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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from A Voyage to Arcturus by David Lindsay: counted six, in addition to his old ones.
The danger was past and Maskull laughed, congratulating himself on
having got off so easily. Then he wondered what the new organs were
for - whether they were a good or a bad thing. He had not taken a
dozen steps up the ravine before he found out. Just as he was in the
act of jumping down from the top of a boulder, his vision altered and
he came to an automatic standstill. He was perceiving two worlds
simultaneously. With his own eyes he saw the gorge as before, with
its rocks, brook, plant - animals, sunshine, and shadows. But with
his acquired eyes he saw differently. All the details of the valley
were visible, but the light seemed turned down, and everything
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