KAIROS | Is the Mind a Black Hole? | Tod Desmond on Psyche and Singularity

What if the deepest structures of mind and cosmos were one and the same? Could the mystery of consciousness be illuminated through the physics of black holes, the archetypes of Jung, or the eternal ideas of Plato?

This conversation with Dr. Todd Desmond, philosopher of mind and consciousness, ventures into that threshold. Dr. Desmond’s work investigates singularity as both a physical and psychological reality, drawing connections between philosophy, depth psychology, and cosmology. Together we follow the strange symmetry that links psyche and singularity — from Einstein’s equations to Jung’s archetypes, from Hegel’s Absolute Idea to the holographic principle.

Along the way, we consider whether the self itself might be understood as a singularity, what this implies for synchronicity and kairos, and how myth, art, and philosophy open new ways of conceiving the real.

At the centre of this dialogue lies a question that reverberates through both science and spirit: is the mind a black hole?

00:14 – What is a Singularity?
03:48 – Black Holes & Physics
07:21 – Jung, Pauli & Mirror Symmetry
13:29 – Mathematical Forms & Ideas
16:01 – Psyche = Singularity?
20:09 – Hegel’s Absolute Idea
24:45 – The Self as Singularity
28:20 – Science Fiction & Plexity
36:14 – Myth, Cosmology & Science
40:06 – Vedanta, Atman & Brahman
50:55 – Wheeler’s One Electron
1:01:04 – Hegel, Jung & Mandala
1:07:14 – Jung’s Near-Death Experience
1:13:42 – Holographic Principle
1:20:56 – Black Hole Wars
1:27:16 – Synchronicity & Kairos
1:34:42 – Art & Metamorphosis
1:40:06 – Heaven on Earth