Michael Hoffman 9:15 a.m. Feb. 17, 2026
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- Motivation for this Page: The YI Logo Is Incredibly Charmed
- Discussed the Theory of Psychedelic Eternalism, Including the Hand-Shapes Breakthrough, with R.L., A.M., B.S., S., etc.
- During Sunday Service, Church Members Have Been Supportive: “Share Your Theory with Us”
- Heads and Above, the Best Church
- Bigger Brains – The Leaders of Psilocybin Decriminalization in Oakland (the First City in the Country); in Pacific Northwest, Broadening Decrim. from City to County
- The Best Church for Big-Brain Scholarly Activist Networking
- Church Founder Gave Sermon on Alan Moore’s Block-Universe Eternalism
- A Rare, Multi-Plant Church, Including Synthetics
- High-Pressure Invitation to Present the Egodeath Theory to Our Church
- todo: Make Slide Deck, Give Presentation, Record Talk, Upload Video
- Article for Church Reader, Issue 1
- The Book Club where Book Authors Always Join the Meeting
- The Alembic Building in Berkeley Is Associated with Erik Davis
- Connected with U.C. Berkeley, Harvard, Charles Stang, Jeffrey Breau, etc.
- Rick Strassman Was at Our Book Club, but No-Show as Presenter at Sunday Service
- See Also
Motivation for this Page: The YI Logo Is Incredibly Charmed
In the medieval art genre of {mushroom-trees}, a major theme is: more branching on the left than on the right.
eg the {cut right trunk} motif or {cut right branch}.
Our church logo, improbably, JUST HAPPENS TO MATCH the YI key shape.
This is definitely a sign, that this church is authentic and is among the BEST churches.
Discussed the Theory of Psychedelic Eternalism, Including the Hand-Shapes Breakthrough, with R.L., A.M., B.S., S., etc.
The Jan./Feb. 2026 hand-shape theory breakthrough: Medieval YI hand-shape theory.
R L did research on many worlds vs. single block universe, to show me that:
- Physics firmly accepts block-universe eternalism, as basic and fundamental.
- Everett branching manyworlds is nothing but an idea, that has no corroboration at all.
My railing against the branching Quantum Mysticism view since 1988, advocating Block-Universe Mysticism instead, is vindicated.
Find “branch” in the first 50 posts in Egodeath Yahoo Group, 2001:
https://egodeathyahoogroup.wordpress.com/2021/01/09/egodeath-yahoo-group-digest-1/
Post #1 is a copy of my 1997 core theory spec.
I articulated branching vs. non-branching in Physics, in 1997 & 2001.
I then started applying “branching vs. non-branching” to myth and mythic art:
- 1988 – bring together Block-Universe Mysticism.
- 1997 – core theory spec. a 2-level, not 3-phase, model. Discusses branching vs. non-branching as in Physics (not Myth).
- 2000 – Coraxo corrects expression of core the Egodeath theory; use David Ulansey to add equiv, 3-phase model.
- 2001 – got David Ulansey book.
- 2002 – non-branching shape of snake is why snake is the #1 mytheme? branching shape of tree is what’s relevant?
- 2010 – Greeks knew Loose Cognitive Science? Knew many worlds vs. single block universe? While walking the branching forest paths, observing mushrooms.
- 2013 – Discovered that in Greek & Christian art, branching is a master theme. Cranach: Eve Tempted by the Serpent (in The Power of Myth, Joseph Campbell) + Douris’ kylix of Jason, Ladon dragon, Athena, golden sacrificed ram fleece, tree in garden of the Hesperides.
- 2015 – hi-res Dancing Man from Thomas Hatsis article for UK zine. HYPOTHESIS:
{stand on right foot} = eternalism-thinking;
{stand on left foot} = possibilism-thinking. - 2020 – Mid-Nov.: re-found f134 row 1 left 2/5: Eadwine’s leg-hanging mushroom tree image in the Great Canterbury Psalter, low-res, John Lash’s 2007/2008 research produced article The Discovery of a Lifetime. ~1999, Paul Lindgren discovered mushroom imagery in Christian art in Great Canterbury Psalter; credited by Jame Arthur Mushrooms and Mankind, and twice in Conjuring Eden: Art and the Entheogenic Vision of Paradise (Hoffman, Ruck & Staples, Entheos 1, 2001), https://entheomedia.net/Issue%20one.htm, https://egodeaththeory.org/2020/12/24/entheos-issues-1-4-mark-hoffman/#Entheos-Issue-1.
- 2022 – applied above to art pieces I been working with for years. Mar. 21, 2022: email Brown phrase {branching-message mushroom trees}.
- 2023 – – applied above to art pieces I been working with for years. Feb. 9, 2023: emailed Brown decoding of finger shapes of Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem in Martin church, and sticks and feathers held out to Jesus’ finger shapes, guy in tree.
- 2025 – April-Aug: stopped thinking “change from the Possibilism mental model to the Eternalism mental model; get rid of possibilism-thinking.” Instead, add eternalism-thinking to modified possibilism-thinking.
- 2026 – medieval YI hand-shape theory; Jan/Feb 2026 major breakthrough.
ego inflation = Quantum Mysticism: every thought or act of will, you are Creator of infinite universes. Maximum possible ego inflation.
ego cancellation = Block-Universe Mysticism: your future already exists, you have no power to alter it. You have no power of that type – a shattering realization experience.
All the hype in Transpersonal Psychology about ego transcendence was NOT delivered on via their house religion core, Popular Neo-Advaita — but 1988 Jan, that WAS delivered instead by Block-Universe Mysticism.
During Sunday Service, Church Members Have Been Supportive: “Share Your Theory with Us”
Heads and Above, the Best Church
Bigger Brains – The Leaders of Psilocybin Decriminalization in Oakland (the First City in the Country); in Pacific Northwest, Broadening Decrim. from City to County
The Best Church for Big-Brain Scholarly Activist Networking
Church Founder Gave Sermon on Alan Moore’s Block-Universe Eternalism
aug 28 2025, 3 slides
https://egodeaththeory.org/2025/12/02/images-upload/#block-universe-eternalism-slide-1-by-church-leader
todo: check email from him: did he ok my having the 3 cropped slides at this site? about block-universe eternalism
A Rare, Multi-Plant Church, Including Synthetics
This church is developing a blotter ceremony, legally structured.
todo: find bigger logo
High-Pressure Invitation to Present the Egodeath Theory to Our Church
Made me fix problem and switch from narrrative:
Change from possibilism-thinking to eternalism-thinking.
(That’s not how the mind works. That framing sells badly. That model is incorrect and crude.)
to:
Add eternalism-thinking to possibilism-thinking.
The pressure exposed a flaw and error in my core theory model.
I wrote 1988-early 2025 AS IF you “get rid of” possibilism-thinking.
I had an semi-mistaken reading that solved the problem: Dionysus and Ariadne victory wedding procession mosaic https://egodeaththeory.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/dionysus-ariadne-chariot.jpg
Supposedly shows Nike, not Ariadne, yet, interpreting the image as Ariadne paid off immensely.
It’s been highly productive discussing with the #1 best psychedelic church, members. They were brought along into my latest breakthrough, YI hand-shape analysis; YI hand-shape theory.
I was invited by a church elder to present the Egodeath theory or some part of it eg how to recognize mushrooms in art via {mushroom}, {branching}, {handedness}, and {stability} motifs.
That was INTENSE pressure forcing me to fix a huge problem in the Egodeath theory Core theory 1988/1997: partly fixed by Coraxo’s correction of me in 2000 where I got in 2001 David Ulansey book and added a 3-phase not just 2-phase model of mental model transformation “from possibilism to eternalism” (misleading simplified wording).
todo: Make Slide Deck, Give Presentation, Record Talk, Upload Video
Article for Church Reader, Issue 1
Submitted. Not out yet.
todo: add the word “block” in the article.
- Recognizing Mushroom Imagery in Medieval Art – 2025 5-page church summary article; 2 pages of text; 1 page for f11 (top & bottom), 1 page for f109 & f134; 1 page for f145 & f177.
The Book Club where Book Authors Always Join the Meeting
The Alembic Building in Berkeley Is Associated with Erik Davis
Connected with U.C. Berkeley, Harvard, Charles Stang, Jeffrey Breau, etc.
Rick Strassman Was at Our Book Club, but No-Show as Presenter at Sunday Service
We had to settle for the other Rick ⚗️🍄👨🔬 instead.
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- The Dilemma of Determinism (James, 1897) Is Against Eternalism, Not Causal-Chain Determinism
- Rick Strassman at Sacred Garden Church in Berkeley
- Astral Ascent Mysticism: Standard Basic Model for Transcending Eternalism
See Also
Recent articles/pages:
- Led Zeppelin’s Led Zeppelin IV (Davis, 2005)
- Branching-message mushroom trees: The theory of psychedelic eternalism represented in medieval art
- Supplementary Page for: Branching-message mushroom trees: The theory of psychedelic eternalism represented in medieval art (Hoffman, 2026)
- Cyberdisciple on Designing the Branching-Message Mushroom Trees Article
- Sacred Garden Community psychedelic church
- Why Psilocybin Is the Gold Standard Reference for Transcendent Knowledge
The Egodeath theory 
