From New Dawn 103 (Jul-Aug 2007) Much of New Thought is about manifesting your will. It’s far more helpful to do this if your will is in alignment with your own higher nature. This exercise is designed to help you […]
Richard Smoley
Has Consciousness Evolved?
From New Dawn 147 (Nov-Dec 2014) The idea that consciousness is evolving is one of the most important doctrines of the New Age. But is it true? Over the long term, the answer seems obvious. Even the stupidest of humans […]
The Rebirth of Gnosticism: An Interview with Dr. Stephan A. Hoeller
From New Dawn 143 (Mar-Apr 2014) One of the most compelling themes of current times is Gnosis – the idea of a transcendental knowledge that, like enlightenment, liberates the individual from bondage to the world of suffering. While Gnosis and Gnosticism […]
Is Your God a Devil?
From New Dawn 142 (Jan-Feb 2014) It is one of the most familiar and reassuring lines in scripture: “The Lord is my shepherd.” But when you think about it, the metaphor is a disturbing one. It’s true that a shepherd […]
Will Thinking Make It So? An Interview With Mitch Horowitz
This article was published in New Dawn 142 (Jan-Feb 2014) Much of today’s writing about spirituality is loaded with nonsense. Often it consists of little more than wild speculation, shoddy reasoning, and the repetition of a few stale truisms. A […]