Metaconsciousness: Mythology for a Post-Civilized World
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The space between the preceding chapter and this is intended eventually to be occupied by numerous post-civilized myths.... As stated earlier, this will evolve as an "open-source mythology" for the explicit purpose of creating a foundation for post-civilized human social patterns that work. Accordingly, I have copyrighted this work under the GNU Free Documentation License, have published it on the Net in both HTML and PDF formats, and encourage its widespread dissemination among resonant souls and kindred spirits.
Input is hereby invited from readers of this work, particularly in collaboration on Volume II, Open-Source Post-Civilized Mythologies. You are invited to draft myths of your own choosing, and / or to join collaboratively with other myth-makers in giving birth to a "full-featured" comprehensive post-civilized mythology suite that really is believable by a wide spectrum of contemporary humans, and provides a solid foundation for human social patterns that are "almost, but not quite, entirely unlike civilization."
I suggest that the myths added to Volume II be consistent with "reality," and with Chapter 15, A Post-Civilized Creation Myth – except to the extent that Chapter 15 is inconsistent with "reality;" in which case it should be edited or revised to conform to "reality." Of course, the small matter of determining what "reality" actually is may complicate this somewhat – which returns us to the domain of mythology. For the moment, we must begin with a roughly-thrown "initial gob of clay on the potter's wheel." Perhaps, "with a little help from our friends," an expanded mythology of great beauty and widespread human appeal may emerge: a mythology that works in a post-civilized world.
This is a project that bears every indication of being extremely enjoyable, richly rewarding personally – and who knows? it may even provide the foundation for the evolution of the human experiment past the contemporary human predicament, beyond dominator civilization, and into the next phase of the human adventure on Earth and in Cosmos.
Metaconsciousness is everywhere present, and may work in us and through us in extraordinary ways when we align ourselves deliberately, intentionally, and purposefully with its evolutionary spiral of becoming. This can be a deeply satisfying individual human experience – and it may even make a contribution to pulling humanity's bacon out of the fire in these perilous times.
Please do feel at liberty to reproduce this book, under the terms of the GNU FDL, and to contribute, in any way you are so moved, to the great work of fashioning a post-civilized mythology for a post-civilized world. Thank you for your time, attention, and participation.
Richness, Diversity, Variety, Complexity, Liberty,
Harmon, harmon@harmonhouse.net
25 May 2005; edited 21 March 2006.
Metaconsciousness: Mythology for a Post-Civilized World
Chapter 18 | Contents | Bibliography