This Weblog covers the cybernetic theory of ego death and ego transcendence, as defined in my main article, The Entheogen Theory of Religion and Ego Death. This Theory incorporates the following topics:

• Block-universe determinism/Fatedness, the closed and preexisting future, tenseless time, free will as illusory, the holographic universe, and predestination and Reformed theology.

• Cognitive science, mental construct processing, mental models, ontological idealism, contemporary metaphysics of the continuant self, cybernetic self-control, personal control agency, moral agency, and self-government.

• Zen satori, short-path enlightenment, and Alan Watts; transpersonal psychology, Ken Wilber, and integral theory.

• Entheogens and psychedelic drugs, mystery religions, mythic metaphor and allegorical encoding, the mystic altered state, mystic and religious experiencing, visionary states, religious rapture, and Acid Rock mysticism.

• Loss of control, self-control seizure, cognitive instability, and psychosis and schizophrenia.

My postings here from Feb. 14, 2004 through 2007 are not yet uploaded to the Egodeath website; in addition to reading the website, be sure to read the postings here since Feb. 14, 2004.

I'm on hiatus from working on this Theory until June 2010. Then I'll write my book, equivalent to an expansion of my main article.

All material I contributed to this discussion group including its supporting areas is Copyright (C) 1985-2009 Michael Hoffman. To cite this material, credit "Michael Hoffman, Egodeath.com" or a more specific URL.

-- Michael Hoffman
Egodeath.com -- simple theory of the ego-death and rebirth experience