New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove Nov 6, 2025 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, System of the Antichrist, and Vectors of the Counter-Initiation. His most recent book of poetry is Wars of Love and Other Poems. His website is https://charles-upton.com/ Note: There is a GoFundMe page for Charles Upton who is dealing with colon cancer. See https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-charl… To download a copy of See, Sing, and Know: The Art of Poetry in Five Lessons by Charles Upton, go to https://newthinkingallowed.com/See.docx Charles Upton explores the nature of the Jinn—beings described in Islamic and pre-Islamic traditions as intermediaries between humans and the divine. He examines their presence in folklore, poetry, and metaphysical systems, linking them to phenomena such as UFOs, psychic surgery, and spiritual possession. Upton also cautions that fascination with these unseen entities may divert seekers from the direct contemplation of the divine. 00:00 Introduction 03:21 Defining the jinn and their origins 07:12 Poetry and inspiration from the jinn 13:02 Psychic surgery and invisible beings 17:01 The faithful and the demonic jinn 20:12 Fascination versus spiritual focus 23:27 The veil between worlds thinning 26:47 Jinn technology and artificial intelligence 42:57 The gods, daimons, and intermediaries 52:42 Conclusion New Thinking Allowed host, Jeffrey Mishlove, PhD, is author of The Roots of Consciousness, Psi Development Systems, and The PK Man. Between 1986 and 2002 he hosted and co-produced the original Thinking Allowed public television series. He is the recipient of the only doctoral diploma in “parapsychology” ever awarded by an accredited university (University of California, Berkeley, 1980). He is also the Grand Prize winner of the 2021 Bigelow Institute essay competition regarding the best evidence for survival of human consciousness after permanent bodily death. He is Co-Director of Parapsychology Education at the California Institute for Human Science. (Recorded on October 14, 2025)