Philosopher Peter Sjöstedt-H’s Noumenautics traverses the mindscape of metaphysics, nihilism andpsychedelic phenomenology. It navigates through subjects such as the sentience of cells, the constrictionsof consciousness, the metaphysics of might, the magic of mushrooms, the narcotics of Nietzsche, and theneologism of neo-nihilism – the last of which may itself cause flashbacks.

Tracing the fall of western morality through Kant, Schopenhauer and Nietzsche, the book descends deeperstill into a metaphysics further upheld by Henri Bergson and Alfred North Whitehead. This collection ofessays and notes provides a most idea-provoking, educational, and original piece of literature for the thoughtful lay-reader and specialist alike.

Peter Sjöstedt-H is an Anglo-Scandinavian philosopher who specialises in the thought of Schopenhauer,Nietzsche, Bergson and Whitehead, and within the field of Philosophy of Mind. Peter has a Bachelor’sdegree in Philosophy and a Master’s degree in Continental Philosophy from the University of Warwick,where he was awarded a first-class distinction for his dissertation on Kant and Schelling in relationto ‘intellectual intuition’. Peter subsequently became a Philosophy Lecturer in South Kensington, Londonfor six years before recently returning to the tranquillity of westernmost Cornwall. He is now anindependent philosopher – giving talks, publishing essays, and preparing to embark upon his PhD.

REVIEWS

"I greatly enjoyed this book, especially the opening essay "Myco-Metaphysics: a Philosopher on MagicMushrooms" and "Vertexes of Sentience: Whitehead and Psychedelic Phenomenology". The writing is lucidand engaging, and the author clearly knows what he is talking about when he explores the life andphilosophies of Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Bergson and other equally fascinating philosophers.My only problem is that now I can't stop thinking about those mushrooms, feeling greatly temptedto try them myself."

- Michael Hauskeller, Philosophy Professor

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