Ray Ann Bucu
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The Unforbidden Sciences
A counterfactual history of consciousness engineering.
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The Archive, Volume One
All 100 transmissions, arranged in the eight series they were written in, each opened by its own seal. Typeset for reading end to end rather than clicking through. 55,525 words, 313 pages.
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Mystics of Uranus
Architects of the Electric Aeon.
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One figure, at the size it prints. Eleven nodes, a chord path that closes, an arc for the orbit, a gold centre. Drawn from the letters of its own essay's name, so the mark is a consequence of the title rather than a decoration on it.
The Hundred Seals
Every seal in the archive on one sheet, in the order the transmissions were written. Each figure is generated from its own essay's name, so no two are alike and the same essay always produces the same mark.
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In progress
- The Cognitive Mirror FrameworkNAI-CMF-001 and 002 as a single monograph. The argument that systems trained on human writing are mirrors of the collective rather than oracles, and what follows for governance.
- The Book of the EnlightenedThe third book. Subscribers hear first.
- The transmission deckOne hundred cards. The seal on the front, the essay's question on the back. A question generator, not a divination system.
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