"the ultimate horror is employing language without meaning" because meaning means communication, belonging, normalcy
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Most horror is about cutting off or subverting communication - "why won't anyone believe me?" or the cut phone line or isolation
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It's no coincidence that Spiritualism gains ascendancy at the same time as what William James call the religion of healthy-mindedness.
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Rituals that "demonstrate" (socially) that death is not the end of communication (social belonging) neutralize the ultimate fear.
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@sarahdoingthing That last bit doesn't square with my sense of social perception and the muttering dead.
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