Complex Protism

Definition

Complex Protism recasts the simple, two-box picture of Protism as a network of cosmi organized like a directed acyclic graph (no cycles). Arrows represent one-way influence or information flow. Our cosmos is treated as one node among others, with theorical information percolating in a single direction from the Hylaean Theoric World; speakers use terms like up‑Wick (feeding us) and down‑Wick (receiving from us).

Context and Usage

• Origin and credit: Accounts within the mathic tradition credit Fraa Erasmas and Suur Uthentine at Saunt Baritoe with developing the idea after challenging the conventional two-box sketch.
• Relation to the baseline model: It generalizes the standard diagram used for Protism and is often contrasted with Simple Protism, where only the Hylaean Theoric World and this cosmos are shown with a single arrow from the former to the latter.
• How it is used: As a metatheoretical frame for talk about forms and influence across cosmi. In discussion, the arrow is glossed either as information flow or as causation; these are treated as equivalent at the level of the diagram.

Related Terms

• Simple Protism: the two-box baseline model that Complex Protism generalizes.
• Hylaean Theoric World: the theorized source domain for theorical forms invoked in both the simple and complex pictures.
• Terminology: up‑Wick and down‑Wick for relative position along the modeled direction of flow.

Notes

• Graph constraint: Arrows may branch and merge but must not form loops; the structure remains acyclic.
• Ambiguity preserved: Presented as a clear way of speaking and modeling, not as a worked proof about the actual structure of reality; the narrative treats it as striking but speculative.