Ahh, interesting. Thanks for the link.

I do see why he has fallen in love with it though, and cannot blame him. I think some of the ideas in it are just beautiful, and make perfect sense.

I wonder if it would be possible to have such cycles where no such imprints would exist. But that's probably a pointless thing to wonder about.

I'll just stick to the conventional answer of "there's no before" at least for "our universe" :p

Thanks for stopping by, and hopefully that ancient world you mentioned doesn't become a myth after a while. As it seems those travel restrictions have become the norm in most countries. :(