The Codex of HumanityA public reading edition of the Laws of Humanity
Public reading edition

Welcome to the Codex of Humanity

A cross-linked home for the Laws of Humanity: what Humanity inherits, what it protects, how it lives, and what it still wonders about.

Read the Twelve Laws Understand the Purpose
Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man, showing a human figure within a circle and square
Vitruvian Man, Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1490. Public domain.

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Concept guide

“Receive the inheritance. Experience your life. Add what you can. Protect the whole. Pass it forward.”

— The Purpose of Humanity

The Codex is organized as Books, Chapters, and Verses. Six core texts and the structure of the Codex are available to read now. The remaining Books are shown as planned so readers can see where the work is going without mistaking an outline for a finished Book.

About this edition

  • 6published core texts
  • 1Codex structure
  • 21Books in the architecture

Blue links move through the Codex. Links marked ↗ open historical or cultural context on Wikipedia.

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How the Codex works
Book II The Twelve Laws of Humanity The twelve concise principles at the center of the Codex: truth, life, strength, freedom, community, plurality, repair, knowledge, experience, future possibility, nature, and stewardship. Placement in review The Purpose of Humanity Receive the inheritance, experience your life, add what you can, and pass it forward. Book XV The Human Continuum Humanity across generations: memory, knowledge, failure, legacy, and future possibility. Book XVI Human Sovereignty Meaningful authority over body, identity, belief, relationships, direction, and future. Book XVII The Human Experience Connection, creation, play, nature, knowledge, ritual, grief, purpose, and wonder. Book XVIII The Human Spirit A disciplined home for mystery, belief, spiritual experience, and the sacred answer: we do not know.

The twenty-one Books

Highlights appear first. “Read” marks Books with approved text; “Planned” marks architecture only.

  1. I The MeasureHow Humanity decides what belongs in the Laws Planned
  2. II The Twelve LawsThe concise Laws Read
  3. III The Scripture of TruthScripture of Law 1 Planned
  4. IV The Scripture of LifeScripture of Law 2 Planned
  5. V The Scripture of StrengthScripture of Law 3 Planned
  6. VI The Scripture of SovereigntyScripture of Law 4 Planned
  7. VII The Scripture of the Human BondScripture of Law 5 Planned
  8. VIII The Scripture of Human PluralityScripture of Law 6 Planned
  9. IX The Scripture of Impact and RepairScripture of Law 7 Planned
  10. X The Scripture of KnowledgeScripture of Law 8 Planned
  11. XI The Scripture of Human ExperienceScripture of Law 9 Planned
  12. XII The Scripture of Future PossibilityScripture of Law 10 Planned
  13. XIII The Scripture of Life and NatureScripture of Law 11 Planned
  14. XIV The Scripture of StewardshipScripture of Law 12 Planned
  15. XV The Human ContinuumHumanity across generations Read
  16. XVI Human SovereigntyWhat Humanity protects Read
  17. XVII The Human ExperienceHow Humans live and seek Humanity Read
  18. XVIII The Human SpiritHumanity's persistent spiritual inheritance Read
  19. XIX The SymbolsThe visual theology Planned
  20. XX The Human MandateHumanity's species-level purpose Planned
  21. XXI The Verses of HumanityConcentrated scripture Planned