Kardashev Type 4.0 Universal Civilizations

A civilization that has transcended its galaxy and harnesses the energy of the entire visible universe. This implies mastery over cosmology itself—the ability to manipulate dark energy, harness the radiation of the cosmic microwave background, and perhaps even control the expansion rate of the universe within their domain. Their projects span billions of light-years and billions of years.

Kardashev Type 4.0 Universal Civilizations *Example: The Q Continuum from Star Trek, beings that exist outside of time and play with cosmic forces, or the Time Lords from Doctor Who at the height of their power, approach this level. A Type 4.0 civilization might be responsible for the apparent fine-tuning of physical constants, or be fighting a war using galactic clusters as ammunition.*

by Abzugal February 3, 2026

Extraphysical Universe

The totality of all extraphysical reality—all dimensions, worlds, beings, and phenomena beyond the physical, considered as a single vast cosmos. The extraphysical universe is to extraphysical worlds what our universe is to galaxies: the whole that contains them all. It may have its own structure, its own history, its own laws. It may be infinite or finite, eternal or temporal, one or many. The concept of an extraphysical universe allows us to imagine that beyond our physical cosmos lies not chaos but order—not random spirits but a coherent reality with its own principles and purposes.

Example: "He contemplated the extraphysical universe, wondering if it had its own physics, its own constants, its own dimensions. Was it like ours but different, or completely other? Did it have time? Did it have space? Did it have anything we'd recognize? He realized he was asking questions that couldn't be answered, which was either the point or the problem."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 17, 2026