Myth↔Lab — What We Created & the Core Innovation

We present Myth↔Lab, a unified research framework that translates poetic/topological metaphors (e.g., Klein bottle) into registered, falsifiable protocols with clear KPIs, safety envelopes, and Zenodo‑ready data schemas. Our contributions are: (1) a bilingual lexicon pairing mythic constructs with measurable variables (APLI, Serendipity@k, Δmetric, Klein‑Loop); (2) three deployable protocols—Body‑Interference Mapper, Spice‑Window (ethical, brief arousal window), and VR‑Fractal‑Preview; (3) an integrative symbolic master equation that gathers phase, information correction, prediction, and adaptive control terms in one control‑theoretic view; (4) a modular Star‑Stack architecture (Over‑Ring Δmetric, Force‑Field β, Photonic‑Life Agent, Mini‑Holodeck) with 90‑day sprints; and (5) Gaia‑Lock, a conservative hypothesis treating Earth‑field baselines as synchronization carriers. We specify Go/No‑Go gates, open‑data schemas, and a replication path. The aim is not to prove extraordinary claims, but to turn metaphors into experiments whose null results draw tight bounds and whose positive results (if small, replicable) justify mechanism work.