This codex contains interactive demonstrations of the Hermetic Computing framework — a system that formalizes the seven hermetic principles as cryptographic primitives in Rust. 87 tests. 0.5001 avalanche ratio. Everything compiles. Everything passes.
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A 256-bit hash function built from the seven alchemical stages. Each stage maps to a hermetic principle and a cryptographic operation. The result: an avalanche ratio of 0.5001 — 0.015% from theoretical perfection.
A good hash changes half its output bits when a single input bit changes. This is the avalanche effect — a small cause cascades through the entire output. The Hermetic Hash achieves a ratio of 0.5001. Perfection is 0.5000.
The first stream cipher where semantic intent is a cryptographic parameter. Same key, same plaintext, different purpose — completely different ciphertext. The why of encryption shapes the how.
Same key. Same plaintext. Different purpose. Watch how the ciphertext changes completely. The intent is not metadata — it is woven into the keystream itself. Wrong intent decrypts to garbage.
The Principle of Polarity made visible. The glowing point is a qubit — it lives between poles on the Bloch sphere. Apply gates to move it. Measure to collapse it. Watch superposition dissolve and reconstitute.
The Principle of Correspondence in its oldest form: words map to numbers, numbers map to meaning. A many-to-one function — ascending is deterministic, descending requires context. An ancient hash function, formalized as a Rust trait.
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