Cosmic Narratives: How Values Are Induced Through Stories

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Abstract: This article proposes a novel framework for understanding how human values emerge, stabilize, and become operative within individuals and organizations. Drawing from Kantian epistemology, Jungian archetypes, narrative theory, and Schelling's concept of the Ungrund, the essay introduces the metaphor of "Photos" to describe how fragments of cosmic narratives are transferred to individual Structured Internal Value Hierarchies (SIVHs) through lived stories. The article further explores how familial, organizational, and societal systems encode these narratives, and how their misalignment leads to existential and cultural collapse. Finally, it argues for the necessity of a monotheistic top value to anchor meaning against the gravitational pull of chaos.

Author: William Parvet
Website: www.williamparvet.com

Note: For further development of the SIVH model, see articles on Twin Peaks Syndrome (TPS), Aggression Integration Failure (AIF), and the Three-Dimensional Orientation Model of Identity.