”: You’ll find the sum is the same. This piece of doggerel, written on a wall in Rome around 60 CE, points to a widespread […]