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Title: Four Mystery Plays: Introduction
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kind except that they take more than the usual interest in spiritual
These two influences are given to man that he may gain free will by having
until then that the complete key to the development of the characters
designs and it is hoped that the plays will be performed there regularly
original, and it is no exaggeration to say that without their aid the

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Interlude
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Well, you know that I shall always sympathize most warmly with
I say that there were moments when all I had ever known of human
what stirred you so.
that she had lost the heart of the man she loved. When he heard
more and more certain that her noble feeling of friendship for
all that resulted from a hopeful and promising man. Without prospect
between what is real and what is merely artistic. And criticism
What stirred me here so deeply was the really perfect representation
I understand you perfectly when you speak like that. I have always
admired the artists who could represent what you call the reality
of life. And I believe a great many have that power, — especially
that brought the answer.
You mean to tell me, that your conception of the world has dispelled
You know quite well, that the feeling I have just described was
entirely familiar to me long before I knew anything at all about what
grows especially marked when I become aware of what I might call,
The most accomplished artist fails to give me what I can get from
But that is in the nature of the case and cannot be altered.
point. They could say that it is irrational for the soul to reproduce
what higher powers have already set before us as the highest works
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Beings and Persons Represented
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reveals itself as that of the Spirit of Love.
reveals itself as that of the Spirit of Action.
reveals itself as that of the Earth-brain.
itself as that of Lucifer.
The costumes worn are those of every day, except that the
Theodosius is similarly robed except that the stole,

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Prelude
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Very good. He writes to me saying that he is interested in the
Yes, on a subject that seems important both to him and to me.
of our present-day life. ... I only hope that this world of
not finally destroy that bond of sympathy, which has united our
that before; and yet you have always had to admit that our divergent
estranged from those things in life that seem to me worth while.
Yes! My reason tells me that you are right. And yet there is
something in me that rebels against your view of life.
Why not candidly admit that what you require of me is the renunciation
But for one thing, I should admit even that. And that is, that
you always claim that your view is the more profound. I can readily
understand that people whose conceptions differ radically may
Others can compare views and realize that they do indeed diverge
But you realize, I hope, from our previous discussions, that those
ideas such, that without vital realization of them life has no valid
All that sounds very well, but it does not remove my one suspicion.
I cannot close my eyes to the fact, that a world-view which ascribes
arrogance of the most unmitigated sort, despite the fact that
soul has never permitted you to stand aloof from that which daily
the fact that you leave me alone on this occasion, when true and
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 1
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and what it suggests to them.
And powerless to help the bond that binds
And that has bound us both for ten blest years.
That lightens all the darkest depths of soul,
That deeply wounded thine. Once did I gaze
That hovered in thy soul; but in the hearts
And certain hope that future days would teach
That all the wonders of thy spirit's search
That to thy skill, mirrored in beauty's guise,
That burned within thee seems extinct and dead.
That erstwhile quickened in my soul are quenched.
My heart is deeply grieved to hear that thou
That men call ‘Being,’ true life lies concealed
And in that life each soul doth weave its thread.
That work, as in an ocean's unseen depths,
Is but the inner self that stands revealed.
And lifts him to the highest that his heart
Hath this, my destiny, worked out in all
Unhesitating all the way, that soon
Yet what hath happened? All, that in mine eyes
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 2
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What follows is the content of his meditation.
I see what was my former carnal shape,
‘Ah, bitter sorrow hath he brought to me;
It was in truth mine own self that I left;
For knowledge hath endowed me with the power
Yet in what shape know I myself again!
Hath hid from me mine own monstrosity.
Those words, that once with elemental force
There, — from that dark abyss, what creature glares?
I feel the chains that hold me chained to thee.
But now, O friend, that, too, is past and gone.
What Benedictus' words at first aroused
Within my soul, and all that I lived through
Compare therewith the storm that solitude
With sullen brooding hath brought forth in me.
Within that soul to whom I brought such grief
I rose, as though I were that other self.
Man's final refuge hath been lost to me:
I must repeat what I have said before.
And that firm basis which we both do lack.
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 3
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That shall fill full thy soul ere thou dost tread
And now, that this child's destiny doth flow
I had to guide its footsteps from that day,
All powers, that deep in body and in soul
Clear proof it was that all thy counselling
It only realized and felt that I
Gave it the nurture and the food that served
Steeped in the mystic charm that graced her speech.
And from that hour did grow her love for me.
Since that same time she doth accept from me
Not with blind instinct: aye, and since that day
And much already ripe hath withered up.
That proved so terrible unto my friend.
That seems so cruel and that works such harm.
Of threads that Karma spins world-fashioning.
That rank which granted me the dignity
And this new spirit-sight that needs must grow
My task it was to find that human soul
That human hearts can e'er experience.
And that which thine eternal Self had formed
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 4
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at the right of the stage in deep meditation. What follows is experienced
Hath been achieved. Yet he obeys my powers
What spirit led me hither to this place.
That hath refreshed me in such wondrous wise;
That deeds ye do in realms where time hath sway
As empty fantasy what seems the truth
Thou may'st well call a dreamer that friend's soul
And men had confidence in me, and what
'Tis fitting for thee to confess that none
But that is past, and I defy thy might,
The world is ordered so, that every act
To that great mother of all worlds, and spring'st
Thy help hath raised me from dull sentiment
The impulse that doth drive the souls of men
If others wished to claim what he had made.
The song that trills from out the linnet's throat
With power, that she must pay instead of you.
He hath departed. Whither turn we now?
That we can find, with sure but cautious tread,
That we shall find if we courageously
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 5
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Through bitter trials and sorrows hath he passed,
And hath in deepest agony of soul
I showed to him the light that proved the guide
But that this vision may be turned to truth
Let warmth flow in his heart that he may grasp
How by the sacrificing of that vain
That it may be a mirror to reflect
All that doth happen in the spirit-world.
That it can hear and know the spirit-speech.
What ye have set forth in such beauteous words.
No sign as yet hath come to us from earth
That she doth long for new initiates.
Hath not been trodden by the feet of those
First must they bring us message that the earth
Instead of health to souls that are not ripe.
That faculty which lets the truths of sense
But now at length the time hath run its course
That was allotted to such work as thine.
The world-will in me feels that they approach —
And bring to thee this message, that they wish
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 6
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Thou calledst me. What wouldst thou hear of me?
To our small cottage, that he might obtain
The strength that lent unto his words their fire.
To this was joined all that had lived and grown
That I should pay what they do owe to thee!
But tell me first what detriment will grow
What thou at first didst do for them on earth,
And what thou givest to their spirits now
A monster in the sight of men, that fruits
What must I do?
And, how in hatred they did persecute.
For love and hatred none the less bring forth
And pondered also over human hate.
The cycle of the earth in love and hate.
A second time above that selfsame house,
And, how in hatred they did persecute;
But, though the world is ruled by love and hate,
‘Hate.’
That are but mockery of their own selves,
That spirit-light grew of its own accord

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 7
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That Ether of the worlds
With knowledge that is true.
That thou mayst give to me
That colours may shine forth.
That he who seeks may find
Sound-substance that gives life
Dear sister, that thou may'st
That glowing it may sound
Dear sister, that thou may'st
That they may thus condense
Dear sister, that thou may'st
That he who is roused
That consecrate man
That he who doth know
That he, whose wakening nears,
That fill the world with warmth
That thus he may bring down
That so trust in himself
I shall succeed in what I long to do.
The cry of him who hath been sorely tried.
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 8
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And feel that I may call my work complete.
Especial pleasure hath it given me
With this change that hath taken place in thee.
A visitor in that community,
Words that were wrenched with pain from out my soul.
Upon that painter, whelmed 'neath sorrow's load,
And one might well believe that he heard not
But rather that his very grief had ears:
Soon after that day did we meet again,
Thou, didst express a wish to me that day
Not that I doubted them — but yet it seemed
But now I must admit that thou hast changed
That thine artistic skill depends alone
In other worlds; and that thou canst implant
Naught in thy works but what thou hast first seen
Ne'er have I doubted that the spirit shows
In worlds of sense what he in spirit-realms
Hath he assured me, that, for men like him,
Hath first revealed to me in his true self
How comes it, doctor, that thou canst admire
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 9
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That they will grow and lead man's spirit up,
And all that doth make hard the solid earth.
Man too can grasp whate'er hath ta'en firm hold
Which mine own power hath vivified;
I find myself again within that soul,
That being do I see
So closely are we one, that thy soul's life
Of what has just revealed itself to me.
I feel that power to guide me everywhere

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 10
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A nature, that is lighted up by me,
Once didst thou show thyself, yet at that time
Now know I that thou dost exist indeed.
Through wisdom hath he given me the strength
He hath departed: but he will return
Yet what is it I feel about me now?
Yet, come what may, I have strength to resist;
Whate'er has wrenched itself from thy control.
But I shall strengthen in me that new strength,
This phantom image, that would mock at me!
What through these years my nearness meant to it.
Enter that way, which to my temple leads.
To loftier heights, it must flow from that spot
Or if reality hath left me now?
If thou dost only live what he hath put
From out my very Self, that I may read
Your meaning rightly. Spirit, that doth dwell
Yet canst thou also lose that certainty.
What meaneth this? First Lucifer arose
Hath Benedictus' brother roused in me
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 11
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Full measure of the spirit, that ideas
Instead of that thou didst thyself give up
That leads to scientific certainty.
The magic power that comes from spirit-sight.
And I could well portray whate'er inspired
The souls of men at this time or at that:
But not the power to still that yearning voice,
See now then what result your weakness brings.
Yet doth the power continue which hath been
Now that I can no longer tempt their souls,
And spirit-sight hath been revealed to them.
Yet one thing hath not yet been ta'en from me;
I see in thee that nature of the soul,
That urged me on from the dark deeps to light,
The fact that thou hast hither found thy way
That it no more may follow forces blind,
Hath held the will fast bound. This temple's light
Discover all that springs forth from my might?
That man without thine aid may fire himself
To rational thought, that have I shown to thee:
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Editorial Summary of the Scenes
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Meditation chamber the same as Scenes 3 and 10 of Play 1. Benedictus warns Maria that Johannes must be free. She resolves to look back upon past incarnations.
Same period. Keane has discovered that Thomas and his sweetheart are the children of the First Preceptor and informs the First Preceptor of the fact. The scene closes with a discussion on evolution, and the inspired warning of the Second Master of Ceremonies.

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Editorial Summary of the Scenes
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Meditation chamber the same as Scenes 3 and 10 of Play 1. Benedictus warns Maria that Johannes must be free. She resolves to look back upon past incarnations.
Same period. Keane has discovered that Thomas and his sweetheart are the children of the First Preceptor and informs the First Preceptor of the fact. The scene closes with a discussion on evolution, and the inspired warning of the Second Master of Ceremonies.

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 1
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To questions that concern the universe.
Long hath my life been, but its web displays
With this dream-fabric hath my thought essayed
Yet do I clearly see that I myself,
So that which I in my content beheld
To that exalted spiritual way
That which awoke from out his inmost soul
I know henceforth that I must search and seek
That unto knowledge man aspires in vain;
That human destiny demands of man
That he shall lose his individual self
Hath been unveiled to the light of day.
Across the threshold that I dare not shun,
What time thou dost withdraw into thyself;
And ere I feel the thoughts that I must think,
It is borne in on me that everything
What was this?
Its temper hath been tried
It hath grown strong as steel
That knowledge glowing warm
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 2
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That overwhelm me ever and again.
Oh, I implore thee — lend me aid ... that I
What thou dost need of me at any time.
Hath hallowed in high spirit-realms our bond.
Horror o'erpowers me that these lips of mine
I know that if thou dost but speak the word
What I have seen — is truth ... It cannot be!
What I have spoken, thou hast heard aright:
That she is wisdom's sister. Long indeed
For his salvation hath Johannes been
That ye shall be no longer outward friends;
That thou must understand me without fail.
That knits Johannes' soul unto mine own.
The word that bans all doubts for evermore:
‘He hath won truth within the eternal realms
What can this revelation mean to me
Thou hast to learn that even one to whom
There hath been much revealed, may yet be found
Tangled the paths that lead to higher truths:
Thou didst but see one part of what is real
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 3
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The task our spirit-current hath imposed,
I feel the power that dwells within these words
And diffidently yield to that belief
That I am drawing nearer to the goal
Which Benedictus hath appointed me.
The visions that are granted to my soul.
In colour's power the action of that light,
That I cannot create one single thought
Which hath not first been hallowed by thine aid.
Through thee my art hath learned to represent
Ere I can feel the wings that lift me,up
I love the life that quickens in thy soul,
Ere I can know that I shall not mistake
It may well be that, coming from one soul
Whate'er may thus befall me I am not
And in warm rapture live again what thou
Kindle the powers that drive me to my work.
That which I can find in higher worlds,
But as an artist I must find that fire
The magic warmth that streams through human hearts,
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 4
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My life hath undergone a curious change.
Say rather, that it hath abandoned me.
And what may be thy present labours' goal?
That thou couldst drive the impulse from thy heart
That thought, however hard it toil and strive,
If it be so that highest wisdom's light
Can be revealed to that dark power of soul
Of which that woman showed herself possessed.
To such a revelation; that is plain.
Dost thou recall the artist, that young man
That lead to business and to normal life.
That urged thee forth from this benumbing life?
And fate hath not so willed it in my case
That rosy beams of hope should force their way
That this my present life is not an utter loss.
That finally did strengthen my resolve
What we can learn from nature, and infer
From what we know at present of her laws.
That doth not wish to tear itself away
From all research hath found for ages past.
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 5
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He needs what in thine house so oft he found.
That sorrow dwelleth in thy soul to-day.
That came between us, e'en though many now
The tale is true then which hath reached mine ears,
That thy dear Felix, so reserved of yore,
How great a change hath now come o'er the times!
To what they counted folly in the past,
That in the quiet heart enshrined, the soul
He held it treachery to that high speech
That was but open to the world of sense.
So she deplores the many days that pass
What made thee strangers welcome to a house
That shut them out so sternly heretofore?
Now that it bids me speak I show myself
I know how little what I have to tell
As hath no need to seek for any words;
That every man is free to come to me
Who will attend to what I have to say.
I know that this is so, but also know
That though the souls of just such men as these
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 6
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To take the same road that we take ourselves;
Aye, very clear indeed, that we no more
Across whose bounds he hath contrived to slink.
For he doth do whate'er the knights desire.
What should we be if it were not for them?
Have cured the evil sickness that I had. —
Our ancient customs, saying that the Jew
Hath stores of knowledge both to heal and bless
Pictures to me what eyes cannot behold.
Thus hath it been foretold me in a dream.
That noble knights do plot to bring us harm —
What men shall think of them in days to come
That which our souls require, and that which is
The ancient hatred and the bitter taunts.
That nothing can befall us without cause.
That suffering is the lot of all my tribe.
That which by nature is imposed on me.
And recognized from what I learned therein
That ripe for new attainments was our time.
To seek to find the forces that reside
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 7
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And bring that knowledge from the spirit-realm
That since our venerated master fell,
That is by means of Opposition's strength,
Since that sad loss we strive on earth in vain,
Hath by our enemies been overwhelmed,
When these stout walls that shelter us shall fall.
That this our brotherhood should be o'erthrown
But that the fall of our community
The overthrow and ruin of that whole.
That we have duties in our days of grief.
It would repeat that motto loud and clear! —
That not alone compulsion makes our folk
But that indeed they too have learned to hate
That which we have implanted in men's souls
In later days that are to come on earth.
That he is conscious of unworthiness
And eager to deny that they are there,
That will not bow before the spirit-lore.
What errand bringeth thee to this our house
And their desire is that the property
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 8
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What is the news that thou art come to bring?
It hath so chanced that I have seen the maid
It happened that soon after Thomas came
That to Cecilia his whole heart went out.
We did not marvel that this should be so.
Ere we could think that she returned his love.
That to this stranger she hath giv'n her heart.
That you and I alike are heretics.
Hath won dominion o'er our daughter's soul.
That she may yet again retrace the path
According to the precepts of that monk.
His Reverence hath had complete success
What my concern is with this tale of love.
When her own mother died. What I have still
The papers that I hold were brought to us;
... that thou art he.
To save her from the darkness that impends.
I only beg that thou wilt lent thine aid.
Thou dost perceive that at the present time
That mighty Powers were merciful to me
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 9
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To-day I fain would listen to that tale
That which tormented his poor brain the most
And to that question he could not reply.
But could not find the answer that he sought.
Now it befell that on a certain day
That was engaged in converse with an axe.
‘That which thou canst not do I can achieve,
I have no taste for matters of that kind.
Full many a bit of news he hath to tell
That sick folk have to cry in vain for aid.
On hearing from what source the sickness came
That broke out, all at once, among our cows.
Had what they needed. Nought else came of it
Save that with dark mysterious sayings they beguiled
I think that every one of you might know
What wars do mean, with all their misery.
Have not our fathers told us all that they
I always said that it would come to pass:
Already hath a dream revealed to me
That is a matter we need not discuss.
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 10
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That which had brought this fear to life in me.
And recollects what I beheld before,
Which is not blurred, as was all else that I
What men these are, and what it is they do;
I scan a picture that seems life itself.
Withheld itself until that later time
And forthwith I must call to mind that soul,
And I can feel that those soul-elements
Of which that living picture was composed
Thus do I feel that instant so prolonged
That living picture rose before mine eyes.
And that which latterly I still could see:
O'er all that now I feel by means of sense.
It is a nightmare, that oppresseth me;
What storm is this that shakes my being's depths?
What enters forcibly from cosmic space?
Feel now what thou hast seen,
Live o'er what thou hast done

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 11
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Henceforward 'tis in that time thou dost seek
That Benedictus took from thine own brain,
That what thou didst transfer to time's dim past
All counsel that might reach him through thy words
The force that gives mankind discernment true.
Thou hast attacked that portion of my soul
'Twould seem that only pictures from my brain
Where may be forged the sword that bids thee flee
To forge the word of truth into that sword,
That very moment thou must flee from hence.
True Spirit-men were working at that time,
At that time also is the interval
In temples of that Spirit-brotherhood
Which Benedictus hath so often blessed.
But unto me hath been made manifest
The Enemy indeed hath mighty power
That from the fount of Wisdom issuing

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 12
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What fruits are ripened when a soul attempts
The choice that to successful issue leads
At every step that he would take in life
The forces of the soul that worked unconsciously
That thus was carried upward to the light.
It fancied that as artist it could paint
This form that took its semblance from mine own
Of things that only later can bear fruit.
What hath a man attained who gives himself
He is but that same being which he was,
I know not then what drives me on to act;
That which in perfect manhood it creates
Let spirit-knowledge, that I gained too soon,
With confidence I yield me to that will
That hath more wisdom than the human soul.

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He hath been able to o'erpower the soul
That victory is ours in spirit-realms,
The human soul that gave itself to me
That hath withdrawn itself from thy domain.
That thus the light may rouse
That light in dark may shine
That thus they may grow bold
That his soul's love of light
That should flow streaming to the souls of men.
The spirit-light that comes from cosmic heights.
That lurk unnoticed in the soul's dark fairs
That which they spoke deep in his inmost soul
This soul hath not been able hitherto
That through sense-revelation is outpoured,
That leads from out the labyrinths of thought
Lived in a time that now hath long gone by.
Now he can see the errors of that life
And realize what their result will be,
That ancient errors with their consequence
The Guardian of the Threshold of that realm.
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Editorial Summary of the Scenes
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The same. Thomasius is invited to join the league and receive the blessing of the Rosy Cross. He declines on the grounds that he has undertaken other work inconsistent with the objects of the league.

Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Editorial Summary of the Scenes
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The same. Thomasius is invited to join the league and receive the blessing of the Rosy Cross. He declines on the grounds that he has undertaken other work inconsistent with the objects of the league.

Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 1
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That draws us here together at this time.
It comes from men, who ever hold that they,
That in the world's plan they must be bound close
Means not through this same call that we should be
They do not hold that we are ready yet
Even to take one step that might lead on
That here is offered us in wisdom's garb;
That we at any rate may not appear
What aim this wisdom-teacher hath in view
With what strange spirit-gift these men are dowered
But that the fountain whence they drink is good,
And all that from their circle issues forth
What dreams of truth these holy temples had.
For in that world 'twill be of small account
What value each shall put upon himself.
So much that here I needs must listen to
That mystic ways can lead on to those ends
It seems to me that what our time requires
That thro' the great inventions of machinery
And free its shoulders from that heavy load
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My son, what thou hast perfected must now
What thou hast brought the world must be through us
Unto the Spirit offered; that it may
That thou mights't give unto the world this work
That in thine inmost soul thou loved'st best.
Who went from thee, so that thy human soul
That which men only learn when they are set
That which was taken from thee for thy good
Ye think that he will certainly succeed
Doth but express that which without a doubt
To strengthen what thine inner voice declares.
Before you and implore that I might gain
That ye would take my work beneath your care
But as I trod the path that led to you
And then I saw that he it is in truth
What human-beings think they know of him
Who once hath seen him in the spirit-world.
It was from him alone that I could learn
That it is possible that I might turn
That which I guide back from the spirit-realms
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Strove through a life which he hath long since known
In that way to discover all the powers
What thus he came to know about those powers
They tell you Earth hath no significance,
That in the universe its work is small.
But he who hath belonged to realms of Earth
And owes to it the best powers that he hath,
Which bind Earth's life to that of all the worlds.
That their results may ripen his own soul.
And so his fate is bound up with that sphere.
And can compare with it what those powers wish
Then will it know that he can be destroyed
Thinks that fate dreadful, which compels him now
To wear a body round him; which hath yet
Although the spirit hath no more control.
That worlds, he values, fall at one fierce blow.
Remembrance of the life that he passed through
But what they say he cannot understand;
He lives within that frame a life he fears
Ah, utter not that word in front of him
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 4
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and his wife Theodora. One notices by the arrangement that they use
mystic studies. The two are holding a conversation which shows that
they are absorbed in the fact that it is the seventh anniversary of
That which the world had aye withheld from me.
That all this striving had been quite in vain,
For thou didst show me that man's spirit seeks
I met thee then amidst that company
Within the human soul. What thus I saw
And yet it showed me nothing at that time
It is but natural, that on this day
I felt the constant strengthening at that time
This power grew on thenceforward to that height
About that time I met Capesius
So after that I spent much time with him.
I saw at last what spirit is, in truth.
What was disclosed to thee from higher worlds,
That every doubt might swiftly disappear.
All this at that time worked so much on me
That first I thought of thee as nothing else
That not my mind alone hung on thy words,
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 5
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reach some day the world to which she hath
That streamed so warmly through her every word.
That life brought to you here from day to day.
And what she gave, can never die for me. —
These many years there hath been granted me
What inward strength doth lie in all men's lives;
In her case hath this gift deceived me sore.
Except that Theodora would be spared
That love through which she hath in joy and grief
'Tis very strange how all hath come to pass;
Of Something strange, unknown, that threatened her
And what she said besides — 'tis terrible,
That she had cause to fear Thomasius.
Aught that was not on spirit only based.
That he must never harbour in his soul
Thoughts that might bring to Theodora harm.
For he doth feel what he ought not to feel
That through the Light-bearer, Thomasius
Within that realm which fights against the gods —
What Theodora thus experienced
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 6
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by a row of trees. The grove on right of stage is red, that on the
What part of spirit-land is this, where sound
In such a way that thou hast learned so much
What lives here in its own reality
That is the problem which doth offer here.
I feel already what I must pass through
And so await whate'er may be revealed
But what can be the meaning here of words
For thee the powerful work of thought hath now
So that thy soul-life could release itself
Through all the darkness that surrounds the Earth.
Whether he knows, or Both not know, that he
He only who hath learned to view his thoughts
So look upon this picture that it may
To souls that are here;
Let will that creates
And feeling that stirs
And thought that doth work
To souls that are here —
Then will that creates
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What unchecked wish doth sound within mine ear?
It is desire that really leads such men
That which directed both his hand and heart
Toward creation's source, so that he felt
He did not know that nought before him stood
In all that he created through his thought
He gave himself with vigour to that power
That Lucifer himself is really there
And therefore I acknowledge that I feel
Believe that I must search and find the soul
Within the realm that o'er this threshold lies.
Thomasius, think well what thou dost know.
What o'er this threshold lives is all unknown;
That which by efforts, pure and spiritual,
What still is thine hath been by Lucifer
Which ever hath so richly been revealed
That is enough. And thou wilt set thyself
What beings need to cross the threshold o'er
That they have done true spirit-good they must
But this one here hath been allowed to bring
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That e'en from here we must so often fetch
All that in earthly life hath run to waste
'Tis from the dead that we must fetch the grain.
That he whom here we often meet, is good,
Declares that what is here revealed is good.
Hath stood upon the threshold of your shrine.
Ye now believe that Strader is the man
What he hath won for progress of mankind
So all that he may do to help mankind
That what I wish shall happen to this man
But much that shows the life of this same league
Hath made the struggle in my soul severe;
That from this spirit we should hear good things?
Which is ordained for that which we create.
To age-long pains of hell that human soul
Of whom, they heard, that it did visit me.
ignorance of the fact that they are in Ahriman's kingdom. The
is however semi-conscious with regard to all that he experiences,
so that later on he will be able to recollect it.)
The hint that Benedictus gave to me
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 9
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Gave himself to his pupils that they might
Out yonder lies what ever must divide
That nature's God doth shower so bounteous here.
That here reveals itself in wakening souls,
Hath filled with sunshine and with love for men.
Since he in love hath underta'en the task
And now when I may feel that he is near
And now I know that thou didst choose for me
That best may serve to further human health.
That they can join to form a trinity
That when the rightful moment came at last
That would have hid the spirit-life from thee
What I could learn from Ahriman himself,
That every thought must cease its progress there.
Towards the objects, which that power desires
To make his own through deeds that I have done.
That also bitter pain revealed to me:
Which now hath formed again its mystic league,
And I could feel quite sure that Ahriman
That these with cosmic progress may unite
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The spirit-light, each in that special form
What they have now achieved each for himself
Can waken to true life what otherwise
That harmony of spirits may achieve
What each alone could never bring to pass.
Which here hath nobly reigned since Time was not.
That o'er its threshold he must not pursue
Ere he had crossed that other threshold o'er,
And we would strive that our own wills may be
What time thy pupils passed their proof severe.
That they may join their work unto our own.
Strader. Trustworthy and Torquatus so guide their entrance that
Before this holy symbol of that light
It is the will of fate that thou henceforth
Doth give his blessing also that it may
Hath served the sacred customs worthily.
One wish that thy successor he might be
But what he dares not wish for, for himself,
That let me now draw near unto this place.
Hath been, by Benedictus and his friend,
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Editorial Summary of the Scenes
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Johannes is a prey to delusion and loves to wander in his own dreamland. He is warned by Maria and Benedictus. Capesius, in a moment of clairvoyance gets a glimpse of Johannes' inner mood, and is so alarmed that he decides that there can be no blending of spiritual gifts with earthly things, and he withdraws from Hilary's group and goes to the old mystic Felix. Maria urges Johannes to discriminate between truth and self-delusion which can be done by the study of elemental sprites.The dance of gnomes and sylphs.The Youth of Johannes appears. It is in despair because it is separated from Johannes. Lucifer tries to console it with promises of human wisdom and love of beauty. Theodora offers divine wisdom.
About 2000 B.C. The hierophant (Capesius) has refused to use his thought power to suggest to the candidate what his vision should be. The candidate has a free vision looking far into the future. A breath of love and freedom is wafted into the closely sealed precincts. The truth shall make thee free. But with this rebellion against the old order, there is a consequence. Lucifer and Ahriman hitherto chained within the temple break their chains and begin to work their will. The ancient temple has been invaded, but the Ego begins to wake. The reader will not over-look, in all this cosmic development, the individual development of the different characters which are difficult to understand from the other plays with-out this glimpse into their previous incarnation. The author has presented it in this order, as it corresponds to the reader's own experience.
Maria's awakening. The reminiscence in waking of what has happened in a spiritual condition.
Ahriman's manner, shape, and speech betray the fact that he is being found out by the followers of Benedictus. Ahriman hopes, however, to catch Strader. Note the satire indulged in at the expense of those occultists, theosophists, and others whose air of superiority makes them a laughing stock. Note also the last lines showing the importance of remembering the dead.
Secretary and Nurse.The Secretary's speech.Ahriman's shape is here even more that of the conventional devil than in Scene 12. This is to show that his true nature is now fully grasped by Benedictus and his followers. This is seen in Ahriman's last speech. Note Benedictus' speech about the dead and their messages (p. 293).Benedictus tells Ahriman that one can only serve Good when one does good not for oneself.Ahriman's knowledge of his own final destruction.The defeat and exit of Ahriman.The triumph and initiation of Strader; his future power.

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Editorial Summary of the Scenes
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Johannes is a prey to delusion and loves to wander in his own dreamland. He is warned by Maria and Benedictus. Capesius, in a moment of clairvoyance gets a glimpse of Johannes' inner mood, and is so alarmed that he decides that there can be no blending of spiritual gifts with earthly things, and he withdraws from Hilary's group and goes to the old mystic Felix. Maria urges Johannes to discriminate between truth and self-delusion which can be done by the study of elemental sprites.The dance of gnomes and sylphs.The Youth of Johannes appears. It is in despair because it is separated from Johannes. Lucifer tries to console it with promises of human wisdom and love of beauty. Theodora offers divine wisdom.
About 2000 B.C. The hierophant (Capesius) has refused to use his thought power to suggest to the candidate what his vision should be. The candidate has a free vision looking far into the future. A breath of love and freedom is wafted into the closely sealed precincts. The truth shall make thee free. But with this rebellion against the old order, there is a consequence. Lucifer and Ahriman hitherto chained within the temple break their chains and begin to work their will. The ancient temple has been invaded, but the Ego begins to wake. The reader will not over-look, in all this cosmic development, the individual development of the different characters which are difficult to understand from the other plays with-out this glimpse into their previous incarnation. The author has presented it in this order, as it corresponds to the reader's own experience.
Maria's awakening. The reminiscence in waking of what has happened in a spiritual condition.
Ahriman's manner, shape, and speech betray the fact that he is being found out by the followers of Benedictus. Ahriman hopes, however, to catch Strader. Note the satire indulged in at the expense of those occultists, theosophists, and others whose air of superiority makes them a laughing stock. Note also the last lines showing the importance of remembering the dead.
Secretary and Nurse.The Secretary's speech.Ahriman's shape is here even more that of the conventional devil than in Scene 12. This is to show that his true nature is now fully grasped by Benedictus and his followers. This is seen in Ahriman's last speech. Note Benedictus' speech about the dead and their messages (p. 293).Benedictus tells Ahriman that one can only serve Good when one does good not for oneself.Ahriman's knowledge of his own final destruction.The defeat and exit of Ahriman.The triumph and initiation of Strader; his future power.

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Persons, Figures, and Events
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in ‘The Guardian of the Threshold’ he represents that
and events. On the other hand, it must be said that the manner in which

Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 1
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Declare that they too are dissatisfied.
What? even they; it is deplorable.
With what regret and pain our friends announce
That they can deal no more with Hilary.
To us intact that we might heighten it.
And men begin to think that Hilary
It is notorious that Hilary
Long since hath let himself be led astray
Anxiety it is that bids me seek
For what we manufacture; nor do we
Ere long the best friends that remain to us
Production, that but stays in straitest bounds
A worth that is by wisdom not bestowed.
That thou shouldst find a man to realize
The man to realize what I propose?
I am amazed that thine eyes cannot see
That Strader is, in fact, this very man.
In his case hath it not been manifest
That his contrivance owes to spirit-light
I am distressed to find that thou dost hope
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 2
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A soul that seeks not for experience
And make known that the world's enchantment is
That she is by my side; how closely knit
Hath been in these few weeks Johannes' soul
That chills my earthly feelings —
It robs me of the calmness that I need.
That is Maria as she really is,
Than that which errant fancy paints for me
And claim that thou transform his being's powers
That thou some day mayst reach what thou dost know
Which shall preserve for thee what thou hast won.
By conquest that wins being from the void;
So that in pleasure it forgets itself
So may that part of him still lie concealed,
That which Johannes, dreaming over there,
The ripe fruits that his spirit had achieved.
I mind, that Benedictus often said
That only he — and only for a while —
That he shall be upraised one further step
The meaning of what happened even now?
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 3
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What our friend's true companion in his work
Hath weight not only amongst men who form
That Hilary would make a field of work
But art thou sure that thou dost understand
That Benedictus and his pupils too,
Be turned, upon that road, to soul's dream-sleep.
They are joined with us that we may obey
What their clairvoyance doth to them reveal.
That full rich blessing from the spirit-powers
Upon that project hath not been outpoured
Capesius hath now withdrawn himself From
That he should not yet in its fullness feel
The thought oppressed me, that fate set him there
But at that very moment none amongst
That first directed and inspired my thought,
It is revealed that he entirely lacks
What outward signs can show him of these things
And what his reason grasps of spirit-life,
What can the spirit products of this man
He hath not made sufficient progress yet
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 4
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But how shall I make sense of what thou sayst?
That Strader's friends should stay in spirit-realms
That nature-spirits always blind his eyes
To serve the work-plans and that spirit true
E'en if his son hath no more ears for it?
What saith this spirit of that brave strong man
I know that spirit who for ninety years
His servant certainly was that old man
What they were willing to bestow on me.
I knew that in this way I best could bring
That soul by reason should not be disturbed.
And dost thou find that Strader's spirit-way
It is just this that keeps me off from him
And one day I reflected: What if I
What if for all that makes me of some use
I think that Strader's power will not harm me
In which he may have made that power his own.
If one might dare to make a guess that now
Then it were possible that in those days
And that from this source people like myself
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is a globe symbolising the earth. The figures that appear seem to
I will make use of what thou giv'st to worlds
That which in pictures fashioneth powers for me.
is supported by his left wing. He stands somewhat behind and
The germs that tend to raise self-consciousness.
I will that their weight shall not burden me,
That I may keep them for myself unharmed.
But on the earth they would fill thee with hate.
That they may not when conscious guide thy will;
That will I unto cosmic light entrust
To beings, that they may make forms therefrom. They to thine earthly
That thou mayst not in thought turn it to ill
That I may dim thy might by the resistance
Well do I feel that once again a part
Is formed from out that picture, which I here
On that far shore of souls I see emerge
A picture that ne'er touched my being yet
That which two earth-lives gave thee thou must feel.
That Jupiter's fire-souls may be revealed
Then shalt thou feel that wisdom strengthens thee.
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The picture, that in sunshine's hour I saw,
On earth, that which the soul who stands revealed
Within the picture and hath mighty weight
But hate and ridicule on every side,
That which he here must do can but be done
Here is a soul that I must try to meet.
(Figure visible like that of Torquatus' soul, but
What says the soul who rays out meekness' light.
In softening glow the love that permeates
That their soul-bodies may thus gleam with life,
That so their gleaming, glowing life may serve
What once I heard is now re-echoed here;
‘From source divine hath sprung the human soul;
That which we just have witnessed in this place,
The earnest word of Fate, that human souls,
Light up the things that are to be, but pass
Again so quickly that the spirit-sight
What they illumine in the cosmic light;
Shouldst thou behold, use well that moment's space;
What yonder guide's soul to his pupil speaks, —
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Exterior of a temple somewhat Egyptian in
All hath been well prepared; a holy breath
Hath filled the temple now for many days.
My mystic, seeing that the priest to whom
That he is not entirely given o'er
Our mystic hath but little natural taste
That which befits thy status in this shrine.
To prove what mine own spirit-sight hath seen.
And so I ask, what confidence hast thou
That this new mystic is for spirit ripe?
It aye hath worth for me.
What is it then that now might be revealed
His mystic-sense is not that heartfelt urge
The light that weaves the web of spirit-worlds
Himself, nor take another course than that
That will be wrought here in this holy place.
Hath not importance for ourselves alone.
What happens here in pictures comes to pass
What mystic truths live in our sacred forms;

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From out that web of unreality
The mystic hath conducted thee to us.
Learn, semblance of a semblance, what thou art.
That thou mayst sink into the cosmic depths
Bind to thy semblance that which thou dost find;
Bind to thy semblance that which thou dost find
Be burned in fire that this rite lights for thee.
Bind to thy semblance that which thou dost find;
That they may not devour thy being's might.
Bind to thy semblance that which thou dost find;
That lets thy note ring out amongst the spheres.
Down to its depths; tell us what thou dost find
All hath been done that our rite doth demand.
The soul no more remembers what it was.
Naught save its being hath the soul retained.
In cosmic words, that speaks from out the flame.
O human soul, read now what through the flame
Declare what can be read from cosmic words!
I felt that I could shake off from myself
I saw the body that I wear on earth
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O star within my spirit-circle, what
Perceive that which I now can bring to thee;
What turns thee now to this bright spirit-star?
For thee, that they might stay within thy soul,
And let my guide, and let that other soul
That thou mayst not pass from me like a dream.
Mine ego joins that self which fashioned me
So that I do not lose thee when once more
With which this moment hath presented thee.
Think of the words that I myself did speak
At that young mystic's self-acknowledgment.
‘O human soul, read now what through the flame
Hath not importance for ourselves alone;
Thou didst not speak this word within that place.
Thy colleague in that ancient mystic band.
He knew e'en then that powers of destiny
At that initiation, during which
That woman, too, who near the temple stayed,
That being in the realm of souls whom she
She hath beheld her long past life on earth.
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 10
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What is this picture's purpose? Why doth it
Of no importance. What saith it to me?
That forms thine own self.
That forms their own self.
This is the third time that thou speakest thus;
Seek what is treasured up within thy Self.
Seek what is treasured up within my Self?
Give me that which thou thinkest that thou art;
Yet so that thou dost not another seem.
Behold them now through me; — feel what I am,
That forms thine own self.
That forms their own self.’
O magical web, that forms mine own self,
That woman doth the youthful mystic seek,
Live then the aims that it will show to thee;
To draw nigh to that other shade who now
By that young mystic in that bygone age
Which shall preserve for thee what thou hast gained.
That leads from realms of Earth
That so there may draw near
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The spirit spake this also in that scene.
All that he had to succour Hilary.
When I declared that I could ne'er consent
He answered that in that case it would be
My field of action, all that I can see
In order that my spirit may not show
Discouragement I need that bravery
How that same force which I must needs set free
In seership progressed; what recently
Creative strength that flows from mystic words:
‘For that which must will surely come to pass.’
And Felix that I could with ease endure
Suppose that picture now should show to me
That outward opposition doth imply
I can feel too that for thy friends and thee

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claw and he has a cloven hoof. This is to show the audience that his
My influence hath been till now quite good,
Hath lent the power enabling them to face
O'er him hath Lucifer his influence lost,
So that Maria and Johannes could
And so he may conceive that energy
He will forget that Benedictus sent
That his belief may be dispelled that I
Such talk as this is not what I require.
Nothing at all, hath he not Strader's aid.
That Benedictus can no longer use
That Strader's span of life is nearly run.
So well thou reasonest that men attend.
Tell him that his machine is ill-contrived;
That 'tis not only unpropitious times
That check fulfilment of his promises;
But that his reasoning also is at fault.
When once a man hath formed a clever scheme
He will with ease believe that ill-success
Now see to it that thou art shrewdly armed.
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That this fate's tangle, which is forming here
On what can one rely, when nothing holds?
A man who, full of shrewdness and of hate,
Hath oft opposed the mystic life and aims,
Hath pointed out grave errors in his plans
And shewn that his invention cannot work,
That bring deeds unto ripeness never came.
The things this super-clever man hath shown.
Supposing he hath made an error; well,
To whom life hath brought nothing but success?
To see what bearing mysticism has
The view that we should take of Strader's work.
My soul hath deeply realized the words
Which that stern Guardian of the threshold spake.
But I believe that I know Strader well.
That self-enlightenment must come through pain;
Who bravely goes to meet what lies before,
I think that Benedictus will return
Stood silent, so that I had ample time
That is the mystic mood. And of itself
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Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 14
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That fate itself doth not desire the deed
Than that the strand which links thy husband's life
What! Part from thee! — My husband never will.
But hath he not already broken faith?
The aims that Hilary hath now in view
That thou couldst e'er oppose him in his work
That in his life hath yet befallen him.
Couldst thou but know the pain that thou hast caused,
What he explained became the starting-point
There was a power that flamed forth from his words
That I must now believe the following:
A sign that with these friends he must abide,
The fact that recently he hath become
Makes me believe that he will find his place
Thou see'st the man with only that much sight
With which Romanus hath entrusted thee;
That he appears quite sundered from the earth.
What Strader says strikes home e'en as he speaks;
One sees that he sets little store upon
Mere inward spirit-life that is content
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He went a journey and hath just returned.
What further needs his plan of work involved,
He yet was ever heedful that the goal
A sweet soul, that, except for seven years
And what his soul sought on the mystic path
He felt that he was called to spirit-worlds
What were the thoughts which occupied his soul?
And saw that opposition to my work
But that the inner flaws of my own thought
Once more I saw that vision which I told
I can declare to thee what Strader means
As yet he knows not that the only way

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