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"About the commencement of the second year of studies, during some weeks my faculties were drawn and concentrated to such a degree towards the centre of my soul that I was as one bereft of his exterior senses and activity.

Before the vacation I had desired to pass that time in solitude and retreat, but it was not allowed." We have omitted much of this singular document, including detailed accounts of supernatural occurrences, and also quotations from the works of Goerres, St.Teresa, St.John of the Cross, St.Bonaventure, Father Rigoleu, Richard of St.Victor, Scaramelli's _Directorium Mysticum,_ and other mystical writings.

These references he had collected to certify to the reality of his experience.
Throughout all these three years of trial he had employed what he calls his "lucid intervals" of mental power in studying in his own way, God aiding him in _His_ own way to the destined end, as He had hindered him from choosing any other way.