R.B. Barnesphilosopher and cosmologist
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R.B. Barnes

Philosopher and cosmologist

Author of The Prior Grammar, Plastic Symbolism, and Vocabula Barnesiana, and architect of the Iron Mirror and Mother Electric cosmologies.

The men are safe. The men are about to die.

Both are true at the same time. From The Superimposition.Move the cursor: the state is yours to hold.

Current Release

July 14, 2026

The Creation Myths: Book One, The Book of Resonance. Fourteen years in the making. Live now on Substack. Book Two, The Book of Ash, is forthcoming.

Plastic Symbolism: How the Mind Makes Meaning Material published July 2026.

Read Book One About the Myths
From the launch review
“A genuine masterwork... Where others mythologize freedom, Barnes anatomizes its inevitable betrayal.”
Philosophy Gate, July 14, 2026

The Books

All books
Cover of The Prior Grammar by R.B. Barnes

The Prior Grammar

Iron Mirror, 2026
Cover of Plastic Symbolism by R.B. Barnes

Plastic Symbolism

Iron Mirror, 2026
Cover of Vocabula Barnesiana by R.B. Barnes

Vocabula Barnesiana

Iron Mirror, 2026
R.B. Barnes seated in shadow against dark ironwork

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