The Timewave Explorer - web application and FOSS software built by Gene Newall-Lockett based on the work of Terrance McKenna ( twz-doc.noonian.io )

The Timewave Explorer is a web-based application for exploring Terence McKenna’s Timewave Zero.

This site takes the timewave software work of Peter Meyer and brings it to the web for free online use. Per Peter Meyer:

The principal device of the Timewave Zero theory is a fractal function (constructed using numerical values derived from the King Wen Sequence of I Ching hexagrams) which maps time onto 'novelty'. This theory was developed by Terence McKenna (1946-2000) from the early 1970s to the late 1990s, and was first described by him in the book The Invisible Landscape (1974), written with his brother Dennis. This theory follows from:

" ...the "revealed" axiom that all phenomena are at root constellated by a wave form which is the hierarchical summation of its constituent parts, morphogenetic patterns related to those in DNA. ... We argue that the theory of the hyperspatial nature of superconductive bonds, and the experiment we devised to test that theory, yielded ... a modular wave-hierarchy theory of the nature of time that we have been able to construe, using a particular mathematical treatment of the I Ching, into a general theory of systems, which illuminates the nature of time and organism and provides an idea model which explains the interconnection of physical and psychological phenomena from the submolecular to the macrocosmic level."

— Dennis and Terence McKenna, The Invisible Landscape, original (1975) edition, pp. 101-103.

The thumbnail is Wishing Well, by iDeviant

kingmongoose7877 ,
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Wha–whaaat?

Arotrios OP ,
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Here's a primer on McKenna's novelty theory. In essence, this generator tracks novelty as it happens throughout history, and attempts to forecast incoming novelty levels.

While McKenna's original conclusions suffered from significant assumptions coming from his attempt to match the Timewave to the Mayan calendar, impacting its accuracy, many found the math behind it fascinating, which led to the work of Meyer and subsequently Newell-Lockett above.

In essence, it's a future historical event forecaster. I make no claims as to accuracy, but I do find it a fascinating project nonetheless.

kingmongoose7877 ,
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Well, why didn’t you say so to begin with? 😄 All kidding aside, thanks for the clear explanation.

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