More than Allegory: On Religious Myth, Truth and Belief - Bernardo Kastrup

Category: Spiritual & Religious
Language: English
Keywords: Metaphysics Mythology Philosophy

Written by Bernardo Kastrup
Read by Matthew Josdal
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 128 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
Release date: 06-22-21

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.