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More than Allegory

On Religious Myth, Truth and Belief

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More than Allegory

By: Bernardo Kastrup
Narrated by: Matthew Josdal
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This book is a three-part journey into the rabbit hole we call the nature of reality. Its ultimate destination is a plausible, living validation of transcendence. Each of its three parts is like a turn of a spiral, exploring recurring ideas through the prisms of religious myth, truth, and belief, respectively. With each turn, the book seeks to convey a more nuanced and complete understanding of the many facets of transcendence. Part I puts forward the controversial notion that many religious myths are actually true, and not just allegorically so. Part II argues that our own inner storytelling plays a surprising role in creating the seeming concreteness of things and the tangibility of history. Part III suggests, in the form of a myth, how deeply ingrained belief systems create the world in which we live. The three themes, myth, truth, and belief, flow into and interpenetrate each other throughout the book.

©2012 Bernardo Kastrup; Introduction copyright 2015 by Jeffrey J. Kripal (P)2021 Tantor Metaphysics Philosophy Religious Studies Mythology Allegory Religion

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The more I listen to Katrups understanding of consciousness and our existence the more I want to be inside his brain. This book is no less enthralling and intellectually challenging than his other material.

Extraordinary insights

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Well worth listening to if you're interested in reality and the nature of God/ existence.

Science fiction, philosophy and religion

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Absolutely stunning work by Kastrup, one of the greats of our era. This book serves as a perfect bridge between scientistic and religious world views.

My only criticism is that the narrator's intonation left a lot to be desired, and at times was distracting. This is obviously no reflection on Bernardo.

One of the most gripping books I've ever read

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This was a marvellous listen, Kastrup articulates beautifully and concisely. No doubt I’ll be reading through the rest of his work and no doubt I’ll be purchasing a hard copy of this one so I can further digest it and enjoy it again. Really wonderful.

Brilliant, will read all his other books

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This is a work of absolute genius!!! It changes everything! And yet nothing extrinsic at the same time! The only thing that I think could have improved it was to hear Bernardo read it himself. The narrator was rather slow and staged, he brought none of the interest, excitement or enthusiasm I felt into reading it. This is my first book read/heard by this author and I will definitely be reading them all after this!!!

MIND-BLOWING!!!

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Years ago I had a thought that has never faded. If reality is entirely material, including the human brain, then the human search for an understanding of reality comes down to material reality trying to understand itself. Material reality trying to understand material reality is a contradiction ( ‘a stone cannot know that it is nothing but a stone’ as RD Laing said. If a material thing knows it’s a material thing, then it’s not a material thing), so it follows that reality cannot be material…

This author argues the case, as he does in his other books, that material reality is a fiction. Reality is entirely mental and we are small buds of consciousness within the universal mind. It’s through our experiences in this fictional world that we see as real that the universal mind comes to know itself. And the truth is always there through symbols and myths that point the way to transcendence.

I resisted these ideas, also wondered if this was a hoax, just poetry or mockery, am I now seeing the fine cloth of the emperor’s new clothes? But going back to the insight at the start of this review, if ‘material reality trying to understand itself’ makes no sense, then ‘mind trying to understand itself’ makes perfect sense. I cannot dismiss or ignore the author’s arguments or conclusions.

Mind blowing …

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