
James D. Madden | Unidentified Flying Hyperobject, The Uber-Umwelt, & The Cave
Deities as Information and Archetypal Discovery
The discussion explores Diana Pasulka’s idea that deities exist as information. James Madden argues against the dichotomy of deities being either "real" or "human inventions," suggesting instead that humans "bump into" things in the Uber-Umwelt and form relationships with them. These relationships then take on a life of their own as hyper-objective entities, such as the archetypes of Zeus or Prometheus, which eventually exert influence back onto human society.


