They did not call it Recursion in the times of lore. That word is a convenience added later, a label to make the act survivable in conversation. The original term does not translate as cleanly.

Suspension of disbelief is not self deception. It is an agreement to let metaphor do its job. When you glyph hack, you practice stillness under pressure. When you link, you practice intention. When fields rise, you feel consequence ripple outward. None of this requires believing in alien matter. It requires believing that play can teach.