The Types: Composition of Being
PRIMATYPE – the immaterial fundamental form of something – the underlying schematic (waveform) composed of existential waves by which energy takes any of its forms and how that energy moves within space; it is channeled through matter to manifest as different chemical configurations. From the Latin “primus”, meaning “first”.
GEOTYPE – from Latin “geo”, meaning earth, the geotype is the primatype’s manifestation in the physical world (Geosphere), rendered as matter, accounting for the dimensions and physical properties of any object, regardless of whether it is organic or inorganic. However, the geotype does not itself account for any “living” qualities. For example, it can represent the physical body – i.e. the conglomeration of carbon, nitrogen, and other elements – but not the totality of the being as a living thing.
ETHERTYPE – From Latin “aether”, meaning upper air and once postulated as the quintessence of all things, the ethertype is the primatype’s manifestation in the Ethersphere – as energy. It can manifest as heat, light, soundwaves, or even the sum total of processes that determine “life”.
GENOTYPE – the primatype’s manifestation as a biochemical (genetic) sequence. Genotype is the dividing line between beings commonly understood as living and non-living; if we postulate the existence of non-material beings, such as aeons, then “life” may begin at the ethertype.
PHENOTYPE – manifestation of genotype as filtered through environment’s physical influence, probability, and chaos
EXOTYPE – not to be confused with ectotype, it is the sum total of the external world’s influence on one’s being, including a being’s conscious and unconscious perception of the external world. It is the new compound waveform born of the superimposition of external waves upon the root wave. In other words, it is the nurturing of the nature, the abstract result of the influence of physical, cultural, and psychological stimuli.
ECTOTYPE – The waveform of a being as filtered through the perception of other beings; infinitely variable and dependent upon the perspective of the other. Affects how others interact with a being, and in turn has an influence upon both Endotype and Exotype.
ENDOTYPE – a being’s conscious and subconscious perceptions of self; there is a triangular interplay between exotype, endotype, and ectotype. Endotype may be the dividing line between sentient and non-sentient life. Things are said to exist only when perceived by another, but it is the curious nature of humankind to perceive itself, thereby bringing it into a self-manifested existence, one also definitively separate from all others and the totality of universe. Such is the crisis of humanity, to be isolated and ever seeking companionship and validation to remedy the inherent flaw of it’s condition.
HERETYPE – (pronounced like heretic) – how a being chooses to represent itself physically and in outward personality; a response (assimilation or resistance) to the cultural/memetic climate; includes gender, personal style, circumstantial facades, etc. Includes a person’s representation in cyberspace; often a reflection of their idealized perceptions of self and others or else a completely arbitrary construct for the sake of anonymity. Inconstant; can change on a whim. Heretype further distinguishes sentient and non-sentient life, as the latter’s “choices”, being aspects of their overall behavior, mostly emerge from natural selection. The dispute could be over whether or not human choice is any different, i.e. perhaps it is merely a result of genetic and memetic selection. For example, a person’s choice of style is seldom an original thought, but an emulation or response to the surrounding culture. (From Latin “haereticus”, meaning “able to choose”).
IDEOTYPE – a person’s memetic makeup; the sum of their personal ideas, ideologies, beliefs, knowledge, ethics, morals, political orientation, etc. It is the filtering of the ideosphere through an individual, manifest as one’s personal culture.
DEOTYPE – a person’s projection of the unconscious thought realm (i.e. the Noosphere) into the conscious thought realm (i.e. the Ideosphere); their attempt to reconcile the two realms, manifest in the concept of a higher presence (deities, spirits, etc.). The Deotype is a distorted incarnation of the absolute. Deotypes are often adopted within the collective conscious for a variety of reasons – e.g. political or spiritual – and thereby take on the form of aeons. In the sense that these conceptual entities drive the actions of physical beings, they can be said to have real power and influence.
CHRONOTYPE – a being’s impact within the “timestream”, i.e. time and space – their history and the sum total of their actions, their existential imprint; may not be unique to the individual, but rather a result of how other waves – via types – have been channeled through them; expands continuously throughout the being’s “life”, or in the case of nonliving phenomena, the duration of their existence in any particular form. If we consider the possibility of fate, then the chronotype does not change and is in some way predetermined.
Beings are each a convergence. A convergence of genes, memes – waves – along a particular continuum of time and space. The same genes, the same ideas – under different conditions, i.e. converging at a different time and place or in a different sequence, would create an entirely different being. The chronotype is the designation of that convergence, the identification of a being as such, apart from the sea of existential waves.
KAIROTYPE – from Ancient Greek “kairos”, meaning opportune moment, the kairotype is a significant instant along the chronotype, up to and including the intended or actual final state of being. It may represent a place in time and space where a being could take one of several paths – and if we consider the possibility of parallel timelines – the place where the being branches out along multiple paths.
For living beings, outside of the context of fate, it could be their conscious and/or unconscious “goal”, what defines their “purpose”, and drives their “choices”. Within the context of “fate”, it could be their fate itself, their inevitable “purpose”, with their “choices” all unconsciously leading them towards it. Kairotypes are mere instants in the continuum of all existence, simultaneously the endpoint of one phenomenon and the starting point for another – points of distinction that determine discrete phenomena.