Structural Attractors in Hierarchical Cosmologies III: Derveni, Bundahishn, and Manichaeism Extend the Topology Corpus to 14 Traditions
Structural Attractors in Hierarchical Cosmologies III: Derveni, Bundahishn, and Manichaeism Extend the Topology Corpus to 14 Traditions
**Purpose.** This study extends the computational graph-theoreticmethodology established in Ceisiwr (2026a, 2026b) by adding three newcosmological hierarchies to the emanation topology corpus: theZoroastrian *Greater Bundahishn* (9th c. CE redaction of older Avestanmaterial), the Manichaean Realm of Light (3rd c. CE, from *Kephalaia*and Theodore bar Konai), and the Derveni Orphic theogony (4th c. BCE).The expansion tests four predictions: (i) that the two-family topologyclassification remains stable at 14 traditions; (ii) that the IranianBundahishn pre-figures Suhrawardi's Ishraqi architecture; (iii) thatManichaean dualism produces a branching tree; and (iv) thatsub-clustering within the linear-chain family is detectable by nodecount.
Historical Methodology, Knowledge Representation, Philosophy, ethics and religion, Zoroastrianism, Computational Text Analysis, FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion, Religion, Philosophy, Manichaean Studies, Digital Religion, Neoplatonism, Orphic Studies, Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Historical Methodology, Knowledge Representation, Philosophy, ethics and religion, Zoroastrianism, Computational Text Analysis, FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion, Religion, Philosophy, Manichaean Studies, Digital Religion, Neoplatonism, Orphic Studies, Ancient Mediterranean Studies
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