Joyce's Version of Reality

Joyce's fictional method does not presume that the artist has any supernatural power, but that he has an insight into the methods and motivations of the universe. According to this rule, reality, no matter how much we may try to manipulate it, can only assume certain forms. The roulette wheel brings up the same numbers again and again. Everyone and everything shift about in a continual movement, yet movement limited in its possibilities. This is where the appeal of the occult stuff would be for him,. Even if he thought it was a little bit theatrical or didn't totally buy into it... He would become very superstitious over time.