the iconoclast's descending

  The Hermeneutics of Iconoclasm in Mid-Modernity:  A. Covenant Substrate, Non-transactional Kinesthetics, and the Vectoring Awareness of Atoning Energies and Flows.  B. Valorization of Entropic Forms and Feudalizing Mechanisms of Babel. August 29, 2025 [updated November 7, 2025 where noted] Douglas Blake Olds This article was prepared with editorial assistance from ChatGPT under the Lawnmower Rule: the tool remained ministerial rather than agentic and idolatrous. Its author is accountable for every sentence unless specifically attributed to outside sources.   "Only describe, don't explain." --Ludwig Wittgenstein "The greatest hazard of all, losing one's self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any other loss—an arm, a leg, five dollars, a wife, etc.—is sure to be noticed." Kierkegaard, The Sickness Unto Death   ABSTRACT Technocracy is advancing a radical, algorithmic configurati...