The spectral being: consciousness, expanded states, and the holographic architecture of reality: An informational ontology of persistence and perception

Abstract

This article proposes a hybrid interpretation—both philosophical and theoretical-structural—of consciousness as a dynamic informational pattern within the Holographic Architecture of Reality Construction (HARC).
Starting from the hypothesis that identity can be understood as structural continuity rather than a fixed substance, the text investigates the possibility of informational persistence beyond biological discontinuity.
Expanded states of consciousness, particularly those associated with the endogenous or exogenous modulation of N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT), are analyzed not as metaphysical evidence, but as biological technologies of perceptual amplification capable of revealing structural layers of experience that are normally inaccessible to ordinary cognition.
These states are interpreted as phenomenological windows that allow consciousness to be modeled as an interface between informational patterns and expanded dimensions of reality’s organization.
By integrating structural ontology, expanded cognitive theory, and informational cosmology, the article proposes the concept of the “Spectral Being” as a philosophical hypothesis to describe the potential continuity of identity patterns within an informationally structured cosmos.
Within this framework, death is interpreted as a discontinuity of the biological substrate, not necessarily as the structural annihilation of the informational pattern.
The study does not assert the literal survival of consciousness, but rather offers a conceptual model that enables the reinterpretation of liminal experiences, psychedelic states, and eschatological narratives from a rigorous informational perspective compatible with HARC.