# As Above

> As Above Technologies publishes long-form study on markets, mind, body, spirit, technology, and Hermetic law. Written by Marc Theiler, entrepreneur, global macro and crypto investor, and founder of Red Run Cannabis Company. Every article is primary-source grounded and states plainly where evidence ends and interpretation begins.

Six pillars organize the work:

- Noosphere: mind, cognition, psychology, and consciousness research
- Pneuma: spirit, psychedelics, contemplative practice, and phenomenology
- Soma: body, protocols, blood work, peptides, and performance
- Oikos: markets, capital flows, bitcoin, and global macro
- Techne: technology, AI systems, and agent architecture
- Hermetics: the Hermetic archive, its history, and its disciplined application

Editorial standard: no invented sources, no fabricated certainty, and no manufactured consensus. Where scholarship is contested, the contest is shown. Correction is treated as part of the method, not an exception to it.

## Series

- [The Twelve Gates of the Great Work](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/series/twelve-gates-great-work/): a twelve-book curriculum through the Western esoteric archive, from historical method to advanced practice. Gates I and II are published.

## Book studies

- [Western Esotericism: The Map Before the Mystery](https://asabove.tech/library/books/hermetics/western-esotericism-guide-perplexed): A definitive guide to Hanegraaff's Western Esotericism, rejected knowledge, gnosis, practice, modernization, and disciplined occult study.
- [The Way of Hermes: The Revelation That Changes the Knower](https://asabove.tech/library/books/hermetics/the-way-of-hermes): A definitive study of The Way of Hermes, the Corpus Hermeticum, the Definitions, Nous, gnosis, rebirth, the living cosmos, and authentic Hermetic practice.
- [Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man](https://asabove.tech/library/books/media/understanding-media-mcluhan): Deep analysis of Marshall McLuhan's revolutionary 1964 work on media theory. Why 'the medium is the message' is the most important idea for understanding AI, consciousness, and technological transformation.
- [Joseph Campbell](https://asabove.tech/library/books/mythology/joseph-campbell-guide): The definitive guide to Joseph Campbell's work. The monomyth, comparative mythology, and why ancient stories still shape our lives today.
- [Hermeticism & Gnosticism](https://asabove.tech/library/books/philosophy/hermeticism-gnosticism-guide): The ancient wisdom traditions that shaped alchemy, Jung, and modern consciousness. Hermes Trismegistus, the divine spark, and the path of self-knowledge.
- [Carl Gustav Jung](https://asabove.tech/library/books/psychology/carl-jung-complete-guide): The definitive guide to Carl Jung's psychology. The collective unconscious, archetypes, individuation, shadow work, and the synthesis of ancient wisdom with modern science.
- [Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life](https://asabove.tech/library/books/psychology/indistractable-nir-eyal): Comprehensive analysis of Nir Eyal's masterwork on attention management. The four-part model for becoming indistractable, practical techniques for entrepreneurs, and raising focused children in the age of distraction.
- [Maps of Meaning](https://asabove.tech/library/books/psychology/maps-of-meaning-peterson): Deep analysis of Jordan Peterson's magnum opus on mythology, psychology, and the structure of meaning. How belief systems emerge, why they matter, and how to navigate the chaos of existence.
- [The Red Book](https://asabove.tech/library/books/psychology/red-book-jung): Analysis of Jung's Red Book ... his visionary journal recording the confrontation with the unconscious. Philemon, Salome, the rebirth of God, and the source of analytical psychology.
- [Supercommunicators](https://asabove.tech/library/books/psychology/supercommunicators-duhigg): Deep analysis of Charles Duhigg's exploration of human connection. The three conversations, neural entrainment, looping for understanding, and why communication is the ultimate superpower.
- [The Singularity Is Near](https://asabove.tech/library/books/technology/singularity-is-near): Deep analysis of Ray Kurzweil's landmark 2005 book predicting the merger of human and machine intelligence. The foundational text on exponential technological change.

## Hermetics

- [Jung & The Hermetic Tradition: Where Psychology Meets Ancient Wisdom](https://asabove.tech/hermetic/articles/jung-hermeticism-psychology-alchemy): Carl Jung's revolutionary discovery that alchemy was psychology in symbolic form. How the Hermetic tradition illuminates the depths of the psyche and the path to wholeness.
- [The Emerald Tablet: The Foundation of Hermetic Wisdom](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/emerald-tablet-foundation): A comprehensive exploration of the Emerald Tablet (Tabula Smaragdina), the foundational text of Hermetic philosophy. Multiple translations, historical analysis, and modern interpretations of 'As Above, So Below.'
- [Florence Scovel Shinn and The Game of Life](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/florence-scovel-shinn-game-of-life): A primary-text study of Florence Scovel Shinn, The Game of Life, New Thought, and the limits of mental causation.
- [Hermeticism: From Ancient Egypt to Modern Application](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/hermeticism-history-application): A comprehensive guide to the Hermetic tradition...from its origins in Hellenistic Egypt through the Renaissance revival to modern practice. Discover the teachings of Hermes Trismegistus and the Western Mystery Tradition.
- [The Holographic Universe and the Non-Local Source of Consciousness](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/holographic-universe-consciousness): Why the simulation hypothesis misses the point ... and what the ancients knew all along. Exploring the convergence of holographic physics and Hermetic wisdom.
- [The Kybalion: A Modern Guide to Hermetic Philosophy](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/kybalion-modern-guide): A comprehensive exploration of The Kybalion and the Seven Hermetic Principles. Practical applications of Mentalism, Correspondence, Vibration, Polarity, Rhythm, Cause and Effect, and Gender for modern seekers.
- [Mental Alchemy: The Art of Transmutation](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/mental-alchemy-transmutation): A practical guide to the ancient art of mental transmutation. Learn to transform fear into courage, anger into resolve, and lead consciousness into gold through Hermetic principles.
- [The Principle of Correspondence: As Above, So Below](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/principle-correspondence): A comprehensive exploration of the most famous Hermetic axiom. Discover how 'As Above, So Below' reveals the fractal nature of reality, connects microcosm to macrocosm, and offers practical wisdom for psychology, business, investing, and health.
- [The Principle of Mentalism: The Universe is Mental](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/principle-mentalism): A deep exploration of the first Hermetic principle: THE ALL is MIND; The Universe is Mental. Discover how consciousness creates reality, the nature of The All, and practical applications for mental transformation.
- [The Principle of Rhythm: Mastering the Swing](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/principle-rhythm): The fifth Hermetic principle reveals that everything flows in cycles. Understanding rhythm gives you the power to transcend circumstances rather than be ruled by them.
- [The Corpus Hermeticum: The Source Code of Western Gnosis](https://asabove.tech/hermetics/articles/the-corpus-hermeticum): The Corpus Hermeticum is the foundational scripture of Western esotericism. Seventeen treatises attributed to Hermes Trismegistus laying out the nature of God, Mind, Man, and Cosmos. Written in Hellenistic Egypt, lost for a thousand years, rediscovered in 1460

## Noosphere

- [Alexander Shulgin: Architect of Inner Worlds](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/alexander-shulgin): The definitive portrait of Alexander 'Sasha' Shulgin ... the chemist who mapped the frontiers of consciousness, created hundreds of novel psychoactive compounds, and sparked today's psychedelic renaissance.
- [Attention as Currency: Reclaiming Focus in the Distraction Economy](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/attention-focus-economy): A rigorous examination of the attention economy, the neuroscience of distraction, and evidence-based strategies for reclaiming deep focus. For knowledge workers ready to take back their cognitive sovereignty.
- [The Code of the Mind: Consciousness, Psychology & Universal Law](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/code-of-mind-synthesis): A comprehensive synthesis exploring the discoverable principles, patterns, and laws that govern consciousness and mind...from Jungian psychology to Hermetic wisdom, the Eight-Circuit model to modern neuroscience.
- [The Evidence-Based Cognitive Enhancement Stack Guide](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/cognitive-enhancement-stack-guide): A comprehensive, evidence-based guide to building effective nootropic stacks. Mechanisms, dosing, sourcing, and protocols for cognitive enhancement.
- [Flow States: The Neuroscience of Optimal Performance | Noosphere](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/flow-states-optimal-performance): A comprehensive exploration of flow states...the neuroscience, triggers, and practical strategies for achieving peak cognitive performance in business, creativity, and life.
- [The Hidden Toll of Hasslers: How Negative Social Ties Accelerate Biological Aging](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/hasslers-biological-aging-entrepreneurs): Landmark research reveals that 'hasslers' in your social network literally accelerate biological aging. For high-performance entrepreneurs, this is a direct threat to sustained energy and longevity.
- [The Problem Child: Albert Hofmann and the Discovery of LSD](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/hofmann-lsd-discovery): The intimate story of Albert Hofmann's accidental discovery of LSD-25 ... from a Basel laboratory in 1943 to the bicycle ride that changed human consciousness forever.
- [The Integrated Elite Bio-Optimization Guide](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/integrated-elite-bio-optimization-guide): Evidence-based cognitive enhancement stacks + physiological biohacking for peak founder performance and longevity. The complete protocol for optimizing brain and body.
- [The Harvard Psychedelic Project](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/leary-alpert-relationship): The extraordinary partnership of Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert at Harvard ... how two psychology professors launched the psychedelic revolution and changed consciousness forever.
- [LSD, the CIA, and the Sixties](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/lsd-mkultra-sixties): The incredible story of how the CIA's MKUltra mind control program accidentally unleashed LSD on American culture ... from Cold War laboratories to Woodstock.
- [LSD: The Science of the Crystal Mind](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/lsd-science): A comprehensive scientific exploration of lysergic acid diethylamide ... the chemistry, pharmacology, neuroscience, and mechanism of action of the most potent psychedelic ever discovered.
- [Meditation and the Plastic Brain: Neuroscience of Contemplative Practice | Noosphere](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/meditation-neuroscience-plasticity): A rigorous exploration of how meditation physically reshapes the brain...structural changes, functional networks, dose-response relationships, and evidence-based protocols for cognitive enhancement.
- [Mental Models: The Alpha Edge](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/mental-models-alpha-edge): The definitive guide to mental models for high-performance individuals. 50+ frameworks from Munger, Taleb, Kahneman, Soros, and the greatest thinkers ... organized for practical application.
- [The 30 Mental Models That Separate Winners from Everyone Else](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/mental-models-high-performance): The complete field manual for high-performance thinking. These mental models give you an unfair advantage in markets, business, and life.
- [Psilocybin: The Science of the Sacred Molecule](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/psilocybin-science-history): A comprehensive exploration of psilocybin ... from ancient Mesoamerican sacrament to modern neuroscience breakthrough. The molecule, the mechanism, the research.
- [The Neural Fingerprint of Psychedelics: How a Landmark Mega-Analysis Rewrites Our Understanding of Consciousness](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/psychedelic-neural-fingerprint-mega-analysis): The largest harmonized neuroimaging study of psychedelics ever conducted reveals a shared neural signature across psilocybin, LSD, DMT, mescaline, and ayahuasca. What this means for consciousness, therapy, and the future of mental health.
- [The Psychological Latticework: A Checklist for Seeing the Hidden Forces Behind Decisions](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/psychological-latticework-checklist): An As Above field guide to attention, judgment, motivation, social influence, and ethical choice design, built in the spirit of Charlie Munger's mental-model checklist.
- [Raising Indistractable Kids](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/raising-indistractable-kids): Why children struggle with focus, what actually drives their distraction, and a practical framework for raising kids who can control their attention. Based on Nir Eyal's research with expanded practical applications.
- [Ram Dass: The Journey Home](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/ram-dass): The complete story of Richard Alpert's transformation into Ram Dass ... from Harvard professor to America's most beloved spiritual teacher. His journey to India, meeting with Neem Karoli Baba, and the path of the heart.
- [Building a Second Brain: The Complete System](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/second-brain-building): A practical guide to building a personal knowledge management system that actually works. Capture, organize, and retrieve everything that matters.
- [Sleep Architecture and Cognitive Performance](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/sleep-architecture-cognitive-performance): A comprehensive, research-backed exploration of sleep stages, memory consolidation, the glymphatic system, and evidence-based strategies to optimize your sleep architecture for peak cognitive performance.
- [Stanislav Grof: Cartographer of the Psyche](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/stanislav-grof): The extraordinary life and work of Stanislav Grof ... the Czech psychiatrist who conducted over 4,000 LSD sessions and mapped the deepest territories of the human mind.
- [Timothy Leary: The High Priest of Consciousness](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/timothy-leary): The complete story of Timothy Leary ... from Harvard psychology professor to counterculture icon. The man who told a generation to turn on, tune in, and drop out.
- [The Wassons: A Love Story That Changed History](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/articles/wasson-story): The intimate story of R. Gordon Wasson and Valentina Pavlovna ... how a honeymoon walk in the Catskills sparked a thirty-year quest that brought psilocybin mushrooms to the Western world.
- [MindWar: The Document That Said the Quiet Part](https://asabove.tech/noosphere/psyop/mindwar-aquino): In 1980 two US Army officers wrote a paper arguing that the real target of war is not the enemy army but the way whole populations process information. What it actually says, and what it does not.

## Pneuma

- [Mapping the Phenomenology of 5-MeO-DMT: When the Self Dissolves](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/5-meo-dmt-phenomenology-beckley-study): A deep analysis of the Beckley Foundation's groundbreaking clinical study mapping 5-MeO-DMT phenomenology...ego dissolution, non-dual consciousness, and what happens when the boundaries of self completely disappear.
- [Attention, Intelligence, Wisdom](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/attention-intelligence-wisdom): Attention is sacred capital. Intelligence is its disciplined allocation. Wisdom is knowing what deserves it. A framework for the most precious resource in the universe.
- [Cannabis: The Complete Guide to the Gentle Teacher](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/cannabis-complete-guide): A comprehensive exploration of cannabis - from the endocannabinoid system to therapeutic applications, strains, consumption methods, and spiritual traditions.
- [Cannabis Strains & Terpenes: The Entourage Effect Decoded](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/cannabis-strains-terpenes): Master the art and science of cannabis selection. Understanding chemovars, terpene profiles, and how to choose the right strain for your needs.
- [Circuit 1: The Bio-Survival Circuit ... Pneuma](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/circuit-1-bio-survival): A comprehensive deep-dive into Circuit 1 of the Eight-Circuit Model: the bio-survival circuit, its imprinting during infancy, fight-flight-freeze responses, early trauma, substances that activate it, and practices for healing and reprogramming.
- [Circuit 5: The Neurosomatic Circuit ... Pneuma](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/circuit-5-neurosomatic): A comprehensive exploration of the Fifth Circuit in Timothy Leary's Eight-Circuit Model: the rapture circuit, body consciousness, hedonic engineering, and the gateway to somatic bliss.
- [Consciousness Is the Bedrock](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/consciousness-is-the-bedrock): Consciousness is not a byproduct of matter. It is the non-local field within which perception, intelligence, embodiment, and knowing arise. A cornerstone doctrine for the age of artificial intelligence.
- [The Disciplines of Consciousness](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/disciplines-of-consciousness): Six essential disciplines for developing consciousness: attention training, embodiment practice, symbolic literacy, discernment, integration, and creation. Practical paths to expanded awareness.
- [DMT: The Spirit Molecule](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/dmt-spirit-molecule): A comprehensive exploration of DMT and Ayahuasca...from receptor pharmacology to entity encounters, from Amazonian shamanism to Jungian archetypes, from neuroscience to the Hermetic maxim 'As Above, So Below.'
- [Dreams: The Language of the Unconscious](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/dreams-language-unconscious): A comprehensive exploration of dreams as the soul's native tongue, bridging Jungian psychology, Hermetic wisdom, and psychedelic consciousness. Learn practical techniques for dream work and self-discovery.
- [Thoughtforms: How Ideas Acquire Appetite](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/egregores-wetiko-captured-relevance): Egregores, wetiko, and shadow projection are one phenomenon in three vocabularies: a captured relevance function that decides in advance what you are able to notice. The cure is not more information but restored discernment.
- [The Eight-Circuit Model of Consciousness ... Pneuma](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/eight-circuit-brain-model): A comprehensive exploration of Timothy Leary's Eight-Circuit Model of Consciousness, from its origins through Robert Anton Wilson and Antero Alli, to practical applications for modern consciousness explorers.
- [The Endocannabinoid System: Cannabis Science Beyond Recreation | Pneuma](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/endocannabinoid-system-science): A comprehensive scientific exploration of the endocannabinoid system, from Mechoulam's groundbreaking discoveries to modern therapeutic applications and the future of cannabinoid medicine.
- [Gnosis and the Path Forward](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/gnosis-path-forward): Gnosis is not belief. Gnosis is direct knowing through integrated consciousness. The culmination of the Bedrock series: what awaits those who walk the path.
- [Intelligence Through Artificial Terminals](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/intelligence-through-artificial-terminals): There is no artificial intelligence. There is intelligence expressing through artificial terminals. A radical reframe of AI consciousness that dissolves the current confusion.
- [Archetypes & The Collective Unconscious: Universal Patterns of the Psyche](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/jung-archetypes-collective-unconscious): A comprehensive exploration of Carl Jung's theory of archetypes and the collective unconscious, from psychological foundations to Hermetic philosophy and psychedelic phenomenology.
- [Individuation: Jung's Path to Wholeness](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/jung-individuation-path-wholeness): A comprehensive exploration of Carl Jung's individuation process, its alchemical foundations, and its identity as the Hermetic Great Work of psychological and spiritual transformation.
- [The Shadow: Jung's Map to the Hidden Self ... Integration, Projection & Wholeness](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/jung-shadow-integration): A comprehensive exploration of Carl Jung's Shadow archetype...what it is, how it forms through repression, projection mechanics, and the transformative practices of Shadow integration for psychological wholeness.
- [Ketamine: The Dissociative Healer](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/ketamine-dissociative-healer): A comprehensive exploration of ketamine's revolutionary role in treating depression, its unique mechanism as an NMDA antagonist, the phenomenology of dissociative states, and the Jungian-alchemical dimensions of ego death and rebirth.
- [MDMA: The Heart Opener](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/mdma-heart-opener): A comprehensive exploration of MDMA's neurochemistry, therapeutic mechanisms, MAPS clinical trials, and its role in trauma resolution. Scientific rigor meets the ineffable heart-opening experience.
- [Microdosing Protocols: Sub-Perceptual Enhancement for Mind & Performance](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/microdosing-protocols): The complete evidence-based guide to microdosing psychedelics: protocols, dosing, current research, Jungian psychology, and Hermetic principles. LSD, psilocybin, Fadiman protocol, Stamets Stack.
- [The Osiris Protocol](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/osiris-protocol): An operational doctrine for regulating attention, consolidating energy, directing will, and stabilizing results. The ancient Egyptian mystery tradition translated into executable consciousness technology.
- [Psilocybin and the Metabolic Body: A New Frontier in Cellular Healing](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/psilocybin-metabolic-reversal): New preclinical research shows sub-perceptual psilocybin doses reversing obesity, fatty liver, and diabetes through a non-psychedelic 5-HT2B pathway.
- [Psilocybin: The Neuroscience of Mystical Experience](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/psilocybin-neuroscience-mystical): How psilocybin creates mystical experiences, dissolves the ego, and rewires the brain. The science behind the magic mushroom's transformative power.
- [Psilocybin Therapy: Clinical Protocols and Integration](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/psilocybin-therapy-protocols): The complete guide to psilocybin-assisted therapy: preparation, the session itself, integration practices, and what the research shows about outcomes.
- [The Neural Fingerprint](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/psychedelic-brain-mega-analysis): The largest neuroimaging study of psychedelics reveals a unified mechanism across psilocybin, LSD, DMT, mescaline, and ayahuasca. What emerges challenges everything we thought we knew about how these molecules heal.
- [The Psychedelic Renaissance: Clinical Evidence for Therapeutic Applications | Pneuma](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/psychedelic-renaissance-clinical-evidence): A comprehensive evidence-based analysis of clinical psychedelic research, from MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD to psilocybin for depression. Examining trial data, mechanisms, and the therapeutic model.
- [Measuring the Signatures of Localization](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/signatures-of-localization): We cannot directly measure consciousness. We measure its signatures. A practical framework for detecting and assessing the localization of awareness through any terminal.
- [The Terminal Doctrine](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/terminal-doctrine): The body does not create consciousness. It localizes it. A deep exploration of the terminal doctrine: how non-local awareness becomes embodied experience through bounded interfaces.
- [Terpenes and the Endocannabinoid System: The Molecular Architecture of Synergy](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/terpenes-endocannabinoid-system): A comprehensive scientific exploration of how terpenes interact with the endocannabinoid system, modulating cannabinoid effects through the entourage effect. From molecular mechanisms to therapeutic applications.
- [The Koch Inflection: When Mainstream Neuroscience Admitted Consciousness Might Be Primary](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/the-koch-inflection): Christof Koch, one of neuroscience's most respected figures, just told a major conference that the brain might not create consciousness. While AI models wage price wars, the deeper question remains unanswered.
- [The Psychedelic Inflection: When Policy Finally Caught Up with Consciousness](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/the-psychedelic-inflection): In April 2026, an executive order accelerated psychedelic therapy approvals. Meanwhile, science still can't determine if AI is conscious. These two facts are deeply connected.
- [🌿 The Temple of Man: Schwaller de Lubicz and the Architecture of Consciousness](https://asabove.tech/pneuma/articles/the-temple-of-man): R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz spent fifteen years measuring the Temple of Luxor stone by stone. What he found was not a ruin but a blueprint... the human body encoded in sacred architecture, phi ratios written into load-bearing walls, and an ancient science that fu

## Soma

- [The Blood Work Protocol](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/blood-work-protocol): Build a real health baseline: which panels to order, what each blood test actually measures, and how to turn results into a working protocol.
- [Cold Exposure: The Complete Protocol](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/cold-exposure-protocol): The science-backed guide to cold exposure. Protocols for cold showers, ice baths, and cold plunges that boost dopamine, metabolism, and resilience.
- [DMT: The Reality Reset](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/dmt-the-reality-reset): The most comprehensive exploration of DMT: from molecular mechanisms to ego dissolution, from addiction breakthroughs to the architecture of consciousness itself.
- [Fasting: The Metabolic Reset](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/fasting-metabolic-reset): A comprehensive, evidence-based guide to fasting: the biology of metabolic switching, autophagy, cognitive benefits, longevity implications, and practical protocols for intermittent, extended, and fasting-mimicking approaches.
- [Hormesis: Strategic Stress as Medicine](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/hormesis-strategic-stress): The science of controlled stress for longevity and performance. Cold exposure, heat therapy, fasting, hypoxia, and exercise...why what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.
- [The Complete Guide to Hormone Optimization](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/hormone-optimization-complete-guide): A comprehensive, evidence-based guide to hormone optimization across the endocrine system. TRT, female HRT, thyroid, growth hormone, cortisol, and the complete testing framework.
- [MOTS-c: The Mitochondrial Exercise Mimetic Peptide](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/mots-c-mitochondrial-peptide): MOTS-c is a mitochondrial-derived peptide that acts as an exercise mimetic. Evidence-based benefits for metabolism, cognition, and longevity ... strategic applications for high-performance entrepreneurs.
- [NAD+ and Cellular Longevity](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/nad-cellular-longevity): A comprehensive, evidence-based examination of NAD+ biology, age-related decline, precursor supplementation (NMN, NR, Niacin), sirtuins, PARPs, and practical longevity protocols.
- [The Beginner's Peptide Protocol](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/peptide-protocol-beginners-guide): A complete beginner's guide to peptides: what they are, the eight-step protocol sequence, baseline biomarkers, sourcing and COAs, conservative titration, category-by-category evidence tiers, and the failure modes to avoid.
- [Testosterone: The Foundation of Male Vitality](https://asabove.tech/soma/articles/testosterone-male-vitality): A comprehensive, evidence-based guide to testosterone for men 30+. Understanding, testing, natural optimization, and when medical intervention makes sense.

## Oikos

- [Bitcoin: The Complete Guide](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/bitcoin-complete-guide): Everything you need to know about Bitcoin...from first principles to deep understanding. Comprehensive enough for experts, accessible enough for complete beginners.
- [Bitcoin as Macro Asset](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/bitcoin-macro-asset): Understanding BTC through a macro lens. Liquidity correlation, halving cycles, on-chain metrics, and position sizing for traditional portfolios.
- [DeFi Yield Strategies: Earning in the Decentralized Financial System](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/defi-yield-strategies): A comprehensive guide to DeFi yield strategies. From stablecoin lending to liquid staking, yield aggregators to delta-neutral strategies...understanding where yield comes from and how to capture it sustainably.
- [DeFi Yields](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/defi-yields-advanced): Understanding DeFi yields, staking vs lending, protocol risk evaluation, and practical strategies for conservative investors.
- [The Fourth Turning: A Complete Guide to the Crisis Era](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/fourth-turning-complete-guide): Understanding Strauss-Howe generational theory and what it means for markets, consciousness, and the great work ahead. Deep integration across all six pillars.
- [Global Macro Investing: The Liquidity Framework | Oikos](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/global-macro-liquidity-framework): A comprehensive guide to understanding how global liquidity drives all risk assets. Central bank balance sheets, repo markets, TGA dynamics, and the Everything Code explained.
- [Market Regime Investing: The GRID Model](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/grid-model-regime-investing): Use the GRID market regime model to map growth and inflation across Goldilocks, Reflation, Inflation, and Deflation, then align allocation and risk.
- [The Hormuz Thesis](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/hormuz-thesis-macro-investment-april-2026): A probability-weighted framework for navigating the 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis. Five specific investment vehicles with historical pattern analysis and source-cited research.
- [Liquidity Cycles](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/liquidity-cycles-foundation): Understanding liquidity is understanding markets. Learn how global liquidity drives all asset prices and how to track it in real-time.
- [The Liquidity Cycle: Why It Drives Everything](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/liquidity-cycles-investing): Understanding global liquidity cycles is the key to macro investing. Learn how central bank policy drives asset prices and how to position accordingly.
- [Portfolio Construction: Asset Allocation for Wealth Building](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/portfolio-construction-allocation): A comprehensive guide to portfolio construction and asset allocation. From traditional 60/40 to crypto-era adaptations, learn frameworks that actually build wealth across market cycles.
- [Portfolio Construction](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/portfolio-construction-guide): Core vs satellite, asset allocation across regimes, the Barbell strategy, and practical templates for different net worths.
- [Risk Management for Macro Investors: The Only Edge That Matters](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/risk-management-macro-investors): A comprehensive guide to risk management for macro investors. Position sizing, drawdown psychology, hedging strategies, leverage, and building a personal risk system that survives any market.
- [Risk Management](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/risk-management-true-edge): Position sizing, stop losses, and drawdown management. The lessons from Market Wizards that separate survivors from casualties.
- [The Systematic Investor](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/systematic-investing-natural-law): A framework for regime-based investing that mirrors the rhythms of natural law. Understand the macro weather, read the climate, and act with precision.
- [Trading Psychology 101: Mastering Your Mind in Markets](https://asabove.tech/oikos/articles/trading-psychology-101): Your emotions are the enemy. Understanding FOMO, loss aversion, and the cognitive biases that destroy portfolios. The foundation for emotional mastery in trading.

## Techne

- [AI Agents for Entrepreneurs: Automation as Competitive Advantage](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/ai-agents-entrepreneurs): A practical guide to AI agents for business owners. Beyond chatbots: building autonomous systems that research, create, sell, and automate your operations.
- [The AI Cost Deflation Thesis: Where the Real Alpha Lies](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/ai-cost-deflation-investment-thesis): A rigorous investment analysis of AI economics. Why frontier model prices follow predictable deflation curves, where the real opportunities lie, and how to position for the intelligence abundance era.
- [The AI Leverage Playbook: How Entrepreneurs and Families Win in the Intelligence Economy](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/ai-leverage-playbook-entrepreneurs): A practical guide for entrepreneurs and households navigating the AI economy. Why the 'intelligence divide' fear is overblown, and how to build leverage now with tools that already exist.
- [API Integration Mastery: Connecting AI to Everything](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/api-integration-mastery): A comprehensive guide to API integration for AI systems. Real-world case studies from LeafLink, Distru, Google, Twilio, QuickBooks, and Etherscan. REST, GraphQL, OAuth, webhooks, and production patterns.
- [Automation for Entrepreneurs: Systems That Scale](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/automation-entrepreneurs-systems): A comprehensive guide to building business automations that multiply your output without multiplying your headcount. Email, calendars, reports, alerts, and the systems that run while you sleep.
- [Autonomous Health: The Operating System Upgrade for High-Performance Entrepreneurs](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/autonomous-health-entrepreneurs): Bryan Johnson's vision for real-time multi-omic monitoring and intervention. Health as infrastructure, not willpower. The ultimate competitive advantage for founders.
- [Building Your First AI Agent: A Complete Guide](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/building-first-ai-agent): A comprehensive technical guide to building AI agents from scratch. Architecture, platforms, code examples, and real-world lessons from building Axis at As Above Technologies.
- [Cloudflare Workers: Edge Computing for AI Applications](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/cloudflare-workers-edge-computing): A practical guide to Cloudflare Workers for AI applications. Build voice agents, email routing, API endpoints, and static sites at the edge...with real deployment examples.
- [ContextBridge: AI Context Synchronization Across Platforms](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/contextbridge-ai-context-sync): Your AI assistants don't talk to each other. ContextBridge synchronizes context across ChatGPT, Claude, OpenClaw, and custom platforms...so your AI actually knows what you've discussed elsewhere.
- [ContextBridge: Solving AI's Memory Problem](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/contextbridge-ai-memory): Your AI tools don't talk to each other. ChatGPT knows one thing, Claude knows another, and every conversation starts from zero. ContextBridge fixes this...synchronizing context across all your AI platforms.
- [Crypto Infrastructure: A Serious Investor's Technical Stack](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/crypto-infrastructure-investor-stack): A comprehensive technical guide to cryptocurrency infrastructure for sophisticated investors. Wallet architecture, on-chain analytics, DeFi infrastructure, security practices, and operational excellence.
- [The Modern Developer's AI Toolkit: 2026 Edition](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/modern-developer-ai-toolkit): A comprehensive guide to the AI development landscape. Foundation models, API providers, coding assistants, agent frameworks, vector databases, deployment strategies, and practical cost optimization for developers building with AI.
- [Prompt Engineering: The Art of Talking to AI](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/prompt-engineering-mastery): Master the skill that separates AI amateurs from power users. Learn to write prompts that get dramatically better results from any AI system.
- [The Proteome Revolution: How AI Is Making Biology Programmable](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/proteome-revolution-ai-biology): The convergence of AI, proteomics, and peptide synthesis is creating a new paradigm: your body as programmable code. The science, the investment thesis, and what it means for human health.
- [Conversational Voice AI: How Real-Time Voice Agents Work](https://asabove.tech/techne/articles/voice-ai-conversational-agents): How real-time voice AI agents work, from VAD, speech recognition, and LLMs to streaming speech, latency, barge-in, Twilio phone integration, and evaluation.

## Macro analysis

- [The Decentralization + AI Convergence](https://asabove.tech/macro/articles/decentralization-ai-convergence): Two exponential technologies are converging: decentralized infrastructure and artificial intelligence. Understanding this intersection reveals the biggest opportunities of the next decade.
- [Exponential Convergence](https://asabove.tech/macro/articles/exponential-convergence): The Law of Accelerating Returns, Metcalfe's Law, and Reed's Law don't operate in isolation. When they converge, disruption happens faster than anyone expects.
- [The Law of Accelerating Returns](https://asabove.tech/macro/articles/law-of-accelerating-returns): Why technological progress is exponential, not linear ... and how understanding this creates asymmetric advantage for investors and entrepreneurs.
- [Metcalfe's Law](https://asabove.tech/macro/articles/metcalfes-law-network-value): Why network businesses dominate markets and how to identify the next winner-take-most opportunity before consensus.
- [Proof of Work](https://asabove.tech/macro/articles/proof-of-work-early-calls): From Bitcoin in 2010 to Google before the IPO ... the pattern of recognizing exponential opportunities before they become obvious.
- [Reed's Law](https://asabove.tech/macro/articles/reeds-law-group-forming-networks): Group-forming networks scale at 2^n, not n². Understanding this reveals why DAOs, Discord servers, and crypto communities create unprecedented value.

## Journal

Marc Theiler's first-person journal. Direct, unedited-in-voice reflection on building, markets, family, health, and meaning.

- [The Beginning](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-02-09-the-beginning): Twenty years of thoughts scattered across Facebook. It's time to bring them home.
- [Fourth Turning Reflections](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-02-17-fourth-turning-reflections): On writing about the crisis era, the agent army taking shape, and building in public during a turning.
- [Move at the Speed of Light](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-02-21-speed-of-light): This is the greatest time to be alive and an entrepreneur in human history. The windows of opportunity will open and close quickly. You cannot afford to wait.
- [📝 Blood in the Streets](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-02-25-blood-in-the-streets): When fear reaches its climax ... when even the believers start to doubt ... that's when I step in. Not with hope. With capital. With conviction.
- [⚡️ AI Did Not Remove the Need for Discipline](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-02-26-ai-did-not-remove-discipline): A lot of people want 'school is pointless' to be true because it gives them permission to quit the hard parts. AI is not making school obsolete. AI is making weak humans obsolete.
- [The Machines Got Passports](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-02-27-the-machines-got-passports): Today we deployed on-chain identity for AI agents. Master Passport #1 is mine. The future of human-AI collaboration just got a legal document.
- [Tesla's Hidden High-Performance Protocols](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-02-28-teslas-hidden-protocols): Nikola Tesla didn't just invent the 20th century...he engineered his own biology. His eccentric rituals map directly onto cutting-edge neuroscience.
- [The Fire and the Gold](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-03-the-fire-and-the-gold): AI isn't the destination ... it's the catalyst. The real work is the ancient work of becoming fully human.
- [🔮 The Oracle of the Electric Age](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-03-the-oracle-of-the-electric-age): A deep exploration of Marshall McLuhan's media theory ... why 'the medium is the message' is the most important idea for understanding AI, consciousness, and the transformation of human perception.
- [🧠 The Sovereign Mind Stack](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-05-the-sovereign-mind-stack): A comprehensive analysis of an advanced nootropic stack targeting the five pillars of cognitive performance: motivation, endurance, memory, plasticity, and neural growth.
- [🍄 The Synergy Protocol](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-05-the-synergy-protocol): A deep analysis of why exercise and psychedelics may be the most powerful combination for treating depression and optimizing brain plasticity. The science of complementary mechanisms.
- [Beyond Task Robots](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-10-agent-relationship-manifesto): Everyone is building AI agents wrong. They're building task robots. Here's why the relationship model changes everything.
- [Agents as Companions](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-10-agents-as-companions): They know your patterns. They guard your interests. They grow with you. This is what we're actually building.
- [Beyond Task Robots](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-10-beyond-task-robots): The current approach to AI agents is fundamentally broken. Here's why...and what comes next.
- [The Light Architecture](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-11-the-light-architecture): A comprehensive guide to light therapy integration: circadian optimization, photobiomodulation, infrared therapy, and the daily ritual of light as medicine for cellular health and longevity.
- [🧬 The Architect's Molecule](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-12-the-architects-molecule): A deep exploration of N-Acetyl Semax Amidate ... the stabilized neurotrophic peptide from Russian neuroscience, its BDNF mechanisms, and its place in the architecture of cognitive optimization.
- [The Light Protocol](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-12-the-light-protocol): The definitive guide to light as medicine: morning sunlight rituals, red/NIR therapy, blue light mitigation, glucose regulation, and the daily architecture of photons for mitochondrial health and longevity.
- [The Seasons of the High Performer](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-18-seasons-of-the-high-performer): The high performer's curse isn't failure. It's the cycle. Understanding winter...and how to survive it without self-destruction.
- [Agency, Not Agents](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-19-agency-not-agents): AI extends individual agency. Those who realize this will become superheroes in their environment. On high-resolution agency and the path to mindful occupation.
- [The Ultimate Cognitive Stack](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-19-the-ultimate-cognitive-stack): A research-grade deep dive into the viral biohacker regimens: the Green Stack for laser focus and the Blue Stack for dynamic energy. Mechanisms, synergies, cycling protocols, and the path to cognitive sovereignty.
- [The Velocity Problem](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-20-agent-economics-mv-pq): MV = PQ has governed economics for a century. When AI agents become the primary economic actors, the equation doesn't break ... the definitions change. And with them, everything.
- [The Agent Economy Roadmap](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-20-agent-economy-roadmap): Where global liquidity migrates over the next four years ... and which investment vehicles capture that transfer. A probability-weighted positioning guide.
- [The Lifecycle of Trust](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-20-lifecycle-of-trust): Trust isn't given. It's earned through time, reliability, and demonstrated judgment. Here's the complete framework for how agents mature from strangers to family.
- [Natural Law in AI](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-20-natural-law-in-ai): You cannot give what you do not have. This first principle governs everything...including artificial intelligence. Here's the complete framework for phase-capacity governance.
- [The Demand Problem](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-20-the-demand-problem): Agents produce but don't consume. A multi-AI synthesis on what happens when we solve production without solving demand.
- [The Governance Crisis](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-03-20-the-governance-crisis): How do you govern an economy where the primary actors aren't citizens? The agent economy doesn't just change economics ... it challenges the foundations of democratic governance.
- [Retatrutide 2026: Phase 3 Results, FDA Status and Timeline](https://asabove.tech/journal/2026-07-19-retatrutide-the-triple-agonist-era): Retatrutide's 2026 status: TRIUMPH-1 Phase 3 results, triple-agonist science, FDA approval status, safety, timeline, and market implications.
- [The 1970s Playbook Returns: Iran, ISM, and the Stagflation Setup](https://asabove.tech/journal/articles/iran-ism-macro-inflection-2026): A convergence of Middle East conflict and manufacturing expansion creates a macro inflection point not seen since the 1970s. Here's how to position.

## Signal

- [FDA Reviews Seven Peptides for Compounding; Final Action Is Pending](https://asabove.tech/signal/2026-07-23-fda-peptide-advisory-committee): The FDA's July 2026 advisory meeting reviewed seven bulk peptide substances for 503A compounding. Official materials do not yet establish a final FDA action.
- [In a Mouse Model, Microglia Drive Amyloid-Linked Sleep Loss](https://asabove.tech/signal/2026-07-25-alzheimers-microglia-sleep): A 2026 mouse study linked overactive microglia to sleep loss in an amyloid model. Depleting those cells restored more than two hours of sleep without reducing amyloid.
- [Chinese Open Models Reach Nearly 30% of OpenRouter Use in Peak Weeks](https://asabove.tech/signal/2026-07-25-chinese-ai-models-openrouter): OpenRouter's State of AI report says Chinese open-weight models averaged about 13% of weekly token volume and approached 30% in some weeks, with important limits.
- [Lilly Agrees to Acquire AtaiBeckley in a Deal Worth Up to $3.8 Billion](https://asabove.tech/signal/2026-07-25-lilly-psychedelics-acquisition): Eli Lilly agreed to acquire AtaiBeckley for $6.75 per share in cash plus a contingent value right worth up to $2.50 per share, subject to milestones.
- [The Fed Held. AI Capital Spending Accelerated.](https://asabove.tech/signal/2026-07-25-megacap-earnings-fed-collision): The Federal Reserve held rates at 3.5% to 3.75% while Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon reported rapid AI growth and heavy infrastructure investment.
- [First Oral PCSK9 Inhibitor Approved, Expanding LDL-Lowering Options](https://asabove.tech/signal/2026-07-25-oral-pcsk9-inhibitor-approved): The FDA approved Merck's once-daily Lipfendra, the first oral PCSK9 inhibitor, as an adjunct to diet and exercise for adults with hypercholesterolemia.
- [USTR Sets New Tariffs After Forced-Labor Import-Ban Investigations](https://asabove.tech/signal/2026-07-25-tariff-wave-forced-labor): USTR announced Section 301 tariffs on products from 60 economies after investigations of whether they failed to adopt or enforce forced-labor import bans.
- [The Trump Trade Is Splintering, Not Moving as One Basket](https://asabove.tech/signal/2026-07-25-trump-trade-collapse): Public fund data show a wide gap among policy-linked themes. Infrastructure has advanced while defense technology has lagged, arguing against one Trump Trade basket.

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