{"product_id":"platonic-surrealism-frank-malone-9798241588906","title":"Platonic Surrealism: A Modern Framework for Meaning Beyond Science and Religion: Underpinnings of Personal Transcendence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eYou're not a soul on a journey. You're the power that creates souls.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeatured in \u003ci\u003eThe National Law Review\u003c\/i\u003e and taught at Esalen Institute, \u003ci\u003ePlatonic Surrealism\u003c\/i\u003e is the modern metaphysical framework introduced by Kevin Cann and praised by leading scholars of consciousness and religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Jeffrey J. Kripal\u003c\/b\u003e calls it \"a treasure of a book... ontologically profound,\" while \u003cb\u003eDr. Anya Foxen\u003c\/b\u003e describes it as \"simple in the way all truly transformative things must be.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA modern framework for awakening, afterlife inquiry, and inner wholeness-without religion, dogma, or woo-woo.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"You\" exist at multiple layers at once.\u003cbr\u003eNot as a single fragile soul, but as something vastly deeper: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePOTENTIALITY\u003c\/b\u003e - the boundless field beneath all existence\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAWARENESS\u003c\/b\u003e - the luminous mirror that makes experience possible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003ePrimordial Consciousness\u003c\/b\u003e - the first \"I\" before time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eFractured Consciousness\u003c\/b\u003e - the human perspective, local but not lesser\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Monad\u003c\/b\u003e - your enduring, creative spark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Soul\u003c\/b\u003e - a temporary interface woven for each world you enter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Pain Self\u003c\/b\u003e - the conditioned mask you can learn to outgrow\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a belief system - it is a clear, experiential map of what you are across life, death, and all the Movies of existence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Practical System for Becoming Whole\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlatonic Surrealism teaches ten simple, non-religious practices used by thousands of readers and workshop participants to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecalm the nervous system\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ereunite fractured layers of identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eintegrate painful experiences into stability through shadow work and inner child healing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eactivate deep nonverbal awareness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexperience \"ascend-in-place\" states\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebuild a stable inner interface capable of genuine transformation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese practices are neuroscience-aligned, accessible to atheists and mystics alike, and safe for those recovering from religion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor Seekers of the Afterlife, Awakening, Consciousness Studies, and High Strangeness\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you've had a near-death experience, a moment of high strangeness, a profound synchronicity, or simply feel larger than your personality, \u003ci\u003ePlatonic Surrealism\u003c\/i\u003e offers a grounded way to understand your experience without superstition or self-delusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReaders who loved works by Jeffrey Kripal, Bernardo Kastrup, Michael Newton, or Rupert Spira will find here a fresh, practical, and non-dogmatic framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEndorsements from Scholars, Thinkers, and Explorers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A treasure of a book... Platonic Surrealism is profound and practical.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eJeffrey J. Kripal\u003c\/b\u003e, Rice University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Self-aware, unpretentious, non-dogmatic... deceptively simple and deeply transformative.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eDr. Anya Foxen\u003c\/b\u003e, Cal Poly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Revolutionarily insightful. Open your heart and you'll find peace.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eJoshua Cutchin\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEcology of Souls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Bridges ancient tradition and modern spirituality... It's time to fly, Neo.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMiguel Conner\u003c\/b\u003e, Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Kevin has innovated a metaphysical framework for the modern age.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003eMike Fiorito\u003c\/b\u003e, National Book Award Runner-Up \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is possible that this work may shift your reality. It shifted mine. We are in safe hands.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Frank Malone\u003c\/b\u003e, Psy.D., Licensed Psychoanalyst, 33 years clinical practice \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA clear, contemporary path to wholeness, transcendence, and the deeper layers of what you truly are.\u003cbr\u003eNo dogma. No fear. No hierarchy. 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