A look up at the blue of the sky any day on our planet will fill most people with a sense of reassurance and warmth. Yes the clouds roll in and the storms will come. The idyll can change in […]
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Caodaism: How a Secretive Sect Based on Spirit Communication Shaped the Destiny of Vietnam
From New Dawn Special Issue 11 (Mar 2010) Caodaism was always the favourite chapter of my briefing to visitors. Caodaism, the invention of a Cochin civil servant, was a synthesis of the three religions. The Holy See was at Tanyin. […]
Truth About the Knights Templar
From New Dawn Special Issue 11 So many books, articles and academic treatises have been written about the Order of Poor Knights of the Temple of Solomon in Jerusalem – usually shortened to the Knights Templar – that it is […]
Freemasonry’s Secret Science of Symbolism: Resurrection, Immortality, and the Secret Elixir
From New Dawn Special Issue 11 (Mar 2010) It was during its transitional phase of the early nineteenth century that Freemasonry began to change its public symbolism. During the eighteenth century, the skull and crossbones were used to mark the […]
A Lucid Look at Lucifer
We have to literarily, philosophically and theologically deconstruct certain concepts before we can really understand them. This is a process where we look beneath and beyond the commonly assumed folklore. Some readers may think Lucifer is a clearly designated biblical […]