Definition
Represents persistent presence without stable form or verification.
Exists as:
- trace
- memory
- residual signal
Core Function
- maintains engagement without consistency
- prevents closure through intermittent presence
- reinforces pursuit behavior
Structural Behavior
- appears and disappears without resolution
- produces:
- emotional certainty
- structural ambiguity
System Role
- destabilizes within Loop II – Aggression
- prevents resolution across loop boundaries
- sustains return behavior into Loop III – Integration
Associated Themes
- absence
- memory
- haunting
- instability
Key Insight
The ghost is not unreal.
It is unverifiable.
Back: Frisson (effect)
Forward: Rivers Blood Water (Motif)
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File Under
The System (Meta)
Tags
motif/ghost
state/absence
state/presence
mechanism/persistence
mechanism/instability
structure/signal