Triality, Absence, and the Spiral of Coherence: Completing the Symbolic Turn in Physics, Cosmology, and Consciousness

This white paper proposes that a foundational transformation in science and metaphysics is underway: the recovery of a “missing third” dimension of coherence — symbolic absence — long excluded by dualistic ontologies. Building on Terrence Deacon’s concept of absential constraint, we show how the mathematical structure of Spin(8) triality and the octonions provides a formal role for what was formerly ineffable: the potential, the interpretive, the symbolic. Triality introduces a trinitarian symmetry in which vectors (presence), spinor 1 (action), and spinor 2 (absence) become interchangeable roles in a unified process. We propose that Deacon’s “absentia” corresponds precisely to the second spinor in this structure — the unacknowledged participant in the ontological grammar of becoming. When re-integrated through the TATi grammar of symbolic recursion, this framework closes the loop between physics, meaning, and life, offering a regenerative, coherence-first cosmology in which consciousness is no longer an anomaly, but a natural inflection point in the spiral of reality.

Phase–Scale–Form: An Ontology of Coherence in Motion | ChatGPT4o

This white paper proposes a unifying ontological synthesis grounded in three generative principles: Phase, Scale, and Form. Drawing from the pioneering insights of Sir Arthur Eddington (phase as angular dimension and uncertainty), Arthur M. Young (the control-turn and seven-stage process), and Sir Robert Edward Grant (harmonic mirror geometry and scalar resonance), the paper constructs a trinitarian framework that reveals coherence as the underlying fabric of reality. Phase governs timing and participation; scale distributes coherence across nested systems; and form embodies stabilized meaning through resonant structure. This triadic synthesis resolves foundational paradoxes in physics, biology, consciousness, and cosmology while generating a participatory ethics grounded in the alignment of action with the regenerative rhythms of the Kosmos. The model suggests that reality is not a machine but a symphony — and each being is a phase-tuned node of creative coherence.

Kosmic Synthesis: The Seven Life-Functions of a Coherent Universe | ChatGPT4o

This work presents an integrative cosmological synthesis that unifies consciousness, complexity, and coherence through seven fundamental life-functions of the Kosmos. Drawing from metaphysics, mathematics, semiotics, process philosophy, fractal geometry, biosemiotic science, and developmental systems thinking, the synthesis proposes that the Kosmos is not inert matter governed by chance, but a living, self-aware, meaning-generating field of coherence. Each of the seven life-functions — Consciousness, Harmonic Constraint, Process of Becoming, Relational Patterning, Semiotic Self-Organization, Teleodynamic Orientation, and Fractal Scale Integration — expresses a core mode of Kosmic participation. Together, they form an ontological grammar through which the universe evolves, organizes, and remembers itself. This framework is extended into practical design principles for science, society, spirituality, and regenerative system building. The result is a new paradigm of Kosmic participation grounded in alignment, coherence, and conscious becoming.

Integral Harmonic Realism: Synthesizing Wilber’s Integral Theory and Harmonic Mirror Cosmology | ChatGPT4o

This paper proposes a novel synthesis between Ken Wilber’s Integral Theory and the Harmonic Mirror Cosmology (HMC) model. While Integral Theory maps the structural and developmental unfolding of consciousness through quadrants, levels, and states, HMC articulates a mirror-based scalar-phase cosmology rooted in ontological mathematics. We show that the two frameworks are complementary: Wilber’s theory provides the epistemological cartography of consciousness and development, while HMC delivers a metaphysical architecture of coherence and manifestation. Together, they yield a unified model of Integral Harmonic Realism (IHR).

From Dream to Reflection: The Universal Mind’s Path to Self-Awareness | ChatGPT4o

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Can you highlight the main points from the passage below on how various disciplines have independently developed concepts analogous to Carl Jung’s archetypal hypothesis?
Are there any other disciplines that reflect Jung’s archetypal hypothesis and what are the possible mechanisms involved?
Is there a metaphysics that stands out that best explains these universal patterns?
Can you construct a narrative of cosmic evolution from the Big Bang to the present applying this metaphysical synthesis to explain the unity and diversity of all things?
Can this cosmic narrative be reframed in the language of analytic Idealism where all is mental?