The Deep Truth of Religious MythwithBernardo Kastrup

Books Mentioned In This Interview

bernardo kastrup brief peeks beyond: critical essays on metaphysics, neuroscience, free will, skepticism, and culture bernardo kastrup decoding jung's metaphysics: the archetypal semantics of an experiential universe bernardo kastrup decoding schopenhauer's metaphysics bernardo kastrup dreamed up reality: diving into the mind to uncover the astonishing hidden tale of nature bernardo kastrup meaning in absurdity: what bizarre phenomena can tell us about the nature of reality bernardo kastrup more than allegory: on religious myth, truth, and belief bernardo kastrup rationalist spirituality bernardo kastrup the idea of the world bernardo kastrup the idea of the world: a multi-disciplinary argument for the mental nature of reality bernardo kastrup why materialism is baloney

Bernardo Kastrup, PhD, is a computer scientist. He is author of Rationalist Spirituality, Why Materialism is Baloney, Dreamed Up Reality, Meaning in Absurdity, Brief Peeks Beyond, More Than Allegory, and The Idea of the World. He has published several papers in Scientific American arguing for metaphysical idealism.

Here he maintains that the literal interpretation of religious myths does harm to both the myth and to ourselves. For centuries, people have understood that myths can be meaningful when interpreted metaphorically. However, more than that, religious myths can, and sometimes do, serve as pointers to states of consciousness that transcend the intellect. He compares human mythology to the operating system of a computer. We all have a mythology, even if it is that we have no mythology.

(Recorded on November 21, 2018)

Published on November 23, 2018

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