We
connected the two ideas of evolution and history, exposed the paradoxes of laws
of history, and proceeded to substitute simple periodization, of a special kind,
which is easily adapted to a timeline history.
Discrete-continuous models We will
call this a discrete-continuous model because we see a discrete series of
turning points overlaid on a continuous pattern of world history. We call the
theorist an eonic observer, and he is usually involved in the 'action scripts'
of the system. We have a model that carefully defines ‘theory’ in the
present, and which blocks the Oedipus effect
by switching off after the close of our pattern, so that
‘theory’ applies only to the past, looking backwards. This also allows
us to consider teleology as directionality, without the metaphysical
presumptions that would otherwise arise. It allows us to separate two levels
interleaved: if there is a high correlation of the data with the model, then we
probably detect a hidden dynamic.
Our
model simply takes our three turning points and turns them into discrete (three
century) transitions in an eonic sequence overlaid on our second universal
history:
Transition 1: birth of civilization
Transition 2: Axial interval
Transition 3: rise of the modern
Note
the alternation of ‘system action’ and ‘free action’. Note that last
transition switches off in our immediate past, and our current action may
or may not express the aggregate directionality shown, which is highly complex
in any case, comprising multiple parallel streams. Thus the teleology, if
any, inferable from the continuation of TP3, may be quite different from that of
the overall sequence.
In
practice, this model, taken as a timeline using periodization can simply help us
to visualize the eonic effect, and map out its structure.
That’s it. Our model is simply a grid on the surface of
a planet, showing a sequence of transitions between different regions, sometimes
with parallel connections.
