Light and sound and all distractions of the outer world were carefully excluded from his chamber.

He was bidden to direct his soul inward upon itself and God, and was led by graduated stages to realize in the most vivid way the torments of the damned and the scheme of man's, salvation.

The first week was occupied in an examination of the conscience; the second in contemplation of Christ's Kingdom upon earth; the third in meditation on the Passion; the fourth in an ascent to the glory of the risen Lord.

Materialism of the crudest type mingled with the indulgence of a reverie in this long spiritual journey.

At every step the neophyte employed his five senses in the effort of intellectual realization.