Part V

The Crucible
of Flesh

"The Dragon is made of meat.
Transformation requires biology."

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The Dragon's Circuitry

The Grand Correspondence: Biology & Myth

Hover regions to translate

The Hardware

Biological Antenna

Your nervous system is a biological antenna built for resonance. The mythic dialect names the *function* (e.g., Primal Sentinel), while biology names the *mechanism* (e.g., Amygdala).

Amygdala Primal Sentinel

Prefrontal Cortex Sage's Seat

Insula Inner Sensor

Default Mode Storyteller's Throne

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The Ladder of States

The Spectrum of Self-Presence

Connection & Curiosity

Fight / Flight / Anxiety

Freeze / Numbness

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The Soul's Armor

Survival Architectures Frozen in Time

Select an armor pattern to visualize its energetic signature:

THE GOLDEN SHELL The nervous system creates a "False Self" of omnipotence to hide unbearable shame. Connection feels unsafe; admiration feels safer.

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Spectrum of Diverse Minds

Wiring is not Wounding

Visualization: Divergent vs. Linear Processing

Hyperfocus

The engine of deep practice. Devotion born of interest, not will.

Pattern Recognition

Seeing the architecture beneath chaos. The map-maker of the soul.

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