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Awakening Your Psychic Powers: An Interview with Kurt Leland

Richard Smoley — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 05:40:51 +0000

Kurt Leland is one of today’s most intrepid explorers of the inner planes. A musician and author as well as a visionary, he has written books including Otherwhere: A Field Guide to Nonphysical Reality for the Out-of-Body Traveler and The Multidimensional Human. His latest work is Invisible Worlds: Annie Besant on Psychic and Spiritual Development (Quest Books, 2013). It is an anthology of writings…

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The Mystique of the Manor: Australia’s Occult Centre Revealed

Paul V Young — Fri, 19 Feb 2016 09:37:20 +0000

Pilgrims have been drawn to the other-worldly auras of hallowed sites, both natural and man-made, all around the globe since antiquity. One such sanctuary sits right in the heart of Sydney and, although it has slipped from prominence today, it played a significant role in Australia’s spiritual and esoteric history. While its narrative has primarily been expressed through the descriptions of…

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The Amazing Story of the Clairvoyants Who Observed Atoms

Brendan Murphy — Sun, 20 Sep 2015 07:04:16 +0000

From New Dawn Special Issue Vol 6 No 4 (Aug 2012) In few, if any, science textbooks or records of Nobel laureates will you find the name of a bona fide and publicly acknowledged occultist or clairvoyant. This, however, is [...]

The Inscrutable Madame Blavatsky: An Interview with Gary Lachman

Richard Smoley — Fri, 27 Dec 2013 13:29:18 +0000

This article was published in New Dawn 137 (Mar-Apr 2013) I was in search of the unknown…– Madame H.P. Blavatsky (1831-1890) Gary Lachman is one of today’s most intelligent and prolific authors on the world of the occult. He started [...]

Wise Men From the East: Is There a Secret Brotherhood of Masters Who Direct the Spiritual Progress of Humankind?

Stephan A. Hoeller PhD — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 12:04:52 +0000

There is a strange and persistent legend that probably originates in the East. It proposes that in some hidden locations on the Earth (generally the highlands of Central Asia, particularly Tibet, although other sites, such as the Andes and even some mountains in the US, such as the Grand Tetons and Mt. Shasta, are mentioned at times), there exists a group of persons who possess both exceptional…

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Are We Food for the Moon?

Jason Jeffrey — Thu, 16 May 2013 11:42:49 +0000

Probably no heavenly body has received as much attention down through the ages as our Moon. The causes of this fascination are obvious: the Moon enlightens the night and appears as a remarkable and large object in the sky. As a regulator of Earth’s tides and life’s biological cycles, the Moon’s importance to our physical existence is second only to that of the Sun. Sacred scriptures…

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C.W. Leadbeater: Saint or Sinner?

Frank Joseph — Sun, 17 Mar 2013 03:21:33 +0000

Rare is the man or woman whose controversy in life outlives their death into the next century. But such were H.P. Blavatsky and C.W. Leadbeater, the founder and promoter, respectively, of Theosophy. Their legacy of notoriety and fame are generated less by the unorthodox, even heretical ideas they espoused with such unrepentant vigour during an era of Victorian sensibilities…

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