Psychedelic 4D Spacetime Block-Universe Mysticism

Michael Hoffman, April 11, 2025

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Spacetime: Minkowski’s Papers on Spacetime Physics (Petkov, 2021)

Spacetime: Minkowski’s Papers on Spacetime Physics
November 3, 2021 – 2nd Ed.
Vesselin Petkov, Hermann Minkowski
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1989970435

Photo: Michael Hoffman

The Wonders & Terrors of Block-Universe Mysticism

  • shipment of mushroom-trees from medieval art
  • no-free-will
  • virtual freewill
  • instant enlightenment – as fast as learning to skateboard in switch stance; rely on R foot not L foot – yet return to always L foot anyway. (Justin Sledge: why bother w/ enlightenment, if Chop Wood carry water and Pre/Trans fallacy b/c the post looks same as the Pre?)
  • Ans: to have Transcendent Knowledge, maturity. To finish Ken Wilber’s 15-1/2 levels of psycho-spiritual development.
  • Ans: b/c it is SUPER EASY, Sledge. Quick to understand; then in altered state, practice standing balancing on your R not L foot. Learn to avoid, respectfully, looking at source of thoughts in a certain way. Else control instability, as you now well know – learn to well know, now married by the higher controller.
  • Ans: to endure Psilocybin loose cognition state.
  • Ans: to do cog sci – Loose Cognitive Science — in Psilocybin state.
  • Ans: to know God.
  • Ans: to have the right to go through the gate of the immortals:
    Blessed are those who wash their robes, that they may have the right to the tree of life and may go through the gates into the city.” – Revelation 22:14 (the last page of the Bible), NIV https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=rev%2022%3A14&version=NIV

Define Psychedelic 4D Spacetime Mysticism, or Block-Universe Mysticism; Contrast It vs. Quantum Mysticism

content that I initially probably at Emily page then re-posted from scratch ie from Notes app to here:

I posted at a short Emily Adlam video today April 15, 2025 on the Curt Jaimungal YouTube channel (TOE show):

At https://egodeaththeory.org/2025/04/12/the-all-at-once-universe-shatters-our-view-of-time-emily-adlam/#Presentism-vs-Eternalism ,

Curt Jaimungal asks Emily Adlam the popularly worded, inferior question.

People should not debate “presentism” vs. eternalism, but rather, possibilism vs. eternalism.

Possibilism (branching, open future) vs. eternalism (non-branching, closed future) are the two relevant models for personal control, as contrasted in the medieval art genre of mushroom-trees.

That genre uses {cut right trunk} and {cut right branch} motifs, assigned to standing on right foot rather than left foot.

The diagrammatic art genre of mushroom-trees claims that the branching model (possibilism) produces control instability, but relying on the non-branching model (eternalism) produces control stability.

Emily Adlam’s view, 4D spacetime block-universe eternalism, supports the Egodeath theory of psychedelic eternalism, in which block time with dependent control (“non-control” in a sense) is experienced, and the contrast between the branching vs. non-branching models is perceived.

\ end of content that I posted probably at Emily page then re-posted from scratch here

copied to main Emily page, which is the main copy:

Posted to youtube April 15, 2025:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoQhHmjyERA
The “All at Once” Theory: The Universe is a Single Timeless Block
April 14, 2024
This video is a short clip of the main interview.

Someone asked me “What is Quantum Mysticism?”

Wikipedia has a good article “Quantum mysticism”, saying it is bunk spiritual reinterpretation of Quantum Physics; I agree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism

The Wikipedia article emphasizes eg.that the mind or “observer effect” creates many worlds at every moment: that’s the extreme of ego-power inflation.

I have defined the opposite use of Physics for an opposite version of mysticism that is offensive to ego power:

The future is single and already exists, not like domino-chain determinism causality, but quite different like Emily Adlam’s All-at-Once, eternalism; “4D spacetime block-universe mysticism”.

Popular Quantum Mysticism is not the Presentism view of time like the interview contrasts against Eternalism.

The popular view is actually Possibilism, which is depicted in medieval art as branching, contrasted against non-branching ie Eternalism perceived in the mystical state of consciousness, which I assert.

Figured Out Why Popular Philosophy Wrongly Contrasts Presentism vs. Eternalism instead of Possibilism vs. Eternalism

Highly consistent trend:

  • Phil dept. overemphasizes epistemology, not cybernetics and mental model of personal control system – thus is blind to Possibilism, and only sees Presentism, as the supposed contrast against eternalism. ordinary state-based Phil assumes that the concern of Phil is epistemology, and perception – so, ignores possibilism (which is potentially personal control-focused), and pays attention to Presentism instead.
  • Curt Jaimungal asks Emily Adlam about Presentism vs. Eternalism (not Possibilism vs. Eternalism). Find ‘eternalism’ — better, find ‘presentism’ in transcript at
    https://egodeaththeory.org/2025/04/12/the-all-at-once-universe-shatters-our-view-of-time-emily-adlam/#Presentism-vs-Eternalism – 1 page of discussion by Emily & Curt.
  • Videos about Eternalism contrast it against Presentism – not against Possibilism.
  • The article Cognitive Ps Mind Mnfn is about metaperception, as a beginner level basic lead-in to Egodeath theory. In 1987 at start of my proper/explicit theorizing (rather than informal unstructured idea development per my self-help approach of Oct. 26 1985-March 1987), I modeled perception, toward explaining the cross cross-time personal control system.
  • Josie Kins titled the article Perception of Eternalism, and fixates on visual distortion effects, and contrasts Presentism (not Possibilism) against Eternalism.

todo: define the theory (aside from naming/ branding it).

Naming/Branding the Theory

4D spacetime block universe eternalism
Psychedelic 4D spacetime block universe eternalism
fsbue
an updated term as of April 15, 2025. Needs hyphen?
First part (4D Spacetime) = Minkowski;
2nd part (Block-Universe) = Wm James studies; https://egodeaththeory.org/2025/04/10/the-dilemma-of-determinism-james-1897-is-against-eternalism-not-causal-chain-determinism/
3rd part (eternalism) = Philosophy of Time (omits a focus on personal control ramifications)
Site Map: https://egodeaththeory.org/nav/#The-Block-Universe

Psychedelic 4D Spacetime Mysticism
4D Spacetime Mysticism
too technical & modern, Minkowski
good when going head-to-head against “Quantum Mysticism”

Psychedelic Block-Universe Eternalism
Block Universe Mysticism
timeless & mythic, better, James

check popular wiki lexicon usage of:

List of Eternalism Terms & Pages by Josie Kins

Josie Kins wrote at the “Perception of Eternalism” page:

“I happened upon a large number of relevant concepts that include ideas such as eternalism, four dimensionalism, growing block universe, perdurantism, and the b-theory of time. Each of these concepts have their Wikipedia articles linked to within the See Also section of this page” —

  • block universe (sweet spot: not too technical or modern, not too mytheme figurative analogy)
  • eternalism – (philo of time; doesn’t even focus on the concomitant topic of control transformation: from monolithic, autonomous control to 2-level, dependent control)
  • Psychedelic 4D Spacetime Mysticism
  • Psychedelic block-universe Mysticism
  • 4D Spacetime Mysticism – Minkowski term’y
  • Block-Universe Mysticism – wm james term’y, bromhall especially, “the iron block view” <– bleh, poor term’y. ‘view’ is lame except in loose cognition you “view” the block universe.

“4D Spacetime” is technical lexicon. too damn modern.

“block universe” is plainspoken wording. near to the classic mytheme {rock}.

Kyle Bromhall Criticizes William James for Focusing on the Mechanism of “Causal Determinism” instead of James’ Real Concern, “Logical Determinism” and Its Implied Eternalism

eternalism is hopelessly jargon. ironically everyone has heard of “determinism” and everyone defines it awfully, like Bromhall criticizes James for writing. Irrelevant focus / obsession on domino-chain causality.

Me & Bromhall object: IDGAF the mechanism by which the future is frozen; what matters/THE POINT is the sense in which the future is frozen.

One page 1 of James 1897, it’s clear immediately, that he obsesses on causal-chain determinism but James doesn’t care about that, what he objects to is the future being frozen. Not that it’s frozen because of causal-chain determinism, a red herring.

Bromhall tries to make junk pop spirituality (Quantum Mysticism ; the observer effect, [& perhaps manyworlds branching] ) and randomness the foundation of freewill. He NEVER writes honest word “measure”, ALWAYS writes the lying phony word “observe”. to force Science to say “mind creates branching reality”. per the most vulgar Quantum Mysticism.

“We have freewill because Science’s observer effect (see wiki: garbage pop Quantum Mysticism] and b/c randomness”, argues Kyle Bromhall.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4D_spacetime_mysticism 😢
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block universe_mysticism 😢

to combat Quantum Mysticism, the parallel term would be 4D Spacetime Mysticism because Minkowski says that. Petkov: “the absolute four-dimensional world”. implies “block world” mysticism

rock cosmos sounds nice, alludes to pre modern: rock, cosmos/ astral ascent mysticism. whcih could call
cosmos ascent mysticism but astral star focus is nice.

rock cosmos

My next church opener presentation:

“The only right way to think is, as Science has concluded:
Relativity is PROVEN SCIENTIFIC FACT & incorporates Minkowski 4D spacetime,

therefore, enlightenment is ultra simple: ego power is null and we’re imprisoned slaves frozen in rock, except a cosmic savior lifts us out into spiritual freedom.” 

Have a nice day 😊

ancient myth words:
rock cosmos 🤘🌌

The Good News and the Bad News of Psychedelic 4D-Spacetime Block-Universe Mysticism

Pros & Cons of Block-Universe Mysticism

— a strong contender for title of psychedelic church reader summary article & slide deck presentation, because a huge challenge, psychologically for me as a presenter, is the objectionable aspects of this simple terrific model of Transcendent Knowledge. 

Related, planned article/page:
Pros & Cons of the Theory of Psychedelic 4D Spacetime Mysticism
ie what is objectionable to egoic thinking; what is great.
A more colloquial, informal title:
The Good News and the Bad News of the Egodeath Theory of Psychedelic Eternalism
The Good News and the Bad News of the Egodeath Theory of Psychedelic 4D Spacetime Mysticism
The Good News and the Bad News of Psychedelic 4D Spacetime Mysticism

The Good News & Bad News of Block-Universe Mysticism

Petkov Term: “the Absolute Four-Dimensional Spacetime World”

Motivation for green markup: see if Petkov writes the word “block”; he does not. Not “iron block view” like Bromhall writes in his article about Wm James’ 1897 article The Dilemma of Determinism.
The Dilemma of Determinism (James, 1897) Is Against Eternalism, Not Causal-Chain Determinism (Minkowski = 1907-1908; 10 years after James’ article)

Annotations: Michael Hoffman

Titles of Articles

possible title for Sacred Garden Reader or church presentation:

The Good News and the Bad News of Psychedelic 4D-Spacetime Block-Universe Mysticism

The Good News and the Bad News of Block Universe Mysticism

Pros & Cons of 4D Spacetime Mysticism

Pros & Cons of Psychedelic Eternalism

Pros & Cons of the Theory Psychedelic Eternalism

Pros & Cons of Psychedelic 4D Spacetime Mysticism

Pros & Cons of the Theory of Psychedelic 4D Spacetime Mysticism

Naming the Rival Version of Physics Mysticism against “Quantum Mysticism”: “4D Spacetime Mysticism”

wiki:
Quantum Mysticism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mysticism

where the hell is the rival article at wiki:
4D Spacetime Mysticism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4D_Spacetime_Mysticism

4D Spacetime Mysticism (rival against Quantum Mysticism), Petkov book Spacetime 

Groovy Science: Knowledge, Innovation, and American Counterculture (Kaiser (editor), 2016)

https://www.amazon.com/Groovy-Science-Knowledge-Innovation-Counterculture/dp/022637288X/ —

Groovy Science: Knowledge, Innovation, and American Counterculture
Illustrated Edition
David Kaiser (Editor), W. Patrick McCray (Editor)

“In his 1969 book The Making of a Counterculture, Theodore Roszak described the youth of the late 1960s as fleeing science “as if from a place inhabited by plague,” and even seeking “subversion of the scientific worldview” itself. Roszak’s view has come to be our own: when we think of the youth movement of the 1960s and early 1970s, we think of a movement that was explicitly anti-scientific in its embrace of alternative spiritualities and communal living.

“Such a view is far too simple, ignoring the diverse ways in which the era’s countercultures expressed enthusiasm for and involved themselves in science—of a certain type. Rejecting hulking, militarized technical projects like Cold War missiles and mainframes, Boomers and hippies sought a science that was both small-scale and big-picture, as exemplified by the annual workshops on quantum physics at the Esalen Institute in Big Sur, or Timothy Leary’s championing of space exploration as the ultimate “high.” Groovy Science explores the experimentation and eclecticism that marked countercultural science and technology during one of the most colorful periods of American history.”

How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival (Kaiser, 2011)

book: how hippies saved physics https://www.amazon.com/How-Hippies-Saved-Physics-Counterculture/dp/039334231X/ —

How the Hippies Saved Physics: Science, Counterculture, and the Quantum Revival
David Kaiser, 2011

“How the Hippies Saved Physics gives us an unconventional view of some unconventional people engaged early in the fundamentals of quantum theory. Great fun to read.” ―Anton Zeilinger, Nobel laureate in physics

“The surprising story of eccentric young scientists―among them Nobel laureates John Clauser and Alain Aspect―who stood up to convention and changed the face of modern physics.

“Today, quantum information theory is among the most exciting scientific frontiers, attracting billions of dollars in funding and thousands of talented researchers. But as MIT physicist and historian David Kaiser reveals, this cutting-edge field has a surprisingly psychedelic past.

“How the Hippies Saved Physics introduces us to a band of freewheeling physicists who defied the imperative to “shut up and calculate” and helped to rejuvenate modern physics.

“For physicists, the 1970s were a time of stagnation. Jobs became scarce, and conformity was encouraged, sometimes stifling exploration of the mysteries of the physical world.

“Dissatisfied, underemployed, and eternally curious, an eccentric group of physicists in Berkeley, California, banded together to throw off the constraints of the physics mainstream and explore the wilder side of science. “

Egodeath theory/ Michael Hoffman is from near Berkeley, and Sacred Garden Community church is in Berkeley.

“Dubbing themselves the “Fundamental Fysiks Group,” they pursued an audacious, speculative approach to physics.

“They studied quantum entanglement and Bell’s Theorem through the lens of Eastern mysticism and psychic mind-reading, discussing the latest research while lounging in hot tubs.

“Some even dabbled with LSD to enhance their creativity.

“Unlikely as it may seem, these iconoclasts spun modern physics in a new direction, forcing mainstream physicists to pay attention to the strange but exciting underpinnings of quantum theory.

“A lively, entertaining story that illuminates the relationship between creativity and scientific progress, How the Hippies Saved Physics takes us to a time when only the unlikeliest heroes could break the science world out of its rut.”

“Science”-based Quantum Mysticism is the Virtual Dogma of the Psychedelic Church Community

key dogmas:

  • The observer effect.
  • Your mind creates reality.
  • Only mind exists.
  • Science has concluded that mind creates infinite universes at every moment (extreme of ego inflation).
  • Manyworlds branching; branching possibilities.
  • * randomness is the god/foundation of egoic freewill power. Foundation of sand — collapses because of {shadow dragon monster} during Psilocybin loose cognition.

My rival rebuttal to “Science”-based Quantum Mysticism (virtual dogma of our church community): 

4D Spacetime Mysticism

[omits “block”]

i like Minkowski, not Einstein, but:

Relativity :: Quantum Physics =

4D Spacetime Mysticism :: Quantum Mysticism =

non-branching future (& 2-level, dependent control) :: branching future (& monolithic, autonomous control)

Quantum Mysticism Is Anti-Enlightenment

Quantum Mysticism = egoic thinking (thus, popular)

4D Spacetime Mysticism = transcendent thinking (thus, offensive to ego, & unpopular)

Titles for Articles for the Journal of Psychedelic Studies​

Branching-message mushroom trees: Psychedelic eternalism depicted in medieval art as mushrooms, branching, handedness, and stability

Cubensis-Driven Entheogen Scholarship: The most rewarding, productive, relevant approach

See Also

here is a sequential series of postings that are relevant:

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