Looking at John H. Walton’s Book (2025) “New Explorations in the Lost World of Genesis”  (Part 11 of 20)

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0112 Second, what does the Lost World’s confounding with semiotics imply?

The confounding takes the shape of a sign-relation.

Plus, the sign-interpretant (SI) of that sign-relation is a natural sign-relation (that is, an icon, an index or a symbol) that images, indicates or represents an off-screen mediation3 and its potentials1.

Let me offer an example and loosen the screw.

According to Walton, the Egyptian word “Nut” as a name (matter, SV) stands for the solidity of the dome of the firmament (form, SO).

The sign-relation is not complete without a sign-interpretant (SI).

Okay, the SI corresponds a sign-relation where the form (SVSI) stands for its matter (SOSI) to a picture, an indication or a representation of the off-screen mediation3 and its potentials1 (SISI) associated with the Lost World dyad.

0113 Here is a picture of the example.

0114 As soon as semiotics as matter is entangled with the hylomorphe of the Lost World Project, then the confounding takes the shape of a sign-relation.

In this example, the Egyptian word, “Nut”, as a name (matter, SV) stands for the solidity of the dome of the heavens (form, SO) in regards to another sign-relation that depicts the way people think in the civilizations of the ancient Near East (SI).

0115 And, how do they think?

The solidity of the dome of the heavens (matter, SVSI) stands for the divine being of “Nut” (form, SOSI) in regards to a sign where the off-screen mediation as matter is entangled with the divine name as form (SISI).

0116 Once again, what is that off-screen mediation?

Here is a picture.

0117 The off-screen elements are a normal context3 and its potentials1.  They cannot represent themselves, so they are pictured, pointed to or represented by the sign-interpretant (SISI) within the entangled sign-interpretant (SI).

Consequently, I expect to that people in ancient Egyptian civilization ideate that the solid dome of the heavens as matter(SVSI) stands for the divine being… er, name of the Egyptian god, “Nut”, as form (SOSI) in regards to an indication of a divine creator3 establishing the world’s order1 according to divine intentions1 (SISI).