The unlikeliest materials -- a stick, a bunch of rags, a flower -- were the puppets of Pearl's witchcraft, and, without undergoing any outward change, became spiritually adapted to whatever drama occupied the stage of her inner world.
This usually happens to people who were very spiritually advanced in their previous lives.
This part of me wants to prove that I'm good at meditating, that I'm spiritually advanced, that I've reached some optimal level of serenity.
