Footnotes

The agent changes by learning something new, the information changes by the knowledge the agent already had. Therefore, a meme reaching an agent, will be transmitted in a changed form. Thus, cultural evolution is Lamarckian: characteristics acquired during the lifetime of the meme’s carrier can be transmitted to later carriers selectively, depending on their fitness. [...]

Processual symbolic analysis, or comparative symbology, refers to the study of symbols used within cultural, or more specifically ritual, contexts. See Turner, V. (1974) Dramas, Fields, and Metaphors: Symbolic Action in Human Society
Return to Page

Hermes, or Thoth, was not simply the god of magicians in Egyptian and Greek mythology. He was also god of writing, science, and judge of the dead. His counterpart, the goddess Ma’at, seems to have created Mathematics, but mathematics falls under the rulership of Thoth as well. Together, they both are anthropomorphized embodiments of the [...]

A term coined by Saint John of the Cross in his poem “Dark Night of the Soul” from the 16th century.
Return to Page

Retroactive enchantment is one approach to achieving this goal, while specific forms of soul-retrieval can also be adapted to this kind of internal work. Friends have also adapted Dianetic auditing from scientology combined with self-hypnosis toward similar results.
Return to Page

Like the old joke goes, there’s 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary, and those who don’t.
Return to Page

Lynch, Aaron. (1996) Thought Contagion. In this book, his analysis of Mormonism through the lens of memetics places emphasis on generational transmission, and highlights these factors as evolutionary pressures.
 
Return to Page