The Symbiain Codex
A library of books and audio editions by Iain Davie, exploring power, language, ecology, systems and the possibility of seeing differently.
These books are companion works, not evidence for the framework: imaginative territory in which perception, control, relation and change can be encountered in another form.
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Explore the books through line art, music and narration. Each landscape edition includes the complete transcript and its source context.
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A little elegance. A little subversion.
Meet Lily Bryte: cool under pressure, slightly amused and always watching. Iain Davie’s complete animated short-film pilot pairs bright line art and original jazz with three Symbiain field notes.
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A living field
Donna listens to a rainforest through a resonator. A futuristic literary film about attention, living systems and the possibility of connection.
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The pattern that shouldn’t be there
In New Capita, Ai Li notices an unfamiliar pattern. A science-fiction reading about systems, attention and a discovery that unsettles the familiar.
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Two observers. Another perspective.
Two observers can look at the same scene and understand it differently. An accessible visual interpretation of language, imagination and perspective.
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The Wind That Rushes West
From Florence and the Gates of Paradise to the imagined winds of Jupiter: a literary journey from passing glance to careful observation.
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A poem in nine movements
Iain Davie’s complete poem unfolds through six illustrations, a measured reading and an original piano, strings and cello score.
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A Symbiain Translation and Confucian Gloss of the Yijing
A forthcoming Symbiain reading of the Yijing: change, judgement and orientation considered through translation, Confucian commentary and contemporary inquiry.
A Practical Handbook for Better Judgement in a Changing World
The visual and practical field guide behind the Symbiain method: observation, context, relationships, calibration, learning and adaptation.
Power, history and the pursuit of patterns beneath the surface.
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Language, symbols and the systems that shape perception.
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A speculative encounter with order, systems and adaptive anomaly.
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Earth, cosmos and the human relationship with living systems.
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Influence, freedom and the language of control.
The Codex of Word Cloud
An early archive work in the wider Symbiain territory: language, interpretation and the consequences of what a fragment appears to reveal.
An archive work in the wider Symbiain territory: systems, structure, coordination and the conditions through which order becomes open to change.
Where to listen or buy
Amazon opens the relevant edition or a title search. Audible opens Iain Davie’s verified author page. Retailer availability and pricing apply. The Symbiain Field Manual is in preparation and will be listed here when available.