More Than Allegory
On Religious Myth, Truth And Belief

I have followed Bernardo from very early on and this book is an excellent synthesis of all of his previous works (They are all worthwhile reads! ). The sections discussing Transcendent Myths are very prescient as are his views on the current Materialist bent of society at large.......more

With the author's permission, having already read his other books, I skipped over to Part 3; which was, of all things, a science-fiction story about a brilliant young techie who, with the help of a well-funded research lab and a configurable psychedelic juice machine has a series of serious parleys......more

It is a very interesting book and does speak to our modern language and thought structure. It explains things easily and clearly and is not a tortuous read like Hillman or Corbin. Kastrup has a vast in depth knowledge of what he is talking about and also has an understanding of what the other side w......more

Having read all of Bernardo’s books I can say this is the second most important book after ‘’Why Materialism Is Baloney’’ from a personal point of view. In the first two chapters Kastrup berates the deprived materialists’ myths, he implies that reality is a ‘dream’ of a disembodied individuals, who......more

I recommend More Than Allegory if you'd like to check out the worldview of Bernardo Kastrup. His other book, The Idea of the World, focuses too much on arguing pedantically without unveiling the full-scope of what Kastrup means by 'idealism'. The interesting part of the book is in part III where Kasr......more