You would have to be living on another planet not to have noticed the thousands of books, Internet blogs and chat-rooms dedicated to the impending end of the Mayan long count calendar in December of this year. For many New Dawn readers who have been on their spiritual journey for a number of years, the apparent hoopla over “new” insights such as possible world-government conspiracy theories…
DESTINATION SAIGON: ADVENTURES IN VIETNAM
February 22, 2012 By
Walter Mason’s adventures display a great affection for and familiarity with the Vietnamese people. He has travelled widely, often with the assistance of friends for whom he shows much fondness. He writes in a picaresque style that has something of the Rabelaisian character of the Canterbury Tales that readily details both traditional and modern features of contemporary Vietnam…
TAOIST SHAMAN: PRACTICES FROM THE WHEEL OF LIFE
December 28, 2011 By
Taoist Shaman: Practices from the Wheel of Life is another book from the great Chinese-Thai master of both popular and esoteric physical and spiritual wisdom, Mantak Chia. As with some of his other recent works, he displays the universality of much Chinese tradition that initially seems unique. In the process, wittingly or unwittingly, he throws light on the deceptions of those who claim some special authority…
THE HEALING ENERGY OF SHARED CONSCIOUSNESS: A TAOIST APPROACH TO ENTERING THE UNIVERSAL MIND
October 29, 2011 By
As an enthusiast of Mantak Chia’s work, I have to admit to being initially somewhat disoriented by this book. It seemed to demand too much suspension of disbelief and to deal too much in what I felt were unsubstantiated concepts. This should not have pleased someone who often likes to think of himself as a Taoist. Surely, I should have been able to come to terms with a declared…
ESCAPE TO HELL AND OTHER STORIES
June 23, 2011 By
Most books by world leaders are snow jobs written to project an image or polish an ego. You would be surprised how many are ghost written by an editorial team. Escape to Hell is a breath of fresh air. It has an instant sense of authenticity and integrity not often found in a literary work. It speaks of the soul of the Libyan people: their anguish, dreams…
THE LIFE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF G.I. GURDJIEFF
December 7, 2010 By
Directed, written and narrated by William Patrick Patterson, this remarkable documentary series covers the life and teachings of G.I. Gurdjieff, one of the greatest and most enigmatic spiritual teachers who ever lived. Patterson is the founder/director of the Gurdjieff Studies Program, and has written a number of important books on The Fourth Way, including Eating the ‘I’ and Struggle of the Magicians. A genuine authority on Gurdjieff and his work, Patterson is not only a gifted author but, as he’s proven with this series, an equally gifted film-maker.
EATING THE ‘I’
November 8, 2010 By
For readers of New Dawn, the enigmatic mystic and spiritual teacher G.I. Gurdjieff needs little introduction. Like many others, I was first introduced to Gurdjieff’s ideas through P.D Ouspensky’s In Search of the Miraculous, a work of great clarity and accessibility. Ouspensky’s book, which many consider a spiritual classic, helped bring the teachings of the Fourth Way to a wider audience. Comparable in importance is William Patrick Patterson’s Eating the ‘I’…
LIVING IN THE TAO
September 8, 2010 By
Mantak Chia joins with William U Wei, who began studying Taoism with him in the early 1980s, in this exploration of using the Tao to live wisely and well in the contemporary world. Early chapters titled Vision from Within, Journey into Nothingness, The Rock and the Drop of Water, What Not to Do, and Medicine Meals – Foods that Heal invite the reader into a world that is spiritual, inspired, practical and immediate.
THE ALCHEMY OF SEXUAL ENERGY
August 7, 2010 By
This 2009 publication of recent writing by the Thai Chinese authority on Chinese healing and well-being therapies, Mantak Chia, complements earlier writing in a most challenging way. More than ever, it illustrates one of his basic mantras – you do it, you get it… I need to say this book challenged a number of my unquestioned, comfortable certainties in startling ways.
THE DICE GAME OF SHIVA
April 7, 2010 By
Some might hesitate, or at least pause before daring to explore consciousness, knowing we are using a culturally, ethnically and socially conditioned – and therefore restricted – mind to do so. For millennia, the endeavour was considered so preposterous that musings and insights into the essence of consciousness were hidden in metaphor and legend, most notably the story of the Hindu god Shiva and his consort Parvati.
