A Traditionalist Perspective on Gnosticism with Charles Upton

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Charles Upton offers a traditionalist critique of Gnosticism, exploring its metaphysical assumptions and cultural resonance.

A Traditionalist Perspective on Gnosticism with Charles Upton Charles Upton’s first books of poetry were published in 1968 and 1969 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti of City Light Books in San Francisco. He was then considered the youngest member of the “beat generation” as he was still in high school. He has subsequently written many books associated with the traditionalist school of spirituality including What Poets Used to Know, The Science of the Greater Jihad, Folk Metaphysics, Alien Disclosure Deception: The Metaphysics of Social Engineering, Day and Night on the Sufi Path, Dugin Against Dugin: A Traditionalist Critique of the Fourth Political Theory, The System of the Antichrist, and Vectors of the Counter-Initiation. His most recent book of poetry is The Wars of Love and Other Poems. Charles Upton offers a traditionalist critique of Gnosticism, examining its metaphysical assumptions about evil, transcendence, and the nature of the cosmos. Charles explores why Gnostic ideas resonate so strongly in modern culture, particularly feelings of alienation, simulation, and entrapment in an unjust world. From a traditionalist standpoint, Upton reframes Gnosticism as a…

People in this episode

Guest: Charles Upton

Topics covered

• Gnosticism
• Traditionalism
• Spirituality
• Metaphysics
• Cultural Critique
• Alienation

Keywords

• Gnosticism
• Traditionalism
• Spirituality
• Metaphysics
• Cultural Alienation
• Ego
• Cosmos

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: City Light Books

Books & works: What Poets Used to Know, The Science of the Greater Jihad, Folk Metaphysics, Alien Disclosure Deception: The Metaphysics of Social Engineering, Day and Night on the Sufi Path, Dugin Against Dugin: A Traditionalist Critique of the Fourth Political Theory, The System of the Antichrist, Vectors of the Counter-Initiation, The Wars of Love and Other Poems

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