Bear &Company One Park Street Rochester, Vermont 05767 www.InnerTraditions.com Bear & Company is a division of Inner Traditions International @ Copyright 2002 byJose ArgUelles Allrights reserved. No part ofthis book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or byany means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or byany information storage and retrieval system, without permission inwriting from the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data ArgUelles, Jose, 1939- Time and the technosphere :the law of time in human affairs /Jose ArgUelles. p.cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 1-879181-99-1 1. Calendar reform-Miscellanea. 2. Social evolution-Miscellanea. 3. Maya chronology-Miscellanea. I. Title. BF1999 .A6398 2002 001.94-dc21 2002006082 Printed and bound in the United States at Capital City Press 10987654321 This book was typeset inJanson, with Eurostile as a display typeface I 9-11, The Inevitable Event and the Nature of Time: 1 Introductory Reflections Preliminary Definitions: Biosphere- Technosphere- 18 Noosphere as an Evolutionary Continuum Time and Human Consciousness: The Law of Time- 35 What It Is and Where It Came From The Law of Time in Human Affairs: The Analysis of History 54 The Climax of History, the Fifty-six Yearsof Hiroshima- 76 Artificial Time Runs Out The Solution of the Law of Time: Get aNew Calendar 99 Humans-Noospheric Chips: Consciousness and Reality Redefined 121 Making the Transition to the New Time: AHow-to 145 Catalog and Guide to the Pax Cultura, Pax Biospherica The Advent of the Noosphere: APrayer and aVision 176 Epilogue 197 Networking the New Time Appendices Summary Critique of the Gregorian Calendar with Which 200 Every Proponent of the Thirteen Moon Calendar Should Be Thoroughly Familiar The World Thirteen Moon Calendar Change 207 Peace Movement and the Discovery of the Law ofTime: A Brief Chronotopology ofTransformation Telektonon Prophecy of Pacal Votan 212 The Nineteen Code 229 Notes 240 Glossary 245 Bibliography 254 ASANY AUTHOR knows, to write abook and see it through to completion, from initial inspiration to final conclusion, isnever an easytask.Though weare allguided, ifwe so choose, by the Supreme Creator, still it isone's Earthly helpers that must be counted first, even before oneself-for without their aid, where would one be? First and foremost of my Earthly helpers whom I wish to acknowledge is my wife and faithful companion of twenty-one years, Lloydine Bolon Ik, my constant helper and chief inspiration of all I do. The faith and trust she put in me at times when all we had was blind faith are a touching memorial to a soul who has always believed that love is the greatest truth. Assisting us greatly during the time since we arrived in Oregon and have contin- ued to dedicate our lives to the fulfillment of the prophecy of Pacal Votan and the Great Calendar Change is our devoted helper and assistant Stephanie South, the Red Queen, Red Electric Serpent, who conscientiously read and edited this text in its final form, helped in numerous details, and so kept me from ever bogging down. Of equal trust and value is that one from the immemorial rainbow to whom I owe so much, Kin 19, David Rinck, "the stalwart," whose enhancements of my art- work are ingenious and awesome. All three of these people share one thing in com- mon: absolute belief in and dedication to the Law of Time as a living reality that gives breath to all we do. I must also thank the incomparable Spectral Skywalker, Mark Comings, whose mind has been ofinestimable value to me through our many memorable background discussions on time in modern physics in relation to the Law ofTime. In this regard, Acknowledgments. ix