A question frequently put to me by newcomers to magical practice is whether there is a reliable way of distinguishing subjective experience from what exists independently of their perception of it. In other words, how can they be sure that […]
Secret Wisdom
Quest for Hidden Wisdom: An Interview with Richard Smoley
This article was published in New Dawn 98 (Sept-Oct 2006) Richard Smoley and Jay Kinney need no introduction to New Dawn readers. After successful careers as editors of Gnosis (1985-1999), the highly respected US journal of esoteric knowledge, in 1999 […]
Homage to Pan: Rosaleen Norton – The Witch of Kings Cross
From New Dawn Special Issue 3 (June 2007) Rosaleen Norton (1917-1979) has been described as Australia’s best known witch. She was a controversial and ‘colourful’ character in Sydney’s Kings Cross district during the 1950s and 1960s and was known to […]
Maria de Naglowska, A Herald of the New Era
When Winston Churchill called Russia “a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma,” he could as well have been describing a daughter of Russia named Maria de Naglowska. She was a poet, a journalist, a translator, an author, an […]
Toxic Prayer: Be Careful What You Ask For…
From New Dawn 114 (May-June 2009) You might be under the impression that authors choose the titles of their own books. That isn’t true – at least not always. If the publishers don’t like the title, they will change it. […]