Kastalia Knowledge Management System · Glasperlenspiel template · knot 2196
Seeding myths
Let's start the vertical and horizontal analysis of past, present and future myths.
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Seeding myths
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Let's start the vertical and horizontal analysis of past, present and future myths.
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Which topics are common to sci-fi ? Which ones are shared with other forms of fiction (fairy-tales, mythology, fantasy, speculative fiction) ? Which topics dis-
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Space
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notion of other worlds (continents, moon, planets, solar systems, flat worlds etc.) there is often a technology allowing one to "translate" between these worlds -
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Time
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time slow-down / time acceleration time dilation time machines and time loops pre-cognition and post-cognition reversal of 2nd Law of Thermodynamics / axis of t -
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Reality
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parallel worlds / universes / multiverses uchronias / alternative history worlds dreams, hallucinations, psychoses, altered states of consciousness post-death, -
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Energy
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new sources of energy / new access to known sources of energy (nuclear fusion, rain energy) new means of storing energy other forms of energy (e.g. Elan Vitale, -
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Nature
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animals, past animals (mammooths, dinos), hybrids (centaurs, pegasus) , aliens mutants; possible evolutionary developments (e.g. speaking poodles, planet of ape -
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Brain & Body
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body extensions: protesis, (trans|im)plants, new body parts, exoskelets, nanotech biochemical modifications (drugs, genetics) sex, androgyny, kink transcendenc -
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Society
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reactivated social forms already known from history (tribe-like communities, matriarchy, kingdom, empire, slavery) extrapolations of existing trends (surveillan -
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Machine
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humans create something "to their image" creation surpasses its creatorsomething (a glitch, a divine intervention, a spark of empathy) happensa conflict betwee
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India
King Kakudmi & Revati visit Brahmā’s realm — return after 27 yuga cycles (Bhāgavata Purāṇa 9.8.26–28). King Muchukunda sleeps for an age;-
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Avatar (etymology)
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"descent of a Hindu deity to earth in an incarnate or tangible form," from Sanskrit avatarana "descent" (of a deity to the earth in incarnate form), from ava-
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Greece
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Pandora — first woman crafted from clay → engineered being. Pygmalion — sculptor creates a synthetic woman brought to life by Aphrodite → -
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Egypt
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Ra’s solar barque sails across sky and underworld each day → cosmic ship. The Duat (𓂋𓏏𓈉) as cyclical underworld journey → time loop / nightly re -
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China
The artificer Yan Shi presents the Yellow Emperor with a mechanical man of wood and leather — moves, sings, even flirts → one of the earliest robot legends. Lu-
is_parent Yellow Emperor & the Queen Mother of the West 🔒 ·
The Yellow Emperor traveled north of the Red River and ascended the Hill of Kunlun. Turning south to return, he lost his way and for three months could not find
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is_parent Maya and Inca ·
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is_parent Yorumba, Dogon &c. ·
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is_parent Edda & Kalevala ·
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Artefact of the day - Table of destiny
Ancient Sumerian–Babylonian mythic tablets inscribed with the divine code of the universe — whoever possessed them controlled fate, kingship, and cosmic order.-
is_parent Kernel of the Operating System 🔒 ·
The Kernel is the sequence of symbols of constituting the core program of a computer’s Operating System — it manages memory, processes, and com
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is_parent Lecture for next week ·
The Mahābhārata – The Vimana Episode The Painter and the Mechanical Maiden Daedalus and Icarus King Kakudmi and Revati King Muchukunda Awakens Wang Ziqia
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