Review of “How to Think Impossibly: About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else” by Jeffrey J. Kripal, 2024

Authors

  • Gabriel R. Suciu Transilvania University, Braşov, Romania

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/17.4/1081

Keywords:

dual-aspect monism, Carl Gustav Jung, Jeffrey J. Kripal, Ego, Self, God, Mind, Matter

Abstract

This article summarizes Jeffrey J. Kripal’s book “How to Think Impossibility”. Following this summary, an overview of Carl G. Jung’s work, which serves as Kripal’s starting point, will be presented. Subsequently, certain differences in terminology (like: monism, dualism, pluralism, etc) will be clarified. The article will conclude with several examples from authors trained as psychologists, mathematicians, or physicists, who have written in the spirit of dual aspect monism.

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Published

2025-12-18

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Suciu, G. R. (2025). Review of “How to Think Impossibly: About Souls, UFOs, Time, Belief, and Everything Else” by Jeffrey J. Kripal, 2024. Revista Romaneasca Pentru Educatie Multidimensionala, 17(4), 849-856. https://doi.org/10.18662/rrem/17.4/1081

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Vol. 17 No. 4 (2025): Revista Romaneasca pentru Educatie Multidimensionala

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