On Witnessing the Delusion of the Holy Virgin

Fr Gideon Necrotode undergoes a psychological and spiritual crisis after experiencing a mysterious vision. He find himself confined in a clinical facility that blends medical bureaucracy with metaphysical phenomena. After witnessing a suspected apparition of the Holy Virgin, Fr Necrotode navigates a landscape of humming chairs, shifting mirrors, and institutional forms that attempt to categorise the divine as "sacred symptoms".
The text explores how religious experience is processed through administrative language, eventually suggesting that nonsense and repetition serve as vital rhythms for enduring the unknown. Ultimately, the story posits that salvation is found not in certain truth, but in the "hollowing" of the self and the acceptance of a world that refuses to be explained. Through his journey, Fr Necrotode moves from a state of acute existential fear to a quiet, rhythmic existence where the boundary between holiness and pathology remains permanently blurred.