Time, Myth and Matter

Synopsis

What is time? How is consciousness related to the physical world? Why is the simulation hypothesis so popular? In her first collection of essays, LD Deutsch explores the intersections between scientific thinking, mythology, philosophy, psychology, and the nature of reality.

Drawing on thinkers including Carl Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Carlo Rovelli, Brian Greene, Nick Bostrom, and Albert Einstein, Deutsch examines theories of time, the quantum history of matter, the simulation hypothesis, and the relationship between consciousness and the material world. The result is a wide-ranging inquiry into how the inner world and the outer world intersect.

About the Author

LD Deutsch is a writer, thinker, and scholar based in Los Angeles. Her essays and talks bring together science, philosophy, mythology, and psychology to explore questions of time, consciousness, and the nature of reality.

Publisher

Sacred Bones Books

Publication Date

May 20, 2025

Format

Paperback

Pages

240

Subjects

Philosophy · Science · Physics · Metaphysics · Folklore & Mythology

ISBN

9781736146934

The essays in this book cover:

* The history and cultural synchronicities between the discovery of the planet Pluto and the discovery of the element plutonium and development of the atomic bomb
* Different scientific and philosophical theories about time and how these relate to mythological models of time and the psychological experience of synchronicity
* The prevalence and popularity of the simulation hypothesis, and how it may be viewed as an actively operating mythological model
* The quantum history of matter and the metaphors we use to discuss how and from where matter emerges into the physical universe
* The relationship between consciousness and the material world and how this relationship has been expressed in science, philosophy and mythology

Time, Myth and Matter covers the theories and ideas of world-renowned philosophers, scientists and psychologists such as Carl Jung, Marie-Louise von Franz, Carlo Rovelli, Brian Greene, Nick Bostrom, Bernardo Kastrup, Ruth Kastner, Jacques Vallée, Jeffrey Kripal, Hans-Peter Dürr, Albert Einstein, and more.