Hi everyone. :)

I'm a writer working on a mystical fantasy and have been searching for books that are pure fantasies set in space (ie those having no modern tech and which are not necessarily beholden to laws of physics) and not had much luck.

Why are pure fantasies set in space so rare? People often cite Star Wars, but I'm not looking for science fantasies but pure fantasies. The cosmos seems like a great setting for the often grand themes that fantasy contends with.

Yet it seems like once we get off the planet, we mostly have books that have largely scientific conceptions of the universe instead of those that largely toss those away in favor of magic.

Yes, I know sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic etc, but I'm looking for fantasy books that are mostly devoid of any references to modern science or tech. Am I only one who would love to read such a book?

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm a writer working on a mystical fantasy and have been searching for books that are pure fantasies set in space (ie those having no modern tech and which are not necessarily beholden to laws of physics) and not had much luck.

Why are pure fantasies set in space so rare? People often cite Star Wars, but I'm not looking for science fantasies but pure fantasies. The cosmos seems like a great setting for the often grand themes that fantasy contends with.

Yet it seems like once we get off the planet, we mostly have books that have largely scientific conceptions of the universe instead of those that largely toss those away in favor of magic.

Yes, I know sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic etc, but I'm looking for fantasy books that are mostly devoid of any references to modern science or tech. Am I only one who would love to read such a book?

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm a writer working on a mystical fantasy and have been searching for books that are pure fantasies set in space (ie those having no modern tech and which are not necessarily beholden to laws of physics) and not had much luck.

Why are pure fantasies set in space so rare? People often cite Star Wars, but I'm not looking for science fantasies but pure fantasies. The cosmos seems like a great setting for the often grand themes that fantasy contends with.

Yet it seems like once we get off the planet, we mostly have books that have largely scientific conceptions of the universe instead of those that largely toss those away in favor of magic.

Yes, I know sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic etc, but I'm looking for fantasy books that are mostly devoid of any references to modern science or tech. Am I only one who would love to read such a book?

I'd love to hear your thoughts.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm a writer working on a mystical fantasy book that's highly symbolic in nature and so I've been researching different mystical symbols and how to use them in my book.

Is there anyone else here who has an interest in mystical symbols? Can you help me understand if the labelling and interpretation of the yin yang symbol above is accurate?

Also, if you're interested in connecting, please DM me. I'm trying to make more friends with similar interests.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hello everyone. :)

I'm working on a mystical fantasy book that's inspired by Jungian psychology, but also Hermeticism, Sufism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta. I'm particularly fascinated with ideas about duality, consciousness and the nature of reality.

My book is very complex and very difficult to work on, hence the pace of progress has been rather slow. I also don't know of any other such books and that makes writing it much harder. I was wondering if anyone knows of any fictional books inspired by mysticism or spirituality, no matter what religion it is from?

I've also not met people who are working on such projects and I'm looking to change that. Is anyone else here also working on mystical or spiritual projects? If you'd be interested in connecting, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm working on a mystical fantasy book that's inspired by Jungian psychology, but also Hermeticism, Sufism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta. I'm particularly fascinated with ideas about duality, consciousness and the nature of reality.

My book is very complex and very difficult to work on, hence the pace of progress has been rather slow. I don't know of any other such books and that makes writing it much harder. I was wondering if anyone knows of any fantasy books inspired by mysticism or spirituality, no matter what religion it is from?

I've also not met people who are working on such projects and I'm looking to change that. Is anyone else here also working on mystical or spiritual projects? If you'd be interested in connecting, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm working on a mystical fantasy book that's inspired by Jungian psychology, but also Hermeticism, Sufism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta. I'm particularly fascinated with ideas about duality, consciousness and the nature of reality.

My book is very ambitious and very difficult to work on, hence the pace of progress has been rather slow. I don't know of any other such books and that makes writing it much harder. I was wondering if anyone knows of any fictional books inspired by mysticism, no matter what religion it is from?

I've also not met people who are working on such projects and I'm looking to change that. Is anyone else here also working on mystical projects? If you'd be interested in connecting, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm working on a mystical fantasy book that's inspired by Jungian psychology, but also Hermeticism, Sufism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta. I'm particularly fascinated with ideas about duality, consciousness and the nature of reality.

My book is very ambitious and very difficult to work on, hence the pace of progress has been rather slow. I don't know of any other such books and that makes writing it much harder. I was wondering if anyone knows of any fictional books inspired by mysticism, no matter what religion it is from?

I've also not met people who are working on such projects and I'm looking to change that. Is anyone else here also working on mystical projects? If you'd be interested in connecting, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm working on a mystical fantasy book that's inspired by Jungian psychology, but also Hermeticism, Sufism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta. I'm particularly fascinated with Hermetic principles such as "as above so below".

My book is very ambitious and very difficult to work on, hence the pace of progress has been rather slow. I don't know of any other such books and that makes writing it much harder. I was wondering if anyone knows of any fictional books inspired by mysticism, especially Hermeticism?

I've also not met people who are working on such projects and I'm looking to change that. Is anyone else here also working on mystical projects? If you'd be interested in connecting, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm working on a mystical fantasy book that's inspired by Jungian psychology, but also Sufism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta. I'm particularly fascinated with Sufi ideas about God and Love.

My book is very ambitious and very difficult to work on, hence the pace of progress has been rather slow. I don't know of any other such books and that makes writing it much harder. I was wondering if anyone knows of any fictional books inspired by mysticism, especially Sufism?

I've also not met people who are working on such projects and I'm looking to change that. Is anyone else here also working on mystical projects? If you'd be interested in connecting, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm working on a mystical fantasy book that's inspired by Jungian psychology, but also Sufism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta. I'm particularly fascinated with Taoist ideas about duality.

My book is very ambitious and very difficult to work on, hence the pace of progress has been rather slow. I don't know of any other such books and that makes writing it much harder. I was wondering if anyone knows of any fictional books inspired by mysticism, especially Taoism?

I've also not met people who are working on such projects and I'm looking to change that. Is anyone else here also working on mystical projects? If you'd be interested in connecting, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm working on a mystical fantasy book that's inspired by Jungian psychology, but also Sufism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta. I'm particularly fascinated with ideas about non-duality and maya.

My book is very ambitious and very difficult to work on, hence the pace of progress has been rather slow. I don't know of any other such books and that makes writing it much harder. I was wondering if anyone knows of any fictional books inspired by mysticism, especially Advaita Vedanta?

I've also not met people who are working on such projects and I'm looking to change that. Is anyone else here also working on mystical projects? If you'd be interested in connecting, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Do you obsess about every detail of your world or just make up things as you go along?

I find that I'm closer to the first type in needing to create a meticulously detailed world.

Hi everyone. 😄

In many spiritual traditions, God is seen as omnipotent entity, but also at the same time, Love.

Can any of you help me understand how God can be both peak vulnerability, ie Love itself, and have peak strength, ie omnipotent? I understand that this is a paradox, but I want to know how it is rationally justified or explained beyond just nice-sounding adages. I think paradoxes can be explained rationally.

For example, in certain Taoist texts, water is said to be stronger than stone because stone can't harm water but water can slowly erode stone over time. If any of you have a logical explanation for the above question, kindly share it.

I imagine that answering the question satisfactorly would involve defining omnipotence and Love in such a way that Love can be omnipotent so I'm looking for definitions of these terms too.

Thank you and have a great day!

Hi everyone. :)

I'm working on a mystical fantasy book that's inspired by Jung's writings, but also Sufism, Taoism and Advaita Vedanta. I'm particularly fascinated with Jung's ideas about the conjuction of opposites, anima, animus, the Self, Love, God and other similar psychospiritual ideas.

My book is very ambitious and very difficult to work on, hence the pace of progress has been rather slow. I don't know of any other such books and that makes writing it much harder. I was wondering if anyone knows of any fictional books inspired by Jung or other mystical thinkers, especially Jungians?

I've also not met people who are working on such projects and I'm looking to change that. Is anyone else here also working on mystical or philosophical projects? If you'd be interested in connecting, please feel free to DM me.

Thanks and hope you have a great day!

Hi everyone. 😄

In many spiritual traditions, God is seen as omnipotent entity, but also at the same time, Love. Jung seems to have agreed with this idea, stating: "Christ taught God is love. But you should know that love is also terrible." in the Red Book on Page 235.

I'm trying to understand how God can be both peak vulnerability, ie Love itself, and have peak strength, ie omnipotent? I understand that this is a paradox, but I want to know how it is rationally justified or explained beyond just nice-sounding adages. I think paradoxes can be explained rationally.

For example, in certain Taoist texts, water is said to be stronger than stone because stone can't harm water but water can slowly erode stone over time. If any of you have heard a logical explanation for the above question, kindly share it. Has Jung or any Jungian thinkers addressed this paradox?

I imagine that answering the question satisfactorly would involve defining omnipotence and Love in such a way that Love can be omnipotent so I'm looking for definitions of these terms too.

Thank you and have a great day!

Hi everyone. 😄

In many spiritual traditions, God is seen as omnipotent entity, but also at the same time, Love.

How can he be both peak vulnerability, ie Love itself, and have peak strength, ie omnipotent? I understand that this is a paradox, but I want to know how it is rationally justified or explained beyond just nice-sounding adages. I think paradoxes can be explained rationally.

For example, in certain Taoist texts, water is said to be stronger than stone because stone can't harm water but water can slowly erode stone over time. If any of you have a logical explanation for the above question, kindly share it. I'm open to those from any tradition as long as it makes sense.

I imagine that answering the question satisfactorly would involve defining omnipotence and Love in such a way that Love can be omnipotent so I'm looking for definitions of these terms too.

Thank you and have a great day!