Published March 30, 2026 | Version 1

Structural Attractors in Hierarchical Cosmologies III: Derveni, Bundahishn, and Manichaeism Extend the Topology Corpus to 14 Traditions

  • 1. The Awen Grid Department of CyberGnosis, Celestial Archaeology, Mythic Systems & Cybernetic Invocation

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**Purpose.** This study extends the computational graph-theoretic
methodology established in Ceisiwr (2026a, 2026b) by adding three new
cosmological hierarchies to the emanation topology corpus: the
Zoroastrian *Greater Bundahishn* (9th c. CE redaction of older Avestan
material), the Manichaean Realm of Light (3rd c. CE, from *Kephalaia*
and Theodore bar Konai), and the Derveni Orphic theogony (4th c. BCE).
The expansion tests four predictions: (i) that the two-family topology
classification remains stable at 14 traditions; (ii) that the Iranian
Bundahishn pre-figures Suhrawardi's Ishraqi architecture; (iii) that
Manichaean dualism produces a branching tree; and (iv) that
sub-clustering within the linear-chain family is detectable by node
count.

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2026-03-30