Charles Upton

Biography:

Charles Upton is a poet, social critic, and lifelong student of traditional metaphysics and comparative religion, as well as a veteran of the counterculture of the 60's and 70's. In the 80's he participated in the sanctuary movement for Central American refugees, and also spent two years in the 90's working with Marin County's homeless. Around this time he discovered the metaphysics of the "traditionalist school," where some of the teachings reflect that the erosion of the energy barrier between the material plane and the world of psychic forces could signal the end of times.

Past Shows:

	UFOs, End Times & the Antichrist
	Wednesday February 8, 2006

Author Charles Upton, a student of traditional metaphysics and comparative religion, discussed how various traditions support an 'end-times' scenario, and how UFOs and the Antichrist play into it. UFOs, he suggested, are coming from another dimension that is similar yet different to ours, and the occupants, while physical, can't exist in our realm for any length of time. Some of these beings are demonic in nature, and serve to pull people away from God, Upton argued. Yet he believes that other entities in this class could be considered more benign "nature spirits" or what Islam calls the jinn. Perceptions such as of the "grey" alienare deceptive, because we can't fully see a multi-dimensional being, he explained. Uptown has found surprising correlations in the end-time prophecies of different traditions, including Judaism, Islam, Christianity, Zoroastrianism, Hinduism, Tibetan Buddhism and Native-American. Several of these traditions repeat the idea of mankind passing through f ... More
Host: George Noory