Author: Jaconaazar Souza Silva
Laboratory Technician in Audiovisual Arts – Federal Institute of Brasília (IFB), Recanto das Emas Campus
Project: XChronos
Abstract:
This philosophical essay proposes an analysis of the symbolic convergence between C.S. Lewis’s Cosmic Trilogy (Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, That Hideous Strength) and the contemporary XChronos project. Both explore the corruption of linear time (Chronos), the irruption of opportune time (Kairos), and the role of consciousness as the restorer of meaning. The article argues that XChronos, through the concepts of Chronons, Hexachronons, and Metachronons, echoes the eternal narrative intuited by Lewis.
Introduction
C.S. Lewis saw the good story as a participation in “The Great Story” — an eternal narrative of meaning, redemption, and transcendence. The corruption of time and the possibility of its redemption through consciousness is a fundamental axis in both the Cosmic Trilogy and the XChronos project.
1. Out of the Silent Planet (1938) — Correspondence with Chronons
In Out of the Silent Planet, Ransom is taken to Malacandra (Mars), a world where the cosmic order still vibrantly pulses. Every action, every encounter, every word is imbued with meaning. Time is experienced as a dense flow of significance, not banalized.
Parallel with XChronos:
Chronons represent symbolic units of consciously lived time. On Malacandra, Ransom experiences Chronons with every moment of openness to the sacred strangeness of the planet, reinforcing the symbolic perception of reality.
2. Perelandra (1943) — Correspondence with Hexachronons
In Perelandra, Ransom encounters a fluid and poetic world where small choices reverberate through the ages. The planet, still innocent, is a stage for decisive moments that synchronize different layers of time.
Parallel with XChronos:
Hexachronons represent the symbolic resonance between different Chronons. Each encounter between Ransom and the Green Lady is a Hexachronon: a collision point of meanings and possible futures.
3. That Hideous Strength (1945) — Correspondence with Metachronons
In the final volume, the N.I.C.E. Institute represents the ultimate attempt to imprison time and consciousness in cold machines. The resistance led by Ransom culminates in moments where time “tears open,” touching the eternal.
Parallel with XChronos:
Metachronons are collapses of time and reality, where suffering, history, and spirituality converge toward redemption. It symbolizes victory over the corruption of Chronos through awakened consciousness.
4. Summary Table
Book: Out of the Silent Planet
Experienced Time: Flow of small conscious moments
XChronos Concept: Chronons
Book: Perelandra
Experienced Time: Resonance and synchronicity of choices
XChronos Concept: Hexachronons
Book: That Hideous Strength
Experienced Time: Redemptive collapse of corrupted time
XChronos Concept: Metachronons
Final Considerations
The convergence between the Cosmic Trilogy and the XChronos project is not due to direct influence but rather a tuning into the same archetypal field of consciousness and time redemption. Thus, XChronos manifests a living continuation of the Great Story intuited by Lewis.
Keywords: Cosmic Trilogy, XChronos, Chronons, Hexachronons, Metachronons, Chronos, Kairos, C.S. Lewis, Philosophy of Time, Great Story.
https://zenodo.org/records/15288769
10.5281/zenodo.15288769