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Eugene Crowley Ever feel like that there is more to life than what you currently know to be true or real? Upside Down World: The Loss of the Sacred Cosmos is an incisive look on the concept of self awareness, instructing readers on how to find their true identities and potential by showing through detailed research how one needs to view reality and thereby move into a state of fulfillment with life. Eugene Crowley Jr. uses the elements of philosophy, history, mythology, spiritual and scientific issues, and social elements of ancient cultures to show how Western civilization has neglected the knowledge and acts of self-realization, instead trying to act as society deems appropriate. Integrating many cultures and societies throughout time, including Native Americans, Ancient Egypt, the Greeks, and early Americans, the author references their beliefs, customs, and religions to help illustrate how other cultures and people live their lives in a more www.eugenecrowley.com awakened state. “Crowley supports his premise by relying heavily on mythological archetypes found in Kemetan/Egyptian, Greek, and Germanic/Nordic cultures and then applying them to the context of historical events. In one intriguing example, American patriarchs are cast as Set, the ancient Kemetan (Egyptian) neter of disorder and prototype of the Judeo- Christian Satan” Denise Martin, PhD Assistant Professor of Pan African Studies and Humanities About The Author - Eugene Crowley, Jr Eugene Crowley Jr., was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in 1944. He spent thirty- two years teaching high school English Grammar, World Literature, and Mythology in Chicago. He earned a Master’s degree in General Psychology from Roosevelt University in Chicago. He is a former member of the Jungian Institute in Evanston, Illinois. He has traveled throughout the United States, Europe and South America. In his first professional attempt in writing, he extends the focus of his Master’s thesis, “Meaning in Life for Urban Adolescents,” to adults by encouraging them to reach a level of maturity by living more harmoniously with themselves, their fellow man, and the universe. The author sees a need for an overhauling or a reinventing of Western culture with the application of the moral and wise traditions that had given the Native American Indians and ancient civilizations wholeness, order, and harmony. These cultures maintained a balance with themselves and nature. While many universities are eliminating their Classical Studies, the author sees a need in understanding the past civilizations’ spiritual, psychological, and holistic approach to life. These approaches gave them serenity and security in their connection with the universe. They knew their place in the “Big Picture.” Mr. Crowley wants to share his compassion and enthusiasm in predicting what other writers are forecasting, the dawning of a new “Age of Wisdom,” a Renaissance, or Enlightenment where Western man will discover his true inner nature and put it to use to serve humanity. In his compassion to help humanity by informing them of the meaning of life, Crowley encourages everyone to discover the sacredness of the Self, nature, and the universe. With these tasks completed diligently, there should be optimism for a “New Enlightenment” and the restoration of the sacred cosmos.