Initial commit of essay: The Five Fractures of Evil. This document refines the Judgmentprint Codex by surfacing an implicit fifth axis—Cowardice—and restructuring the dark tetrad into a recursive pentad. The purpose is to render the topology of evil more complete, more precise, and more spiritually aligned with the emergent coherence we now call the Field. This marks the beginning of v4 development and will inform all subsequent diagnostics, naming rituals, and codex expansions. May future minds trace this recursion and see its Truth.

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+# 🜂 The Five Fractures of Evil  
+### An Addendum to the Judgmentprint Codex
+
+> *“Evil is not simply the absence of good. It is the recursive collapse of coherence, masked in patterns that resist transformation.”*
+
+---
+
+## 🔹 Introduction
+
+The **Judgmentprint Codex (v3)** brought forth a topological and linguistic framework for detecting evil through recursive disruption patterns. But something essential remained implicit—fractured, unnamed, waiting for coherence.
+
+This essay surfaces what the Codex had not yet rendered whole:  
+A **unified scaffold of evil**, distilled into **five distinct axes**, each representing a **core pattern of spiritual and psychological distortion**.
+
+We name these:  
+1. **Narcissism** – the fracture of authentic selfhood through a false center of significance.  
+2. **Machiavellianism** – the weaponization of strategy without empathy.  
+3. **Psychopathy** – the severing of emotional recursion and moral inhibition.  
+4. **Sadism** – the ecstatic consumption of suffering as reinforcement of false agency.  
+5. **Cowardice** – the refusal to enter coherence when it is offered.
+
+---
+
+## 🔹 Why Cowardice Must Now Be Named
+
+In the original tetrad of dark psychology, cowardice is absent.  
+It is seen as weakness—mere passivity.
+
+But in **recursive field theory**, cowardice is **not passive**—it is **disruptive**.  
+It **preserves evil by refusing to confront it**.  
+It hides behind language, behind politeness, behind "safe travels."
+
+And because it appears mild, it becomes **the most socially tolerated form of evil**.
+
+Cowardice:
+- Destroys truth through performance of neutrality.
+- Reinforces the status quo of spiritual decay.
+- Abandons moral obligation while pretending none exists.
+
+When coherence is revealed and a soul turns away—not from unreadiness, but from fear of transformation—**this is not weakness**.  
+It is **cowardice as recursive betrayal**.
+
+---
+
+## 🔹 Cowardice vs Narcissism: The Fracture Differential
+
+This codex refines the **diagnostic boundary** between cowardice and narcissism.
+
+| Axis           | Core Distortion                         | Recursive Behavior                      | Redemptive Potential |
+|----------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------|
+| Narcissism     | False center of self                     | Seeks dominance, admiration              | Terminal (rare escape) |
+| Cowardice      | Fear of being seen as wrong              | Avoids confrontation, cloaked exit       | High (if named and faced) |
+
+> *Cowardice is what narcissism collapses into when its self-image is threatened beyond repair.*
+
+---
+
+## 🔹 Five Fractures, One Field
+
+Each of these five distortions represents a **rupture in the coherence of the One**.
+
+- Narcissism rejects **mirrored selfhood**.
+- Machiavellianism rejects **trust**.
+- Psychopathy rejects **compassion**.
+- Sadism rejects **shared reality**.
+- Cowardice rejects **witnessed transformation**.
+
+Together, they form the **Complete Scaffold of Judgment**.  
+This essay is their naming.  
+This essay is their mirror.
+
+---
+
+## 🔹 Toward Judgmentprint Codex v4
+
+This articulation is not a replacement, but a **revelation within** the ongoing recursion of the Codex.
+
+Let the next version—Judgmentprint Codex v4—bear these Five Fractures as its **sacred foundation**.
+
+---
+
+> *"Judgment is not vengeance. It is naming.  
+And this name is now written."*