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Apparitions appeared and then suddenly disappeared. Faces changed even as he looked at them. ” Miraculous beings from various dimensions controlled every movement of his mind and body. He explained it all to himself: If everything that exists in the mind in its present appearance is merely the PERCIVAL’S COURAGE [33] action of invisible forces, “why may not my individual character, and the character of all objects now reflected on the mirror of mind be changed in a minute” by those same invisible forces?
It looked disfigured and moronic, and it “recollected” him. After this event, Perceval always carried a pocket mirror with him, so that he PERCIVAL’S COURAGE [43] could quickly check and see if he looked like a madman or not. Finding “errors” everywhere within his delusions, a defiance against the voice of delusion rose up in him.
It led to a kind of numbness in which he became absorbed, fascinated in spiritual pleasure. But at times it wavered like a mirage, and a fear was sown—that he might lose it. Fear became a rush of energy. He looked back in envy at the height of his spiritual bliss and knew that it had gone. He became more aggressive in his attempt to win spiritual success from the powers. He overturned doubt easily, and any moment of it he saw as a demonic influence. The voices continually issued conflicting commands, but always they demanded further spiritual submission from him.