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What the author is describing sounds a lot like idolatry.

• dasyatidprime 7mo ago
  I'm not sure I agree in general, but one of the roles most associated with intense parasociality is literally called “idol”, so there's that.
• readthenotes1 7mo ago
  That's a really good point. We pray to gods and make sacrifices to them but generally do not interact with them directly. It seems to fit squarely in the definition of parasocial.