Eight-Circuit Model
13 Jun 2026 - 13 Jun 2026
- The Robert Anton Wilson / Timothy Leary model of mind. A reasonable ontology, aside from the pseudo-technical use of "circuit". More like modes or layers. Eight-circuit model of consciousness - Wikipedia
- I can't recall them that well, except for the infantile circuit which is obvious and omnipresent.
- infantile
- ego
- social
- spiritual
- except he has some finer gradations. Hm.
- The real thing
- 1. The Oral Bio-Survival Circuit
- 2. The Anal Emotional-Territorial Circuit
- 3. The Time-Binding Semantic Circuit
- 4. The “Moral” Socio-Sexual Circuit
- 5. The Holistic Neurosomatic Circuit
- 6. The Collective Neurogenetic Circuit
- 7. The Meta-programming Circuit
- 8. The Non-Local Quantum Circuit
- Yeah some of those (6,8) I have no idea or seem too woo for me. 5 seems to point to yoga-mind or meditation-mind, so real enough.