PKD: "A ufo is a surd"...

[Magical Realist]

"Time, then, is actually spatial expansion, layer upon layer. So the hologram is quite large— it is ubique; yes; here is the ur-significance of the word “ubique”: it occupies all space. It is the interface that is Real, in Malebranche’s system. I’m hot on the trail right now— since nothing exists outside of cosmos by definition, all info in it pertains to itself and permeates it and is self-causing. And identical throughout all loci. Then the info is eternally and ubiquitously retrieved and retrievable—A perturbation in the reality field— an irregularity, a departure from the normal— a tugging or pulling or bending. And that is all. Not even the thing, the perturbing body itself; only its effects on “the reality field.” Something out of the ordinary— like I say, a surd. There is a single interacting field and there is a mind ubiquitous in it, immanent in it—Spinoza would agree…

…neither efficient cause was at work (which has been obvious to me) but also not future or retrograde cause. It was self-generating (ultimate homeostasis). It caused itself. I’m not sure of my reasoning but I realize it’s true; I set up a perturbation in the reality field by thinking about it, so to speak. The information had no source (the needed information that I lacked that came into existence); it was self caused. […] We are talking about ex nihilo information; information that generates itself. No wonder it’s so erratic."

– The Exegesis of Philip K. Dick

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surd - Etymology: from Latin surdus, "unheard, silent, dull".

absurd - Etymology: from Latin absurdus, "out of tune, senseless".

Apparently Dave Davies, guitarist of The Kinks: [...PKD...] described his own encounters with an entity that first manifested by keeping him wake at night with "violent phosphene activity". [...] He added that he thought it was "an ionized, atmospheric, electrical life form..." --Paranormal Experiences of Philip K. Dick

'It might be life, Jim...', physicists discover inorganic dust with lifelike qualities: [...] Until now, physicists assumed that there could be little organisation in such a cloud of particles. However, Tsytovich and his colleagues demonstrated [...] that particles in a plasma can undergo self-organization as electronic charges become separated and the plasma becomes polarized. [...] These helical strands are themselves electronically charged and are attracted to each other. [...] "These complex, self-organized plasma structures exhibit all the necessary properties to qualify them as candidates for inorganic living matter," says Tsytovich, "they are autonomous, they reproduce and they evolve". He adds that the plasma conditions needed to form these helical structures are common in outer space. However, plasmas can also form under more down to earth conditions such as the point of a lightning strike.

Return to PKD: "I will never really know what did in fact happen. Some living, highly intelligent entity manifested itself inside me and around me, but what it was, what its purpose was, where it came from - I have tried a thousand theories, and all work equally well, but at the same time each theory leaves some datum unexplained ... and I know this is not going to change. I have the impression that a master game player and magician and trickster is involved."

Again, apparently Dave Davies, guitarist of The Kinks: By trying to force the UFO experience into the narrow mold of the extraterrestrial theory, we have lost sight of other, more profitable avenues of research. We have allowed abduction believers to drive us into a blind alley. We have wasted a valuable opportunity to open our minds to new models of reality. --Paranormal Experiences of Philip K. Dick