From New Dawn Special Issue No. 2 (Autumn/Winter 2006) With the publication of Holy Blood, Holy Grail in the mid-nineties and the Gnostic Gospels found in Nag Hammadi, a new perspective on the role of Mary Magdalene in the revelation […]
Secret History
America’s Arcane Origins
From New Dawn 94 (Jan-Feb 2006) Political activists of the so-called “religious Right” in the United States never tire of preaching that their country was founded as “a Christian democracy.” But they are wrong on both counts. When Benjamin Franklin […]
Where Did Christianity Really Come From?
This article is a brief examination of the nature and historical roots of the Qumran community that lived and worked on the western shore of the Dead Sea around 150 BCE to 68 CE and the connections that may be […]
The Secret Origins of AIDS: Facts, Fallacies & Conspiracy Theories
In 2006 the AIDS epidemic was a quarter-century old. Officially starting in June 1981 as a mysterious and fatal disease exclusively found in several dozen young white gay men from New York City and Los Angeles, the disease has already […]
Earthquakes: Natural or Man-Made?
From New Dawn 89 (Mar-Apr 2005) Precautions against unconventional arms must be intensified as potential terrorists develop chemical and biological weapons and electromagnetic methods that could create holes in the ozone layer or trigger earthquakes or volcanoes.– Former US Secretary […]