His argument also clearly privileges the monotheistic—which is to say, a “Personal” presence.23 The phenomenological tradition follows this, alas, basically ignoring the fantastic that actually appears, opting instead for the orthodox past, the acceptable and thinkable, and the religions themselves: the possible. There are no gigantic insectoids, precognitive dreams, or UFOs in the backyard in this particular stream of thought. There are a few important, literally telepathic precedents, but these are only recently being held up as important, part of the present renaissance, perhaps.
