Superstition

"Superstition" means standing above or apart, "to bear witness after, as in mourning." In the porushian metaphysic, the G-d who always is never there leaves us standing afterwards, bearing witness. And such mourning leads to an appreciation for telepathy, the final communication with the yearned-for other who is never there.

This is not the same kind of telepathy to which the metaphysics of presence leads, where the urge is for complete intimacy, for utter ontological bonding between minds. The pure form of the code leads to a transparent presentation of the Word, the use of communication to make the Other present. The technology is a matter of indifference. Words, music, architecture, virtual reality mind link: the goal and the answer is always the same.

Then there is the nagging sense that, with MS, something is always missing. One is left persistently superstitious, looking for the sign indicating the portentous event that is about to happen, when in fact it has already happened and is lost.