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Brief Conclusions of Part I – «Foundations and Principles»

– Time in the psyche is not only an external scale, but also an inner fabric of experience. Temporal characteristics (duration, tempo, retention/protention) shape affective tones, semantic accents and the structure of personality.

– The operational category of «temporal handwriting» has been introduced. Handwriting is a stable, individually colored way of experiencing time, a product of the interaction of biological, sociocultural and archetypal rhythms.

– Temporal handwriting mirrors personality typology, but is not reducible to it. Introversion/extraversion set the vector of sensitivity (inner vs external rhythms), but handwriting is more complex: it includes tempo, rhythm-sensitivity, a tendency toward atemporality, and patterns of transition between temporal regimes.

– External rhythms (daily, lunar, seasonal, multi-year) are a real context of temporality. They influence the states and clinical manifestations of personality; taking them into account increases diagnostic accuracy but requires methodological caution in interpreting correlations.

– Altered states of consciousness (ASC) mark the «threshold» of going beyond ordinary temporal conditioning. ASC can redistribute the weight of past/present/future, open access to atemporal experiences and become either a resource or a risk – depending on preparation and integration.

– Temporality is reflected in cultural objects – above all in ornaments and temporal «fonts.» Visual and verbal codes carry pre-linguistic schemas of time and can serve as additional diagnostic and therapeutic tools (with cultural context in mind).

– The proposed ternary metaphor (1 – chronological; 2 – psychological; 0 – atemporal) is a useful working tool. It simplifies mapping temporal regimes and designing interventions, but requires elaboration and operationalization for empirical verification.

– Methodological and ethical caution is mandatory. Metaphors and cultural interpretations expand our view, but clinical and scientific claims need prospective testing, preregistration of hypotheses and clear criteria of readiness for interventions.

Transition to Part II – «Dimensions of Time and States of the Psyche»

In Part I we have laid the theoretical and methodological framework: the concept of temporal handwriting, levels of external rhythms, the role of ASC, and the ideas of temporal fonts and ornaments. The next part shifts the focus from the philosophical—systemic map to concrete dimensions of experience: how past, present and future are «inscribed» into the structure of consciousness, which states and regimes of time can be empirically distinguished, and which manifestations of these dimensions are important for practical psychotherapy.

In Part II we will sequentially examine each dimension of time in the psyche, describe the corresponding states (including clinical patterns and ASC), and propose diagnostic and therapeutic tools – from scales and questionnaires to exercises and protocols of integration.