Recovery is the ability to see things with clarity, "freed from the drab blur of greatness or familiarity – from possessiveness.

As is the case with many adolescents, Lewis's increased command over over the things of the world brought with it a corresponding atrophy of the moral sense.

He would henceforth worship and defend the very reason for Joy, the Almighty Maker of Joy.

All images and sensations, if idolatrously mistaken for Joy itself, soon honestly confessed themselves inadequate. All said, in a last resort, "It is not high. I am only a reminder. Look! Look! What do I remind you of?" CS Lewis