Charles Upton: 7 books
Cracks In The Great Wall
UFOs and Traditional Metaphysics
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2005
Can we really know what UFO's are? The answer is Yes-but only if we study them armed with a kind of knowledge that explains the true and complete structure of the universe-spiritual, psychic, and material-a knowledge that only traditional metaphysics can provide. Science can supply one piece of the puzzle,...
The Virtues Of The Prophet
A Young Muslim’s Guide to the Greater Jihad, The War Against the Passions
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2006
IN THE RELIGION OF ISLAM the character of the Prophet Muhammad, peace and blessing be upon him, is the model of human virtue. Orphan, exile, contemplative, successful businessman, long-time faithful husband to one wife, husband to several wifes in his later years, statesman, judge, warrior, conqueror,...
Who Is The Earth?
How To See God in the Natural World
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2008
Ever since the advent of "earth-based spiritualities" in our time, the call to realize the Divine Immanence, to see God in the forms of the natural world and the particular events of our lives, has become paramount. And yet, without a corresponding sense of the Divine Transcendence, we find ourselves...
Reflections of Tasawwuf
Essays, Poems, and Narrative on Sufi Themes
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2008
Sufism is the practice of remaining aware of the real presence of God in every circumstance, until Certainly is reached. The dizzying complexity of Sufi metaphysics, the passionate beauty of Sufi poetry, and the profound Sufi science of spiritual psychology, are all based on this. The Sufi Path is the...
Findings
In Metaphysic, Path, & Lore
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2010
The Traditionalist or Perennialist School of metaphysics, esoterism, and comparative religion, ‘founded’ by René Guénon and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy, and carried on by such figures as Frithjof Schuon, Titus Burckhardt, and Martin Lings, produced a body doctrine of rare depth and comprehension, effectively...
The System Of Antichrist
Truth and Falsehood in Postmodernism and the New Age
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2001
The System of Antichrist examines the present religious and cultural scene from the standpoint of traditional metaphysics and critiques the New Age spiritualities within their postmodern context. Its many references to Rene Guenon and Frithjof Schuon also help introduce these important but little-known...
Legends Of The End
Prophecies of the End Times, Antichrist, Apocalypse, & Messiah from Eight Religious Traditions
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2005
Ever since the advent of nuclear weapons, biological warfare and irreversible degradation of the environment, we have all been facing the End of Days. Whether the world ends tomorrow or lasts for centuries, this is the ‘climate’ of our times. We are all more or less familiar with the Christian apocalypse—but...