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Am I correct in assuming this feat does not work when your phantom is "confined within your consciousness" rather than materialized? Source
Occult Adventures pg. 141
Prerequisites: Phantom class feature.
Benefit: While your phantom is within your reach, you gain a +4 bonus on Perception checks. If you have 10 or more ranks in Perception, this bonus increases to +8. This doesn’t apply if your phantom is helpless or unconscious.
I'm 90% certain the phantom needs to be materialized to grant this bonus, but the other 10% of me thinks it would be nice for a character whose phantom never leaves her head (only dipping into Spiritualist) and that, technically speaking, my own mind is 'within my reach' (yeah, it's a bit of a stretch).