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More than Allegory

On Religious Myth, Truth and Belief

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More than Allegory

Written 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
Philosophy Religious Studies Metaphysical Allegory Religion
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This provides hope for humanity's future

Dissatisfied with the current state of affairs on planet Earth? Don't know why we're here? Don't know where we are going? Read this book! Dr. Kastrup lays out all the ills of today's materialistic society, and in a beautiful interwoven three part argument, gets to the crux of the matter and offers an alternative to the trajectory we are currently plotting. A++

I wish Bernardo was narrating this to us himself.

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