Authors
M. Ali Lakhani
M. Ali Lakhani, KC, the founding editor of Sacred Web, is a lawyer and author. Raised in England, he lives in Canada, and writes on traditional metaphysics, modernity and literature.
Charles Upton
Charles Upton is an American poet, philosopher, and author. His works focus on metaphysics, spirituality, and traditionalism, exploring the connections between art, culture, and traditional wisdom.
Nigel Jackson
Nigel Jackson, artist and esotericist, lives in Manchester. His art has graced the covers of the journals of Sacred Web.
Harry Oldmeadow
Kenneth "Harry" Oldmeadow is an Australian academic, specializing in the writings of the Traditionalist School. His interests include Native spirituality and he is a commentator on modernism.
Michael Bradburn-Ruster
Poet, writer, and teacher. His book The Angel or the Beast explores philosophy & mysticism in the Spanish Renaissance. His collection of poems, The Shadow of Gabriel’s Wing, was published in 2021.
Samuel Bendeck Sotillos
Dr. Sotillos is a practicing psychotherapist in California working in the field of mental health and social services. His focus is on the intersection between psychology, culture, and spirituality.
Mateus Soares de Azevedo
Azevedo is a Brazilian author on Perennial Philosophy and religion, who has written 11 books and over 100 articles. He is now translating Uprooting the Vineyard and editing William Stoddart’s letters.
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić
Rusmir Mahmutćehajić is a Bosnian author, intellectual, and statesman.
Jason Deutsch
Jason Deutsch’s work explores the meeting place of contemplative practice, depth psychology and the arts. He has been published in Still Point Arts Quarterly and Beshara Magazine. More of his work can be found at soulfulthoughts.blog.
Brian Keeble
Brian Keeble (b. 1941), poet, publisher, essayist, and traditional metaphysician, is a founder of Temenos Academy, and the author of numerous books of poetry and on the arts and philosophy.
Andrew Frisardi
Andrew Frisardi is an American writer & translator. He is a Fellow and lecturer at Temenos Academy in London, offering education in philosophy & arts in light of the sacred traditions of East & West.
Mohammed Rustom
Mohammed Rustom is a Canadian Islamic studies scholar. He is professor of Islamic thought & global philosophy at Carleton University, Ottawa, & Director of the Carleton Centre for the Study of Islam.
John Paraskevopoulos
John Paraskevopoulos is a Shin Buddhist priest from Australia who was ordained in 1994 at the Temple of the Primal Vow (Hongan-ji) in Kyoto. His books include Call of the Infinite & Immeasurable Life.
Noraini M. Noor
Prof. Noor, who served as a psychology professor in Malaysian universities before her retirement, now explores Islamic perspectives on the nature of Man, contrasting them with modern psychology.
Aziuddin Ahmad
Aziuddin Ahmad is a former finance professional turned professor, with a PhD in reactor physics. His current focus is exploring the meaning of human existence with the Breath of the Merciful.
Johan Nilsson
Dr Johan Nilsson was awarded his doctorate in political philosophy from the City University of Hong Kong. He is a Buddhist and writes primarily on “Political Perennialism”. His work can be accessed at: https://linktr.ee/politicalperennialism.
Fatima Jane Casewit
Jane Fatima Casewit is a writer, translator, and educator in Morocco with a background in linguistics. She has worked on rural girls' education & is currently part of the USAID/Morocco education team.
Peter Milward, SJ
Peter Milward, SJ (1925-2017) was an Oxford-educated Jesuit priest who lived and taught in Japan. He was a scholar of English Renaissance literature, and of modern religious poetry.
Philip Connaughton
Philip Connaughton taught Art and Design in Northern Ireland. His main interests have been the study of religions, philosophy, metaphysics and music.
John Ahmed Herlihy
John Ahmed Herlihy is an American Muslim convert who has taught in the UAE and Qatar. His interests include religion, metaphysics and travel.
Muna Al-Alwan
Muna A.S. Al-Alwan, professor of English literature, taught language and literature for 40 years in Iraq and the USA. Her interest are Shakespeare and drama in general, cultural and comparative studies.
William Stoddart
William Smith Stoddart (1925-2023) was a Scottish-Canadian physician, author and spiritual teacher, who wrote several books on the Perennial Philosophy and on comparative religion.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama
Tenzin Gyatso is the 14th Dalai Lama, the highest spiritual leader and head of Tibetan Buddhism.
Jennifer Doane Upton
Jennifer Doane Upton is a spiritual seeker in the Orthodox Christian tradition, and is the author of books on Dante and Christian esoterism. She is married to Charles Upton.
James S. Cutsinger
James S. Cutsinger (1953-2020) was an author, editor, and professor of religious studies at the University of South Carolina. A teacher in the Socratic tradition, he focused on Christianity and the Traditional School.
Stratford Caldecott
Stratford Caldecott (d 2024) was a Catholic author, Tolkien scholar & specialist on the Inklings & GK Chesterton, who lived in Oxford. He was founding editor of Humanum & co-director of Second Spring.
Bruno Amabile Bracco
Bruno Amabile Bracco, Master and Doctor of Law, is author of three books. He is a researcher in the Philosophy of Law at the University of São Paulo, Brazil, on Eastern Christianity, and on the relationship between law, religion and psychology.
Wolfgang Smith
Wolfgang Smith (1930-2024) was an Austrian mathematician, physicist, philosopher of science, metaphysician, and member of the Traditionalist School.
Andrea Nowak-Enshaie
Dr. Andrea Nowak-Enshaie is a scholar of medieval Christian mysticism and philosophy. She lives in Vienna, Austria.
Anastasia Korbet
Anastasia Korbet is a Ukrainian philosopher and author whose work explores the intersection of Neoplatonism, mystical theology, and contemporary experience. She is the creator of the philosophical platform Axis-V (axis-v.com).
Neela Bhattacharya Saxena
Neela Bhattacharya Saxena, professor of English and Women's Studies at Nassau Community College, NY, has written two books: In the Beginning IS Desire; and Absent Mother God of the West. More information at https://neelabhattacharyasaxena.com/
Fatos A. Kopliku
Fatos A. Kopliku, an Albanian author educated in Turkiye, UK and USA, is the author of two books in Albanian: The Crown Upon Bowed Head: meditations on religion, folklore, and science, 2021, and Modern Science as a Cultural Expression: essays, 2025.
Sarah Vieira Magalhaes
Sarah Magalhães, a Brazilian, trained under a Guru in India in Bharat Natyam, the sacred dance tradition. Influenced by Perennialist masters, she devoted her life to studying Indian civilization and philosophy. Her MPhil. is from Pune University.
Karen Armstrong
Karen Armstrong (b.1944) is a British author and commentator known for her books on comparative religion.
Algis Uzdavinys
Algis Uždavinys (1962-2010) was a Lithuanian philosopher and scholar of hermeneutical comparative study of Egyptian and Greek religions, especially their esoteric relations to Semitic religions, and in particular Islam.
Basma Bribeche
Basma Bribeche received her Ph.D in English language & literature in 2025 at the faculty of Letters, Arts and Humanities of Manouba, Tunisia. Her field of study is literature and metaphysics, focused on Sufism, religion, Traditionalism, & mysticism.
Ricardo Garcia de Mello
Ricardo Garcia de Mello a researcher in the sociology of religion and a PhD student at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. He was also a researcher at the Brazilian Institute of Philosophy and Science 'Raimundo Lúlio' (Ramon Llull).
Victor F. Bruno
Researcher & writer working on Western intellectual traditions, with a focus on Catholic & Spanish traditionalism. He is author of René Guénon Revelado (2023), A Imagem Estilhaçada (2020), and the popular Cartas da Tradição newsletter on Substack.
William Chittick
William Clark Chittick (born June 29, 1943) is an American philosopher, writer, translator, and interpreter of classical Islamic philosophical and mystical texts. He is best known for his work on Rumi and Ibn 'Arabi.
Saizo Inagaki
The Reverend Saizo Inagaki (1885–1981) was a priest of the Hongwanji temple. A remarkable teacher, he published more than 20 books and was one of the first Shin masters to reach Western audiences.
Tariq Samady
Tariq Samady is a native of San Francisco with roots from the ancient city of Kabul. His research and editing interests span Qur’an and Hadith commentaries, Philology, Sufism, and Persian Poetry.
Dr. Seyyed Hossein Nasr
Dr. Nasr is a renowned perennialist and a pre-eminent scholar of Islamic and religious studies. Possessor of an impressive intellectual record, his career as a teacher & scholar spans over 5 decades.
Ishaaq Valodia
Ishaaq Valodia was guided to the Perennial Philosophy in 1990 through Martin Lings' writings. He is the editors of 'Terms Used by Frithjof Schuon' and has written for Sacred Web volumes 26 and 51.
Peter Moore
Peter Moore has a doctorate in medieval studies from UCLA, and has taught humanities and writing at the University of California at Irvine.
