FunctionWorld-renewal narrativesContemporary loopBoundary
FractureAn age, order, ecology, or covenant becomes unlivable.
A civilization or biosphere faces finite habitability, isolation, or extinction.
Shared pressure; different ontology.
CarrierRemnant, seed people, ark, lineage, teaching, archive, ritual.
Probe, genome archive, dormant biology, catalytic chemistry.
Functional analogy—not equivalence.
PassageFlood, fire, migration, judgment, dissolution, concealed refuge.
Interstellar transit, dormancy, radiation, autonomous survival.
One is sacred narrative; one is engineering speculation.
RenewalRestored justice, green earth, renewed Dharma, healed relationship.
Abiogenesis, ecological establishment, biosphere diversification.
A biosphere is not a theological fulfillment.
ReturnReturning ancestor, savior, teacher, ruler, covenant, or sacred order.
Technological intelligence and a descendant machine phase.
No ancient source is being recruited as scientific evidence.