The Moon as Communication Device

“Communicating the idea of meaning also became anchored to the Moon-based metaphor… meaning itself as the M-N- sound immanent in it suggests is based on the Moon - a light which is not of the Moon illuminates the disk of the Moon, as one Meaning which is other than the sound signifying it, illuminates that sound.”

Source: The M-N- Sound · Manuscript Section 22 / Substack “Enheduana, the Moon, and Me”

The deepest theoretical passage on the Moon metaphor as a model for how meaning works. Light illuminates the Moon from outside; meaning illuminates a word from outside. The parallel is the conceptual backbone of Finding Manuland.

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