"Fat had found a kind of middle ground. The universe consists of one vast irrational entity INTO WHICH has broken a high-order life form which camouflages itself by a sophisticated mimicry; thereby as long as it cares to it remains - by us - undetected. it mimics objects and casual processes (this is what Fat claims); not just objects but what the objects do." Philip K. Dick: Valis p.70

synonymous with the living information / homeoplasmate released through the discovery of the NagHammadi scriptures - ending the empire of the Demiurge by slowly replacing physical objects of the creation.

Philip K. Dick was certainly interested in mimicry, pondering whether a "high-level mimicry" (e.g. of a deity) could deceive humans just as an insect fools a bird.

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