Experience is the stuff of reality.
TEF THEORY asserts that experience is all “up front”;
there is no hidden reality, no non-experience.

This means that the totality of our experience, of reality,
can be described as One, Whole, and All.
I often refer to this exclusive, exhaustive totality as It.

My mental model of It is TEF,
acronym for Total Experiential Field.
My simplest symbol for It is a circle.
So, TEF THEORY is my philosophical map of reality.

Experience is the stuff of reality.
TEF THEORY asserts that experience is all “up front”;
there is no hidden reality, no non-experience.

This means that the totality of our experience, of reality,
can be described as One, Whole, and All.
I often refer to this exclusive, exhaustive totality as It.

My mental model of It is TEF,
acronym for Total Experiential Field.
My simplest symbol for It is a circle.
So, TEF THEORY is my philosophical map of reality.

“Welcome to tefistry.com!”

TEFISTRY, TEF THEORY
AND OTHER CREATIONS BY
VERN CRAWFORD

“Tef” = acronym for Total Experiential Field
“Tef Theory” = my model of how experience comes and goes
“Tefistry” = the application of Tef Theory to living our lives
“Tefian” = one who uses Tefistry in living life more harmoniously

About This Website

Tefistry.com is my gift to you. May it help you to thrive.

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How To Use This Website

My writings, spanning six decades, vary from clear and informal to turgid and perhaps too formal. Regardless, my intent is to communicate important stuff. This means my readers may, from time to time, have to work hard to understand my ideas. I suggest reading no more than a few pages at a time, then pondering these for hours or days or weeks, however long it takes to decide whether you agree or disagree. You may need to read and reread. You may also benefit from sharing these ideas with others.

Another thing or two. I have coined some novel terms—including Tef Theory and Tefistry—and I have used many existing terms in novel ways. These terms may be unfamiliar to you; for help see the Glossary in Tef Theory And Tefistry, downloadable from the Tef Theory page. My punctuation may annoy some people: I capitalize selected terms (inconsistently!), I use scare quotes liberally, I regard the dash as a useful symbol, and I have failed to catch the occasional typo. Sorry for all these peculiarities.

If you wish to quote me, I expect the courtesy of attribution. Tell others that I wrote the quote, and tell them which document it comes from. If you wish to publish more than brief passages, or a poem, or a photo from tefistry.com, please seek my permission. Thanks.

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