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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Interlude
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- of a single ray of light he pined away. All this is portrayed
- was unable to explain this to myself, but one day the light came
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Prelude
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- The light of the sun is flooding
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 1
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- That lightens all the darkest depths of soul,
- Flooding with air and light the forms of men
- Shed by the flickering sunlight o'er the earth.
- Of light and shade flow o'er the scenes around;
- Which sheds its light into the darkened realms,
- As in the rainbow's arch pure Light itself
- With a peculiar light her eyes then glow,
- A pictured form stands wrapped in robes of light;
- The light of sense ye saw — believe ye now
- A human form steps from that sphere of light.
- As snow before the sunlight's piercing glare
- The clear shaft of the sunlight on the dew
- Which glistens in the morning's golden light,
- Yet there can be no other way to light
- I do esteem thy high ideal flight, —
- How can the light, which streams so radiantly
- Hath then this light brought naught but joy to thee?
- But that the words of highest wisdom's light
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 2
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- And flash adown the lightning's fierce-forked tongue —
- The light of inner knowledge ye have brought,
- When Benedictus' words, instead of light,
- To wake the light that lives within thyself.
- That leads unto the light of Truth itself.
- We two must seek clear vision in that light,
- And whether in the darkness or the light
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 3
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- With strength from these few words: ‘The powers of light
- Lay hidden, issued forth to light and life:
- The child could see her eyes, strange smouldering light,
- E'en so it is with me. Thou giv'st me light:
- But light that doth deprive me of my sight,
- O friend, what ails thee? Vanished is the light
- ‘The weaving essence of the light streams forth
- The weaving essence of creative light
- That which can fill his soul with spirit-light.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 4
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- And thou hast found again the earth's pure light,
- Which charm I weave for thee in light condensed.
- Whose light doth seem to widen mine own breast
- (Lightning and thunder from the depths and heights.)
- (Lightning and thunder.)
- (Lightning and thunder.)
- (Lightning and thunder.)
- (Lightning and thunder.)
- (Lightning and thunder.)
- (Lightning and thunder.)
- (Lightning and thunder.)
- From rocks and water, glittering light shall stream,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 5
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- Who from our midst must now receive the light.
- I showed to him the light that proved the guide
- The mights of spheres shall there enlighten him,
- For this cause hold I back your spirit-light
- The light that shines in men as learning's fruit
- The sources of this light of thine, which streams
- Though uninitiate, by wisdom's light
- To give thee light without the lore of books:
- The spirit's light after her husband's death,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 6
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- He grew to manhood steeped in all the light,
- Yet naught could stay this being in his flight,
- Upon his path a being formed of light;
- That spirit-light grew of its own accord
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 7
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- From depths to heights of light;
- For such high spirit flight.
- Clear essence of the light;
- Shalt cause within the light
- With clearest rays of light
- Through all the streaming light
- Shall stream forth delight;
- Will beg their being's light
- But hark! There rises to our world of light
- And judgment's all-illuminating light
- Clear could I recognize the spirit-light,
- In spirit nigh thee, doth the full light glow.
- I feel compelled to speak. A glow of light
- Upon the death of Balder, god of light.
- To which thou owest this thy spirit-light.
- All in a moment clearest spirit-light
- Alone then filled my soul; — he gave me light,
- Yea, light, that gave to me the power of sight; —
- ‘The weaving essence of the light streams forth
- True spirit-light from his warm loving soul.’
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 8
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- In new light do appear. To know ourselves
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 9
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- The light doth live in me; the brightness speaks
- Around me; soul light germinates in me;
- They will give light in sense-life's darkened ways:
- The spirit-light will give to me the strength
- And how it streams through them with radiant light.
- From heights of light a being shines on me,
- Allows its light to shine forth in my soul.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 10
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- A nature, that is lighted up by me,
- Which kept the spirit's light concealed from me:
- I feel thy presence through its warming light;
- His light can disappear but for awhile;
- In freedom strive unto the heights of light;
- And thou hast found again the light of earth.
- The spirit-strength e'en in the heights of light.
- Appeareth to thee now in spirit-light.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 11
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- For they will turn henceforth unto the light.
- With sense-appearance to delight their souls.
- The light of love I could impart to her:
- In the full light of wisdom's certainty.
- Can only work salvation in the light.
- Not rob the light of love of its results.
- To make Maria's soul-light on the earth
- Which would not unify their love with light.
- From love's light ever held itself apart.
- Itself unto love's wonder-working light.
- The light and radiance of the warmth of souls.
- When such light can illuminate thy soul.
- Thou only wouldst admit enlightenment,
- When light from thine own soul revealed itself.
- To give my light unto men's souls on earth.
- That urged me on from the dark deeps to light,
- Gives me the power to give light to the will
- The world's light can behold itself in thee.
- Hath held the will fast bound. This temple's light
- This learning shall be wedded to the light,
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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 1
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- Hath been unveiled to the light of day.
- For only when thine own light is put out
- For lofty spirit-flight;
- And from the sun's glad light,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 2
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- In that great realm of everlasting light,
- Which is to bow my head to wisdom's light
- Wherein a light was then vouchsafed to me
- With soul's aspiring light
- Experience the Light
- The powerful spirit light
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 3
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- I learned to live with light, and recognize
- In colour's power the action of that light,
- Relying on this spirit-light, I won
- This power, to feel in flowing sea of light,
- Their might in non-material webs of light,
- Thy spirit-light awakes my faith anew.
- And clothe in radiant light the spirit-world.
- And find delight in wide-flung spirit-worlds:
- Which lights the picture and inflames the heart.
- How powers creative blaze with spirit-light,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 4
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- If it be so that highest wisdom's light
- And yet it was this spirit lightning-flash
- Hath my new truth revealed the light to me?
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 5
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- Are not this moment living for the light,
- A miracle of colour and of light,
- Of moonlight and then gave it to the boy,
- That gushed beneath the moonlight from the rock.
- If they would rob me of that very light
- Her light doth shed no more its radiant beam.
- With rapture and delight.
- a slightly different voice):
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 6
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- Thou knowest how lightly I esteem the knight
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 7
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- Into the realm of everlasting light.
- When in my trials I prayed to Heaven for light,
- Enlightening my mind and strengthening me.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 8
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- Which leads from spirit-darkness unto light.
- Who, like herself, looks for salvation's light
- That future men will see in Spirit-light
- To dim the radiance of the Spirit-light.’
- Beset the path of those who seek the light.
- To be revealed to Spirit-light alone.
- The Light of Wisdom streaming from the Christ,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 9
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- The tales by which the knights enlighten us.
- Which bring me light from out the Spirit-heights.
- Which Spirit-light, outpoured from founts of love,
- Which can throw light on what the Fathers taught,
- A light before my spirit would appear —
- Where I perceive the very fount of light.
- To turn my steps toward this light of truth,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 10
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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 11
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- How lightly souls may into error fall
- He must fall silent when the Light appears
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 12
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- So o'er his path a dazzling light is shed,
- That thus was carried upward to the light.
- It wished to live all blissful in the light,
- And deeds of light in colour to behold;
- My light must serve to guide thy further steps
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 13
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- Which even in the light of spirit-sun
- A glamour o'er its vision of the light
- With power of Faith's clear light,
- That thus the light may rouse
- That light in dark may shine
- And twilight in the light,
- Soul light will I make warm
- That his soul's love of light
- Who with me seek to find the spirit-light
- And then again like feeble twilight steal
- The spirit-light that comes from cosmic heights.
- Into the kingdom of the light on high.
- To recognize himself in spirit-light
- Another man strives to the temple's light;
- And so perforce the spirit-light went forth
- The light whose humble handmaid now she is.
- If now my soul is faithful to the light
- Treads not the way illumined by the light.
- This holy temple's lofty spirit-light.
- May this light operate within thyself
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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Beings and Persons Represented
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- Steadfast in blue; M. Dauntless in green; E. Stay-at-Home in light
- broad bands of a lighter blue. These bands meet on the breast in a
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 1
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- Or to the spirit-light in which they dwell.
- Which, like some barrier of heavenly light,
- Who cannot see the noble spirit-light
- He only in whose heart this light doth shine,
- And consecrate abodes of spirit-light.
- Therein I seemed to find true wisdom's light
- That can direct our steps to life's true light.
- Against the light that since Earth's dawn hath streamed
- Upon whose threshold roses full of light
- Aye, e'en that light, which deep within himself
- This light may be a danger to a man
- Turn your eyes backward o'er the flight of time
- The way is new by which the spirit-light
- And yet this light did ever work in all
- But where, then, was the source of all this light
- Will gladly let the mystic light stream forth
- This work kath now revealed the light on high,
- Reveals itself to me in its true light.
- That mystics were the enemies of light.
- All this is changed to-day. The Mystic Light
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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 2
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- Through inward contemplation toward the light,
- They can attain the light in their own way.
- Astrid, and Luna appear in a cloud of light, and group themselves
- To drink of the light
- Which follow the light
- With spirit-light.
- of light. Maria becomes visible in her old place. Maria and
- The light will surge which spirits must create
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 3
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- They cannot bear the cold clear light of truth.
- And his soul's life doth show in its true light
- That he, great Light-Bearer, give thee the means
- Look! Here he comes, the Spirit of the Light.
- And veil the rays of light through which thou hast
- But thou couldst show, 0 Light-Bearer sublime,
- O Bearer of that Light, which would confine
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 4
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- And also unto me a source of light,
- And then the true light shone into my soul
- That they fulfilled themselves in rays of light.
- Thus in thy light I felt within my soul
- Thou still didst stay my strength and light of soul.
- And thine eye's glowing light begins to fade.
- A gentle light did hover round my soul
- And then ... the shining Light ... came ... as before
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 5
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- That through the Light-bearer, Thomasius
- Maria hath already set alight
- He will with passion strive toward the light
- Thomasius is set to win that light
- This light divine would then help Lucifer
- Instead of seeking light on spirit-paths,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 6
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- The whole may stand revealed in light, when part
- Through thine own being in the cosmic light.
- Too strong to gaze at lofty spirit-light
- The spirit-light from me in earthly life
- (A cheerful subdued light diffuses itself. Philia, Astrid,
- No flash like lightning leaping from the clouds;
- Supposing that the lightning were to flash,
- She needs must think the lightning was in her.
- And when his body, radiant with light,
- Let light stream forth from out the spirit-suns;
- Only such beings dare to drink the light
- Therefore in light have I brought up a child
- And manifest the light 'midst breathing men.
- The light that's in their souls to meet my light
- So then the shining light-child turned, and went
- Upon their Sire who dwells in springs of light.
- The Sire of truth who dwells in springs of light — ’
- Thus to the strange man did the light-child speak.
- The child who can bring light to breathing souls
- a cloud of light.)
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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 7
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- She'll be for me the source of fullest light,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 8
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- My darkness to the spirit-light, which thou
- Up to the light, or that it can unfold
- Is drawing me toward the spirit-light;
- Unkind, 'tis true, doth strive to see the light;
- Since they will lead thee to the very light
- The light will surge which spirits must create,
- The Guardian himself must bring the light
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 9
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- In soft warm sunlight of a summer morn
- Then could I see portrayed in spirit-light
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 10
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- The spirit-light, each in that special form
- Which here are seen as powers of spirit-light.
- The guardian of the light — from darkness deep,
- Thomasius perceived through inward light
- Before this holy symbol of that light
- To be a light before his spirit-eyes,
- The cosmic spirit who could bring the light
- As bearer of the light to man's soul-sight
- When he, the bearer of the light, sends forth
- With haughty sense of self, and with full light
- The guiding light of Earth's salvation-path.
- Within the holy place doth shine the light
- Who have reached spirit-light in other ways
- And yet have been enlightened in good truth.
- And who can bring to it a wealth of light.
- Before I could experience spirit-light,
- With that hope-giving glow of morning light.
- As light can only gaze upon itself,
- In truth the light of thought for long time streamed
- Within my soul this light must grow so deep
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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Editorial Summary of the Scenes
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- Shows in a remarkable way how the future development of the Baldes and Capesius is going to proceed. The concluding speech of the hierophant fore-shadows the approach of a new Era when candidates for initiation will get the hidden light independently and not under the hypnotic suggestion of the guiding priest.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Editorial Summary of the Scenes
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- Shows in a remarkable way how the future development of the Baldes and Capesius is going to proceed. The concluding speech of the hierophant fore-shadows the approach of a new Era when candidates for initiation will get the hidden light independently and not under the hypnotic suggestion of the guiding priest.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 1
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- Things happen constantly which bring to light
- That his contrivance owes to spirit-light
- His human senses with the spirit's light.
- 'Tis known I drew from spirit-light the thought,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 2
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- How twilight clothes the woods in green and blue;
- Lives not in worlds where shines the light of truth.
- Where spirits must create light for themselves,
- Disturbs thee? Didst thou not express delight
- The wide dominions of the worlds of light.
- In proud seclusion for the spirit-light.
- True spirit-nature wakes in glowing light.
- 'Twill carry thee beyond the spheres of light
- Will then grow sharp and clear in cosmic light,
- Light-force condense with care;
- They ray out the light
- As loving light-forms
- To radiant light.
- Deep in his nature longings after light
- Doth fully light Johannes' artist-soul
- When wisdom shall throw light on his desires
- Until they can attain to wisdom's light
- I will be thy protector — through the light
- When he is striving up the heights of light.
- He leaves unguarded in his spirit-flight.
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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 3
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- And which alone can recognise the light
- The opposition I can lightly bear
- Then, when enlightenment was granted thee
- It leads his inmost soul to realms of light.
- And kindle there on earth the light that shines
- From out the spirit-light which they behold;
- With ether's light around them, — flick'ring red;
- Illuminate them with thine own self's light.
- Where is thy light? Thou rayest darkness out —
- 'Midst light thou dost create the baffling gloom;
- Because thou art afraid to ray out light.
- Thou wouldst enjoy this light that is thine own
- Maria, are they born from out the light?
- From out my light? Or is my darkness that
- And each in loneliness creates the light
- While those who caper out of sheer delight
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 4
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- From out thy spirit's light pour light on him
- To penetrate to Truth's pure radiant light.
- In contradictions aye his chief delight.
- To read a certain word in spirit-light
- And Theodora in the worlds of light
- In stormy chaos — and cold spirit-light —
- My thought-power reels; — the cold light-hammers out
- Clad in red flames my self storms — to the light; —
- To the cold light — of cosmic fields of ice.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 5
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- of a penitent, but arrayed in a light violet robe girdled with
- The earth-star now receives a faded light;
- On thee I ray forth from my fount of light
- In its own nature it will take delight
- slightly raising and lowering themselves, as if the group was
- The mist of wishes doth reflect the light
- into white, with wings of a bright violet, a lighter shade than
- That will I unto cosmic light entrust
- And clarifying light gives to my soul.
- When Saturn soon his many-coloured light
- As soon as Saturn pours his light on me.
- The view of worlds whose light will cause them pain,
- The sense of these light-forces, they are dumb.
- But only sunshine's voice doth give him light;
- The other can behold your starry light,
- They lighten still, yet — as they grow, they fade;
- The starry light, and banish you from them
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 6
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- The lighting is full of warm shades, but not too bright. Toward the
- When other wisdom-light illuminates
- Whilst Saturn doth light up this spirit-realm.
- The light of meekness pours from one of them
- With beauty's light, which here as wisdom lives.
- What says the soul who rays out meekness' light.
- Past thoughts of earth arise in glowing light
- The shadow beings' glimm'ring light receives
- I hold you 'neath the spell of ripened light
- More strongly waking through this same light's power
- See lightnings, which with instantaneous flash
- Light up the things that are to be, but pass
- The hot light issues — out of gloomy cold —
- Like lightning flashes. Is this hot soul-light —
- This soul-light — in the cosmic fields of ice?
- The light thou seest — 'tis my hot cosmic light —
- See too the lightning flashes of thy thought
- Display and use the forces of the light Which
- To make their light grow visible in me.
- Thoughts which but serve to light me from afar.
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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 7
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- E'en in the slightest way unripe as yet
- Which stirs in men when light from spirit realms
- Its wisdom-light o'er evolution's stream.
- The light that weaves the web of spirit-worlds
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 8
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- From out those heights of light to which his soul
- ceremony is performed on a broad flight of steps descending from the
- Fly from it on the lightness of the air.
- In light of cosmic space thy being seek.
- Its flight will give thy being unto thee.
- We light for thee the life of thy real self;
- Be burned in fire that this rite lights for thee.
- Feel in thyself the power of wisdom's light.
- In cosmic distances fly light as air.
- The weight of earth and be as light as air.
- Though wrapt in bliss, and conscious of the light
- Spirits rayed light thereon from lofty worlds;
- The body by these beings bathed in light
- What here doth wrongly seek the way to light,
- T'will gladly shine as semblance in the light,
- Descending as the light which flies from here.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 9
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- Draws near, — draws near me clad in spirit-light,
- From cosmic strife 'twixt darkness and the light
- I kept the lightning's and the thunder's power
- In Saturn's coloured light kept endless watch!
- Thyself in cosmic light didst speak these words:
- In light which on the cosmic midnight shines,
- And know how strength for lofty spirit-flight
- The light grows denser and within the light
- In glowing light toward my shore of souls; —
- His light spreads peace, far round the wide flung space; —
- His light hath grandeur; — and his dignity
- I'll keep within myself as beacon-lights.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 10
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- Johannes, whilst thou liv'st in spirit-light,
- From its own light it will shed light on thee.
- How shall I, while I live in spirit-light,
- In these clear fields of light me shalt thou find
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 11
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- ‘Where is thy light? Thou rayest darkness out,
- ’Midst light thou dost create the baffling gloom.’
- Thee with swift flight to lofty grades of soul.
- ‘Because thou art afraid to ray out light.’
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 12
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- scene is faintly luminous, transparent in some parts, and with the light
- Whom Benedictus through his wisdom's light
- Release themselves from out his sphere of light.
- At length a light is thrown athwart my path.
- The mystic light on earth doth burn me sore
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 13
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- Which now enables me to give thee light.
- That self-enlightenment must come through pain;
- And weaves betwixt himself and realms of light
- 'Twill strengthen thee with many-coloured light;
- Their sound awakes no being full of light,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 14
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- As soon as, like a lightning flash, the thought
- Despite a slight estrangement for a while,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 15
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- With flight of fancied thought his labour's end.
- Like planets, light-rays which awaken life.
- Didst drive the Lord of Error into flight,
- Thy light shall henceforth ever penetrate
- And with strong thought reveal the light of soul
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