
More than Allegory
On Religious Myth, Truth and Belief
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Narrated by:
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Matthew Josdal
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By:
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Bernardo Kastrup
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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 TantorExtraordinary insights
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Science fiction, philosophy and religion
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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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Brilliant, will read all his other books
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MIND-BLOWING!!!
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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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