Do you guys actually believe this stuff?

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I am an atheist myself but don't you find nihilism a little childish? Anyways, thanks for your input.

To be honest I'm having a hard time regarding the "archetypal mind" stuff in book IV as a "philosophical masterpiece" I am quite well versed in western philosophy and didn't find anything particularly compelling or cohesive, more just bizarre and ambiguous, thus open to the moulding of one's desires. This "fully deciphered" aspect, I have a feeling that due to the transcendent nature of the ideas proposed would be little more than wishful fantasy. But maybe I should look over it again.

The belief that "everything is acceptable"? This is very ambiguous, is this regarding the realm of conscious decisions, an ethical doctrine (if so I wouldn't use the word "everything")? A physical structure will not accept an excess of a certain applied force for example.

I personally am not looking for "use" of the text though I appreciate your sentiment on the matter, I can tell you must have spent a lot of time contemplating the work given your post count so I'm glad to hear your opinion.

I hardly think it lays a "solid foundation" for studying historical or contemporary material, I appreciate your enthusiasm but would you dare cite these books in a university paper? A solid foundation would be the work of the Greek poets and philosophers and documented history supported by primary sources not this book about new age aliens lol.

The gradual evolution of Western conventional wisdom has opened up new avenues for people to pursue "spirituality" but with any novel complexity introduced to a pre-existing system there will inevitably be pathological outcomes at each level of development which, with time will be eroded away. I personally believe the New Age beliefs to be one of these pathological outcomes.