Primordial Construct: Template

The Primordial Construct Template designates indiscriminate place holders for labeling the Primordial Construct. After many attempts, ten distinct aspects proved adequate for a comprehensive chart of existence. The ten labels are linked into four pairs, comprising eight directions, plus two additional nodes.

Past «	Current Δ	Future »
	North N	Out ↑
Minus –	Home ≈	Plus +
In ↓	South $

A slight modification of the space-time continuum model suffices to produce ten unique labels that are used as Primordial Construct references. Four of the eight directions remain unchanged: North, South, Past, and Future. Up and Down are relics of a narrow, flat earth mentality. In and Out will prove more useful, because they substitute well for Down and Up respectively, relative to the center of the earth, while also encompassing the concept of scale. East and West are replaced with Plus and Minus respectively, since they not only convey right and left directions but increase and decrease as well. The word Current, with its double meanings comprising both now and flow, substitutes for the node Present. For the final node, anchoring the spatial dimensions, the label Home conveys a sense of origin, balance, stability, and change in discrete stages, as in the word homeostasis.

Symbols

A symbol identifies each of the eight directions and two nodes, while at the same time tagging terms related to Primordial Construct attributes.

« Past, resembles a rewind button symbol
Δ Current, in mathematics delta represents a small slice of time or space, somewhate resembles the triangle on a play button
» Future, resembles a fast forward button symbol
N North, magnetic north
↑ Out, up arrow
– Minus, represents subtraction or decrease
≈ Home, approximately equal to symbol represents homeostasis
+ Plus, represents addition or increase
↓ In, down arrow
$ South, magnetic south, dollar sign represents materialism

Beyond the coordinates in four dimensional space-time lie additional properties of a place. Ambiance provides richer texture, and that is the point in starting out with abstract dimensional labels of an indiscriminate nature. In progressing from denotation to connotation, resolving the unique properties of each aspect of the Primordial Construct is the intent of this exercise. In hindsight, ten elements proves a necessary and sufficient number of candidate categories for representing the Primordial Construct.