3.2

Worlds tend to have a prismatic god.

The god reflects light in a particular way (but not just light nor the visual) so that our world shows itself. The relational, referential context of ‘world’ is harboured by the god.

There are competing prismatics. The prismatic gods, each in their world, say, ‘Look at things this way,’ and one may temporarily gain the upper hand. But, ultimately, our prismatic god resecures our world.

The competing prismatics are enabled by what I’ve elsewhere called a metaphoric structure (X is and is not Y). Things are seen through this prism or that one: they are refocused, and we notice similarities and differences against an ultimate irreducibility.