From New Dawn 129 (Nov-Dec 2011) Man is born an unfinished creature. He cannot walk or talk or feed himself. Long years of care are required to bring him to even the most minimal levels of self-sufficiency. And yet even […]
Richard Smoley
India’s Science of Light
From New Dawn 127 (Jul-Aug 2011) While most people in the Western world are aware of astrology, comparatively few know that other cultures have other systems of astrology. There are Chinese and Tibetan horoscopes, with their cycles of twelve signs […]
New Dawn & the Tradition of Alternative Publishing
This article was published in New Dawn 126 (May-June 2011) The origins and influences for a publication as rich and manifold as New Dawn are difficult to trace in any simplistic way, particularly for someone who has come to write […]
The Mysterious Kybalion
From New Dawn 124 (Jan-Feb 2011) People who have spent time grazing in metaphysical bookshops may have come across a mysterious volume called The Kybalion, written by “Three Initiates” and first issued by the Yogi Publication Society of Chicago in […]
The Bible: Myth or History?
From New Dawn 123 (Nov-Dec 2010) Every civilisation needs a myth; but woe to the civilisation whose myth has been found wanting. That is the position of Christianity today. It came to ascendance at a time when the myths of […]