Feedback Vs. Entropy
This is a philosophy of Life Vs. Non-Life. Non-Life proceeds in predictable ways' It flows to minimum energy and maximum dispersal. This is the world of water flowing downhill toward the sea. But the world of surviving life is different. It emerges from feedback. It feeds on the energy flow of the Universe. Entropy owns this energy flow. We are the waterwheel in the stream. We live because the universe is dying. Or to put it another way the Universe is dying for you. This is the thought behind the Octagod amulet as a cosmic crucifix