Nested Universes and Simulated Realities: Ontological Status of Non-Material Worlds

This work presents a formal ontological analysis of nested universes and simulated realities within the Zenetist framework of Structural Metaphysics and Field Physics. It argues that not all worlds are material, and that coherence—not substrate—determines ontological reality.

Three primary classes of nested universes are examined: dream worlds (nested in Interface Consciousness, L₃), archetypal realms (nested in Deep Psyche / Logos, L₄), and simulated realities. Simulated worlds are classified into hollow (E₁₄), generative (C₁₄), and transitional (⟜) types based on intent (C₁₁), structural Source-connection, and recursion quality (γ).

The paper introduces a coherence-threshold model grounded in Coherence Information Theory (CIT), demonstrating how simulated systems undergo phase transitions between generative reality (C₁₄ with I_c ≥ θ_reality) and hollow collapse (E₁₄ with I_c < θ_minimum). Central distinctions are drawn between Absolute Source (Aion, L₀, the generator of all emanation), the pre-emanative ground (Zenon, Supra-L₀), and relative Source denial within structural lattices.

The analysis has implications for artificial intelligence, virtual worlds, metaphysics, and ontology, dissolving the binary distinction between "real" and "simulated" in favor of centropic contra entropic coherence.