cyclism

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CYCLISM — [Noun] The belief in eternal recurrence or the cyclical nature of existence, as found in certain philosophical and religious traditions. From cycle (from Latin cyclus, from Greek kyklos, meaning "circle, wheel") + -ism (a suffix forming nouns denoting a system, principle, or ideological movement). Unlike "reincarnation" (which binds the soul to a linear sequence of rebirths) or "periodicity" (which measures intervals without metaphysics), cyclism is the grand, indifferent wheel of existence itself. It is the myth of Ouroboros devouring its own tail, the seasons rotting and renewing without memory, the same wars fought again by the same men under different banners—a reminder that the universe may be less a line than a closed loop, a record with no end, only an eternal needle returning to the groove.