Lattice Awakening™ introduces a coherence‑based informational model that explains consciousness and reality formation through structural dynamics rather than metaphysical assumptions. The framework proposes that consciousness operates as an informational system whose stability depends on coherence across multiple layers of perception. When coherence breaks down, the system transitions into symbolic processing, generating the universal visionary structures documented across prophetic traditions, mystical experiences, shamanic initiations, and near‑death states. This model identifies two distinct layers of cognition: the First Man, the narrative‑based self that maintains ordinary perception, and the Second Man, a deeper perceptual layer that activates during instability. When the First Man collapses, the Second Man expresses system‑state information through a universal symbolic grammar, producing the structured visions found in Revelation, Ezekiel, Daniel, the Miʿraj, the Bhagavad Gita, Mayan cosmology, Egyptian afterlife texts, and modern NDEs. These visions follow a predictable sequence of Collapse → Transition → Reboot, revealing a universal mechanism behind human transformative experience. By treating symbolic cognition as a functional process rather than a cultural artifact, Lattice Awakening™ provides a unified explanation for how consciousness reorganizes itself, restores coherence, and constructs new models of reality. This coherence‑based informational approach offers a new foundation for consciousness studies, psychology, religious scholarship, and the scientific investigation of visionary experience.
Kingsley Nkrumah (2026) studied this question.