Narrative as Coherence Propagation

Narrative is a downstream coherence‑propagation operator that organizes embodied meaning into a stable, transmissible form. This paper develops a structural account of how narrative emerges from the dynamics of formation, persistence, and redistribution, and outlines the invariant sequence through which raw experience becomes narrativized. The analysis clarifies how stories compress complexity, stabilize meaning across time, and maintain coherence under changing conditions. By examining personal, cultural, and religious narratives through the same structural lens, the paper shows that narrative functions as a meaning‑stabilizing technology rather than a representational mirror of experience. This framing explains narrative resonance, narrative rupture, and the characteristic failure signatures that appear when coherence cannot be maintained.