Bernardo Kastrup - Decoding Jungs Metaphysics: The Archetypal Semantics of an Experiential Universe

What I appreciate most about Bernardo Kastrups approach is his recognition that the tools of philosophy can help us approach the depth, the gift of analytic psychology and appreciate its contributions. Kastrups decoding of Jungs profound insights adds another layer to our understanding. Rather than see, post-Kant, metaphysics as wistful speculation, one sees that the meta-physis engagement has moved within, where it always was.

James Hollis, Ph.D. , Jungian analyst and best-selling author

Bernardo Kastrups rigorous analysis and penetrating insights are paving the way for an important, and truly massive, shift in our understanding of the relationship between consciousness and what we think of as the physical world. His approach is both subtle and wise. His persistent scholarship in this area makes evident points of metaphysical clarification that even Jung, himself, was hesitant to explicate.

Jeffrey Mishlove, Ph.D. , psychologist and host of Thinking Allowed

Decoding Jungs Metaphysics

The archetypal semantics of an experiential universe

The archetypal semantics of an experiential universe

Bernardo Kastrup

Foreword by Jeffrey Mishlove

Afterword by James Hollis

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ISBN: 978 1 78904 565 9

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Foreword copyright 2019 by Jeffrey Mishlove. Published with permission.

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Cover image: portrait of Carl G. Jung. Artwork and photography by Selenes Art (https://selenesart.blogspot.com/), copyright 2019 by Selenes Art. Used with permission.

Passages reproduced from Atom and Archetype: The Pauli/Jung Letters 1932-1958 , published by Routledge, by Princeton University Press, 2001; The Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious , published by Routledge, by Bollingen Foundation Inc., 1959; Answer to Job , published by Routledge, by Estate of Carl Gustav Jung, 1954; Modern Man in Search of a Soul , published by Routledge; On the Nature of the Psyche , published by Routledge, by Bollingen Foundation Inc., 1960. Reproduced by arrangement with Taylor & Francis Books UK. Extracts from other Routledge publications reproduced with kind permission from Taylor & Francis Books UK.

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Jungs works are referred to as follows:

Conforming to the divine will I live for mankind, not only for myself, and whoever understands this message contained in and conveyed by my writing will also live for me.

Carl Gustav Jung

I have had the privilege of spending satisfying hours with Bernardo Kastrup exploring both his penetrating metaphysical philosophy as well as his deep dives into realms of active imagination and mythos. This was accomplished at a distance of thousands of miles, recorded on video, for the New Thinking Allowed YouTube channel. So, although we have never met face-to-face, I believe I am somewhat justified in feeling that I have been inside of Bernardos mind. I suspect that many viewers, and readers, worldwide, also share this feeling.