ANDERS MAGE PAGE 2.0

Sirs, after reading "Spatial Variations of Paradigm Rigidity" by Dr. Edmund Hegring [Paradigma, August 1993], I have undertaken a preliminary study of temporal variations of Paradigm Rigidity. The results so far are promising. I have found a periodic diurnal variation and traces of a yearly variation. During the day, the Paradigm Rigidity Coefficient R is fairly constant. During the night, it decreases, and reaches a minimum at about 3-4 in the morning. This is the time when most reports about hauntings, UFOs, fortean phenomena and synchronicities are reported.

A possible explanation is that the Paradigm Field created by non-Awakened people is weakened due to the fact that many are asleep. The lack of observers to enforce the Field, and the destabilizing influences of a large number of dreaming people seem to be another major contribution. According to some theories among the Verbena [Klaus Rechtmann, private communication], the human mind is especially suggestible during this time.

There seems to exist a yearly variation too, but it is strongly localized to certain dates. These seem to correspond to traditionally holy or unholy days like the solstices, Yule and Sabbaths. The Technomancers have tried to defuse these dates by moving holidays to them, thereby making people ignore their original meaning and thus creating a Paradigm Renormalization. But there are still many traces (often subconscious or folkloristic) of their original meanings, which enforce them.

During a Paradigm Rigidity Minimum, the barriers to the non-physical world seems to weaken, allowing different phenomena to enter physical reality. Typical phenomena encountered are often quite non-logical and defy classification. Their influence on paradigm alteration theory remains to be seen. Another application is the timing of sensitive experiments. During a Minimum, the problem of Paradigma interferences are minimized (although other interfering effects may increase).

Dr Wolfgang Riesel, Heidelberg.