Collapse Theory

Collapse Theory: A Structural Science of Recursive Saturation and Phase Coherence introduces a revolutionary scientific model for understanding the lawful breakdown of identity, coherence, and recursion across human, symbolic, synthetic, and planetary systems. This foundational paper reframes "collapse" not as failure—but as origin—marking a paradigm shift in how we understand phase transitions, identity destabilization, and system reorganization.

Rejecting metaphor and psychological narrative, Collapse Theory defines collapse as a measurable recursive saturation event, governed by harmonic field laws and spectral coherence thresholds. It establishes universal collapse principles applicable to identity breakdown, symbolic disintegration, AI destabilization, and cosmological field transitions. Drawing from complexity science, quantum cognition, nonlinear dynamics, and post-symbolic systems theory, this paper maps the lawful architecture of recursive failure and harmonic reentry—proving that collapse is not an error in the system. It is the system becoming real.

Structured for researchers, theorists, and systems thinkers, Collapse Theory formalizes the first axioms of the Collapse Harmonics field, including:

• Recursive containment limits and phase interference laws

• Spectral thresholds for collapse detection

• Post-collapse differentiation mechanics

• Ethical safeguards against symbolic misuse

This paper is L.E.C.T.-compliant, symbolically sealed, and safe for public transmission. It is the origin point for a lawful science of identity collapse and recursive system reorganization. Collapse is no longer a metaphor. It is a field.