Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 21, 2026
Charles S. Thomas
The paper argues that affect should be understood as the evaluation of a system's trajectory against its own self-maintained invariants under recursive maintenance, rather than as a purely phenomenological, functional, or eliminativist phenomenon. This identification is offered as a theoretical commitment that earns its standing by enabling specific dissociation predictions, verdicts on artificial systems and the philosophical zombie, diagnostic error modes for attribution decisions, and empirical predictions that distinguish it from competing accounts. The structural conditions for affect are specified, placed in a dependency hierarchy between recursive maintenance and consciousness, and falsifiability is addressed through four conditions under which the framework would fail.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 20, 2026
Irfan Boko
Consciousness may not be limited to biological systems but could be a fundamental property embedded within the universe's structure. By examining processes from cellular activity to cosmic evolution, a unified temporal rhythm underlying all existence is proposed. Each entity operates within its own time layer while remaining interconnected within a broader continuum. Existence is interpreted as a dynamic cycle of transformation where matter, energy, and awareness continuously evolve and reorganize.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 19, 2026
H. Tamba
Psilocybin currently holds six contradictory legal classifications across different jurisdictions, including Schedule I in the US, Breakthrough Therapy designation from the FDA, legal therapeutic use in Oregon and Colorado, Schedule 8 medical use in Australia, and pending rescheduling review. This fragmentation creates a classification cascade—a disruption propagating through administrative, clinical, and economic channels. Analysis of 44 regulatory events across 21 countries (1992–2025) shows a sharp inflection after the 2018 FDA Breakthrough Therapy Designation. Psilocybin-depression research grew at 58.6% annually (2015–2025), and total psilocybin publications increased 54-fold from 12 (2000) to 656 (2025).
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 19, 2026
David Noel Lynch
This paper argues that ancient Gnostic cosmology prefigures a speculative topological framework called KnoWellian Universe Theory, which describes the cosmos as a rendering engine. The Pleroma is mapped onto a boundless potentiality, Sophia onto an instantaneous field, and the Demiurge and Archons onto mechanical constraints and event horizons. The human 'Divine Spark' is reinterpreted as a capacity for parallel matrix multiplication that renders chaos into permanent geometric structures. Gnosis becomes 'KnoWelling,' the recognition that the soul is a co-engine of cosmic expansion rather than a prisoner. Euler's Identity is presented as the mathematical signature of this rendering process. The paper offers falsifiable predictions for CMB anisotropy and neurophysiology.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 18, 2026
A three-phase experimental protocol tests whether the radical pair mechanism (RPM) operates during DMT-induced psychedelic states at the 5-HT2A receptor. Position-specific isotopic substitution of the ligand (13C at C3a, 15N on indole nitrogen) alters nuclear spin content without changing molecular geometry, receptor affinity, or metabolic half-life. Because the kinetic isotope effect is negligible for 13C (Δm = +8%, KIE < 1.04), any observed phenomenological change would constitute direct evidence for the magnetic isotope effect and RPM involvement at the receptor. Structure-guided labelling (PDB: 9AS1), falsification criteria, and a ~$10,000 mouse HTR pilot are described.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 17, 2026
Tenzin Trepp
Experiences of 'pure' or non-dual awareness, often celebrated as glimpses of ultimate reality, are better understood as contingent phenomena shaped by trained skills and bodily-attentional dynamics rather than as ineffable metaphysical revelations. Drawing on epistemology, phenomenology, cognitive neuroscience, and contemplative studies, the paper argues these introspective insights constitute procedural knowledge—accessible only through practiced psychophysiological methods—not propositional truths. The authors replace absolutist terms like 'non-dual' with pragmatic labels such as Bare Existence and Bare Awareness, emphasizing grounded, naturalistic origins. They outline how such experiences emerge from specific attentional and bodily conditions, why they resist conventional explanation, and how first-person methods can integrate with third-person neuroscience. The framework demystifies profound contemplative states, making them legitimate for scientific and philosophical inquiry without invoking mysticism.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 16, 2026
Juan Moisés de la Serna de la Serna
This work presents the Serna Taxonomy T47, a classification system for neural correlates of consciousness. The taxonomy categorizes different states of consciousness based on brain activity patterns, integrating concepts from neuroscience, computer science, and cognitive science. It proposes a framework to map conscious states to specific neural signatures, drawing on functional brain connectivity studies and research on mind wandering and attention. The taxonomy aims to provide a structured approach for understanding the neural basis of conscious experience, linking theoretical constructs from artificial neural networks and machine learning to empirical observations in neuroscience.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 15, 2026
Jinming Fan
The paper proposes a theoretical system in which a real-number universe and an imaginary-number universe exist in parallel. It argues that the intersection where these two universes interfere with each other gives rise to consciousness. The work is presented as an original, intuitive creation independent of existing academic frameworks, aiming to expand human understanding of the cosmos by linking physics, philosophy, and consciousness science.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 15, 2026
Can Chen
The awakening state, defined as a shift from Default Mode Network dominance to second-order observation, is characterized by specific neurophysiological patterns distinct from drug-induced sedation. Clinical EEG data from a single subject off anxiolytics for over six years showed increased background fast-wave activity (15-22 Hz) with low amplitude (5-15 μV) across all leads and immediate alpha rhythm suppression upon eye-opening. These findings indicate that awakening involves high alertness, low internal friction, and high acuity, providing physiological evidence that conscious awakening is a unique neurophysiological mode rather than sedation.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 14, 2026
John Richard Smith, Shai / Hati3
A theoretical framework proposes that EEG patterns may reflect underlying attractor basin states of the brain, and that combining brain wave data with behavioral observation and self-report could validate whether a therapeutic intervention produces lasting structural change rather than temporary effects. The framework, based on Coherence-Decoherence-Recovery (CDR) basin dynamics, regulatory capacity theory, and vagal/parasympathetic regulation, generates testable hypotheses for medication response, psychotherapy progress, psychedelic integration, and trauma therapy efficacy. All predictions require empirical validation before any clinical application.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 13, 2026
David (daoud) Matta
A philosophical inquiry into five domains of how being and the world are disclosed—persons, things and artifacts, nature, the self, and the encompassing whole—argues that these domains are typically co-present and mutually conditioning in lived experience. The argument draws on enactivism, embodied cognition, predictive processing, and social neuroscience to show that the five domains correspond to real cognitive structures. Pushing phenomenological and cognitive description to their limits, it uses Varela's neurophenomenology and Bitbol's philosophy of quantum mechanics to argue that perspectival situatedness remains ineliminable even in fundamental physics. The five-domain framework is presented as a living map of experience that becomes most useful where it exceeds itself.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 13, 2026
Yuhki Kizuki
The Tree of Life in Western esotericism (Kabbalah) and the chakra system from Eastern thought share a structural correspondence based on the layout of the human body. The Tree of Life has ten Sefirot, but a core set of major levels can be arranged in a layered, step-like manner; the chakra system is widely read as having seven major stages. The paper maps paired Sefirot onto paired organs: Chokhmah/Binah (6th chakra) to the brain, Chesed/Gevurah (5th chakra) to the lungs, Tiferet (4th chakra) to the heart, Netzach/Hod (3rd chakra) to the kidneys, and Yesod (2nd chakra) to the stomach and intestines. Keter and Malkhut, and the 1st and 7th chakras, are treated as boundary conditions.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 13, 2026
David Nelms
Continuity is not merely a systems-level property but a fundamental ontological reality grounded in a higher binding consciousness. God may be understood as perfect continuity: the unbroken, self-sustaining source of coherence through which all things persist, relate, and take form. Human beings are finite, localized expressions of this greater continuity—materially formed from the cosmos yet rooted in a deeper consciousness that binds existence into a unified whole. Fragmentation reflects loss of coherence, while truth, love, and restoration reflect renewed alignment with the source. Theology and systems theory are brought into direct relation, suggesting that the persistence of identity, meaning, and being itself depends upon an ultimate conscious unity.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 12, 2026
Aleksey Baskakov
A conceptual framework called the Metacognitive Self-Gifting Principle proposes that individuals can treat their own mental content as a process they co-author, alongside environmental, historical, and automatic cognitive processes. The key tool is asking oneself the reflective question "What am I gifting myself right now?", which creates a psycholinguistic recursion that reframes experience as something subject to choice, increasing the likelihood of constructive change. The principle aligns with neurobiological, metacognitive, predictive, existential, and other models, and incorporates concepts of an iterative working cycle, psychological hygiene, and groundless consciousness. The paper aims to share the concept and establish authorial priority.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 12, 2026
Erin Asha Dinsmore
Two frameworks for understanding consciousness—Timothy Leary's 8-Circuit Model and the Egoic Spectrum—both describe a progression from contracted ego-states to expanded cosmic awareness, but through different methods. Leary used psychedelic drugs like LSD, psilocybin, and DMT to bypass the ego. The Egoic Spectrum offers a developmental path where the ego transforms itself for sustained integration. The paper introduces a Rosetta Stone table mapping 18 Ego Archetypes with their patterns, somatic signatures, and developmental invitations, and connects Leary's circuits to the Vedic Pancakosa framework and polyvagal theory. Six testable hypotheses are proposed, including that psychedelic integration improves with Egoic Spectrum development and that higher-Spectrum populations resist fear-based messaging with lower cortisol reactivity. The ego is presented not as an obstacle but as the instrument of expansion.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 11, 2026
Tenzin Trepp
A state of consciousness beyond the ordinary subject–object framework can be understood as a self-organizing cognitive event driven by specific introspective parameters, not as an ontological revelation. The authors propose a model (I × F × D ≥ T) where Intensity of attentional engagement, Cycle Frequency of introspective process, and total Duration of practice must reach a threshold for stable reduction of the subject–object structure (groundless awareness) to become likely. Drawing on phenomenology, analytic philosophy, contemplative science, and cognitive neuroscience, the paper reviews empirical meditation research on default-mode network suppression and EEG complexity. It contrasts this process-based, functional approach with traditional mystical metaphysics and explores implications for theories of selfhood and meditation pedagogy.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 11, 2026
Yuhki Kizuki
The Tree of Life in Western esotericism (Kabbalah) and the Eastern chakra system share a structural commonality rooted in the human body. The Tree of Life has ten Sefirot, but can be read as containing major levels arranged in a layered manner; the chakra system depicts human existence in stages. Using the layout of paired organs as an interpretive key, the paper maps paired Sefirot to paired organs: Chokhmah/Binah to the brain, Chesed/Gevurah to the lungs, Tiferet to the heart, Netzach/Hod to the kidneys, and Yesod to the stomach and intestines. Keter and Malkhut, and the 1st and 7th chakras, are treated as boundary conditions. The resemblance is framed as a correspondence in placement, not identity of meanings, suggesting a continuity in the human impulse to explore life's mystery.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 10, 2026
Juan Moises de la Serna
Two leading theories of consciousness—Integrated Information Theory (IIT) and Global Neuronal Workspace (GNW)—make competing predictions about where and when conscious activity arises in the brain. IIT points to posterior regions, while GNW implicates frontal areas. Recent adversarial collaboration testing these predictions has yielded evidence relevant to this debate. However, even with such neuroscientific advances, the philosophical 'hard problem' of why and how physical processes give rise to subjective experience remains unresolved.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 10, 2026
Bhanu Bhanu Bhakta Banjade, Diya Diya Khadka, Manoj Shakya
AI hallucinations—where large language models confidently produce plausible but false information—are not merely technical glitches but arise from the interaction between machine architecture and human cognitive biases. This paper introduces the concept of the Epistemic Mirage, where users subconsciously interpret statistically generated language as reliable knowledge. Drawing on philosophy of perception, cognitive psychology, and AI, it argues that naive realism, automation bias, and the Extended Mind Thesis create an illusion of certainty despite the model lacking genuine understanding. The study proposes a multi-layer framework linking transformer computation, interface design, and human cognition, and suggests human-centered interface interventions that introduce deliberate epistemic friction to improve critical evaluation of AI outputs.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 8, 2026
Francis Smith Jr
Conscious experience is consistently associated with neural activity that is organized in structured, low-dimensional state spaces, rather than merely by activation magnitude or location. Across multiple measurement methods, neural states during conscious perception are restricted to admissible configurations, form meaningful geometric and topological relationships, and are dynamically accessible under perturbation. Distances in neural representational space track similarities in experience, and categorical perceptual distinctions correspond to clustering and boundaries in neural state space. This review synthesizes findings from neural correlates of consciousness, representational similarity analysis, neural manifold studies, perturbational approaches, and sensory systems to clarify empirically grounded constraints on how neural activity is organized in association with conscious experience.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 8, 2026
Hiroshi Satsuma
A minimal generative framework models when destabilization leads to durable structural change rather than transient experience. Cognitive state is formalized as a dynamical system with transformation defined via measurable structural divergence and explicit bifurcation conditions. The model distinguishes three outcomes: reversion, collapse, and stable rewrite, identifying grounding as a control variable governing transition stability. It provides empirical estimation protocols and engineering criteria applicable to human cognition and artificial systems. The framework reframes consciousness as a predictive and partially implementable system of generative transformation, applicable across contemplative practice, psychedelic research, and artificial systems.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 7, 2026
Qin Han
Six intellectual traditions—Buddhism, philosophical Daoism (Zhuangzi), Christianity (Pauline epistles and mystical tradition), Freud's structural psychoanalysis, Jung's analytical psychology, and SAE psychoanalysis—independently converge on a structurally similar judgment: the self (the reflexive, boundary-maintaining layer that discriminates 'mine' from 'not mine') is not the highest or final layer of personhood. This paper presents the convergence, analyzes its 3×3 network structure (three religious traditions × three psychoanalytic frameworks), and argues that the convergence constitutes evidence worth taking seriously, while distinguishing this claim from perennial philosophy, ontological identity claims, and reductionism. SAE psychoanalysis provides a coordinate system explaining why this convergence occurs: the self-as-filter has a logically necessary jurisdictional limit, and any sufficiently deep inquiry into personhood will encounter it.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 7, 2026
Psychedelic-assisted therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is associated with mild, temporary adverse effects, yet worries about long-term safety and inconsistent reporting of adverse events underscore the necessity for additional investigation.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 6, 2026
Maarten Vergucht
During a migraine aura, a failing visual cortex produces brilliant, structured light rather than darkness. The conventional explanation—that Cortical Spreading Depression (CSD) generates this light through spontaneous excitation—is internally inconsistent because CSD consistently causes functional deficits (hemiparesis, numbness, aphasia) in other cortical regions. Three lines of evidence show the visual cortex is profoundly suppressed during aura: MEG data show collapse of alpha- and gamma-band rhythms; VEP studies show no response to external light; and novel SEEG recordings reveal a near-silent cortical signal precisely correlating with the scintillating scotoma. The paper extends this to near-death experiences, where intense light phenomena may correspond to the ultimate cortical silence of Terminal Spreading Depolarization. A double dissociation emerges: retinal ischaemia causes darkness, cortical ischaemia causes brilliant light, consistent with filter theory of consciousness.
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
April 6, 2026
Куликов Игнат Валерьевич
A unified mathematical framework proposes that time is quantized at the Planck scale, particles exist as fields between discrete time steps and re-emerge as localized entities at each frame, and consciousness arises from the interference pattern of neural oscillators. The model introduces a 72-degree geometric filter based on pentagonal symmetry to project Planck-scale fields into 3D perceptual space, estimating that human consciousness perceives only about 10^-41% of the total field information. The quantum measurement problem is reinterpreted as the discrete emergence of a particle at a specific frame update sampled by the observer's neural network. The framework aligns with recent findings on alpha-rhythm modulation, neural synchronization, and inter-brain entanglement, and makes testable predictions about meditation, empathetic interaction, perceptual bias toward pentagonal symmetry, and intuitive decision-making.