After @variant-archive coined the word autocosm, I felt hope that I could be seen for the first time in a long time, and so, so much excitement that there are more people like me!
Because there’s some variation in the experiences, expressions, and structures of the autocosms I know, inside my system and outside of it, I’ve coined some additional terms to talk about variations in autocosm experiences.
I will be using the term infraself instead of lunen throughout this post. This is because, unfortunately, some of my headmates have trauma relating to a very similar sounding name.
Infraself uses the prefix infra- because it is the opposite of meta-. It is intended to be a synonym of lunen, and not to replace the word lunen. Similarly, I would like to introduce the word infrasoul.
Adjectives for Autocosms
These adjectives are intended to modify the word autocosm. They are stackable, non-exclusive labels.
An autocosmien or autocosmien person is a metaself and/or group of infraselves who permeate a network of cosmien worlds.
Details: An autocosmien is, identifies as, or embodies a world or group of worlds in a cosmien manner, in whole or in part. These cosmien worlds may or may not be equivalent to the soulscape and/or the metaself.
A non-fractional autocosm is expressed in its entirety through each infraself, such that individual infraselves are themselves the whole rather than fractions of the whole.
Details: In a non-fractional autocosm, infraselves may “flow together” into singular entities, often in differing combinations over time. This singular entity may have a sense of being or being adjacent to the metaself or not. An autocosm can vacillate between a non-fractional presentation and not.
A kindred autocosm or kin autocosm is an autocosm in which most infraselves identify as one another, i.e. they could be described as kin with each other and not only with the metaself.
A woven autocosm is an autocosm in which the infraselves are (permanently or temporarily) networked such that they feel like a singular continuum or weave. This contrasts with a knitted autocosm, which is looser in structure, and a webbed autocosm, which is even looser, with selves feeling connected but not overlapping. An autocosm which fluctuates along this spectrum can be called fiberflux or fabricflux.
Details: A woven autocosm can also be a kindred autocosm—these are not opposites. The fabric spectrum describes how much infraselves feel like discrete entities versus continuous, overlapping spheres of identity, while kindred versus non-kindred describes whether infraselves generally identify as one another.
A telesomatic autocosm is an autocosm who has or has used more than one physical body in this dimension, e.g. some system travelers, some soulbonds, some channeled entities, etc.
Always practice informed consent in spiritual practices. Do not declare an entity in another body to share your metaself without their explicit, informed consent.
Other Terms for Autocosms
Poly-autocosm
An autocosm with more than one metaself. The degree of overlap between metaselves can vary, and infraselves within the poly-autocosm can identify more or less with different metaselves.
Sub-autocosm
Any kind of sub-grouping within an autocosm. Can be formal or informal. Hypothetically other sisasystem prefixes could be used if an autocosm has hierarchical groupings.
Autocosmplex
A grouping of related autocosms. May or may not include poly-autocosms. Can be a formal or informal grouping.