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The Timewave Zero 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.
During 1986-1999 Peter Meyer developed software to illustrate and explore the theory of Timewave Zero.
He developed this software in collaboration with Terence McKenna, and had many discussions with him during 1986-1994 about the theory. It was first developed as Apple //e software and later (in 1989) ported to MS-DOS. In its final form, Fractal Time (version 7.10, 1999), this software runs under Windows (on a PC or on a Mac). It is now available on CD-ROM, along with several articles by Peter Meyer and other authors concerning the theory of Timewave Zero.There is a large amount of misinformation on the web concerning Timewave Zero. This CD-ROM is the primary and most complete source for accurate and reliable information on this subject. Any claim made on any website about Timewave Zero which is not supported by what is on this CD-ROM is probably not true.
Articles on this CD-ROM
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Technology's history exemplifies what is termed an autocatalytic process: that is, one that speeds up at a rate that increases with time, because the process catalyzes itself. ... One reason ... is that advances depend upon previous mastery of simpler problems. ... [Another] is that new technologies and materials make it possible to generate still other new technologies by recombination.— Jared Diamond, Guns, Germs and Steel (1997), pp. 258-259.
The Fractal Time Software
The user manual for the software has the following five sections. The first two may be read here. All five are, of course, included with the software on the CD-ROM.
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On the CD-ROM there is an English version of Fractal Time and a German version, entitled Fractale Zeit. There is no German version of the user manual.
If you are running Windows 98, Me or XP then you can run either of the executable files simply by locating the program icon/name in Explorer and double-clicking on it. With Windows 2000 and Windows Vista the Fractal Time program can only be run using DOSBox.
Even with Windows 98, Me and XP there are some limitations when the software is run directly (see below), but these can be overcome by running the program via DOSBox.
This software will run on a Macintosh computer using a Windows emulator (it has been reported to run OK on a Mac Book Pro using a program called Parallels) or using an implementation of Windows XP on a dual-processor Mac.
This software (in its final form) was written in the late 1990s and the source code has been lost (so the program cannot be modified). Apart from not running under Windows 2000 and Vista, there are a couple of problems due to its age, as follows:
- Export of graphs: There is an option at the main menu (option G) for copying a graph to the clipboard (so as to paste it into a graphics program). This worked OK when the software was run under Windows 98 but it does not work with Windows XP. Fortunately DOSbox also provides a solution to this problem.
- Reloading screens: When saving the details of all twelve screens to a text file (option L at the main menu), for later reloading, the default file extension .scr should not be used; use rather .txt.
The WEN_GRPH Program
Also on the CD-ROM is a program called WEN_GRPH which demonstrates exactly how a set of 384 "data points" is generated from the King Wen sequence of I Ching hexagrams — with and without the "half-twist" discovered by Peter Meyer in 1994. (Note that the so-called Sheliak set of numbers is generated in a completely different way.) A complete explanation of this program is given on the CD-ROM. The C source code for ths program is also included. (The C source code for the Fractal Time program, as noted above, has been lost.)How to Purchase a Copy of the CD-ROM
A copy can be purchased via either Kagi or Share-it. (You can also pay using PayPal if you order via Kagi or Share-it.) The price is US$18.95, €14.95 or £12.45 (or equivalent in other currencies). This includes first-class (or airmail) postage to any address.To order via Share-it click on the Share-it button below:
To order via Kagi click on the Kagi button below and then scroll down to the item "Timewave Zero / Fractal Time CD-ROM".
(If any of the other software mentioned on the Kagi order page interests you then you can get further information at the Hermetic Systems website.)
The CD-ROM usually arrives about a week after an order is placed.
The copyright for this CD-ROM is held by Peter Meyer. This CD-ROM may not be copied except for backup purposes. Copies may not be distributed, either for love or money, without the permission of the copyright holder.
Miscellaneous Items
All of the timewave-related software mentioned above was developed by Peter Meyer during 1990-1999. He also wrote software for conversion of dates in the Maya Calendar to dates in Western calendars (and vice-versa), useful for studying the Western equivalent of 13.0.0.0.0 (for further information see Mayan Calendrics and Date/Calendar Software).
An unusual planetary aspect pattern occurs on this date, namely, a yod kite. Yod kites occur on average once a year and last on average four days. There is only one month in the period 2007-2018 which has three yod kites, namely, December 2012. Click on this link to see the yod kite on December 21, 2012.
To feel that time has become hastier, even as the interval remaining narrows, is a vertigo to which the Gnostic religion is almost uniquely fit to minister. Time, according to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, is the mercy of Eternity: it is redemptive. That purports to be another beautiful idealism, and yet it is a lie, one that profoundly works against the spark that can help to hinder our hastening to a nihilistic consummation. ...
In the Gospel of Thomas, the Gnostic Jesus emphasizes that we never were created, and so there is no need for an end-time. We began before the beginning, and we will be here after the supposed Apocalypse [or Eschaton]. What then can your birth really have been, if what is oldest, best, and most yourself never passed through birth?
— Harold Bloom, Omens of Millennium (1996), pp. 244-247.