T. 29. VIII. 1 – 3. Jesus: “What is an idol? Do you think you know? For idols are unrecognized as such, and never seen for what they really are! Therein lies the only power that illusions have. Their purpose is obscured, and they are feared at times and sometimes worshipped, because you do not recognize what they are for, nor why you have made them what they seem to be to you.
An idol is a false impression or a false belief. It is some form of ‘anti-Christ,’ that constitutes a gap between the Christ and what you see. An idol is but a wish made tangible in your mind and given form by you, and thus perceived as real and seen ‘outside.’ Yet an idol is still a thought, and cannot leave the mind that is its source. Nor is its form apart from the idea that it represents.