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- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Interlude
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- in a higher sense, the want of truth in certain works of art.
- A vivid grasp of real truth must needs create in the heart a sense
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 1
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- Stood forth revealed in its own naked Truth
- And when thou didst reveal to me the truth
- Only to recognition of this truth
- Error or truth — 'tis certain this alone
- Whate'er of truth revealed itself to me.
- The everlasting and all spirit-truth
- I feel their truth — they give me living life.
- In very truth to fashion from decay
- With utmost strength to seek and know the truth?
- Of truth itself instead of spirit-bliss
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 2
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- It was in truth mine own self that I left;
- This truth sublime, that o'er all life doth float
- It may appear to thee as truth, beware;
- For evil fruitage may in truth arise
- That leads unto the light of Truth itself.
- Before the Truth in essence stands revealed.
- Thou canst ascend the clearest heights of truth,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 3
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- Oft hast thou taught me this exalted truth —
- Which only is a mask and not the truth.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 4
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- So now from my sure ground drink strength and truth.
- To build exalted temples unto Truth,
- As empty fantasy what seems the truth
- To proud achievement in my search for truth.
- I taught them through my deep strong sense for truth.
- Which speaks thus to me: ‘Let Truth be thy guide;
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 5
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- And thus attain to knowledge of the truth.
- But that this vision may be turned to truth
- That faculty which lets the truths of sense
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 6
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- This dull, dry seeker after truth once met
- ‘Who art thou then?’ the dry truth-seeker asked.
- In his dry search for truth from East to West.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 7
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- Or whether spirit-truth surrounded me
- And know in very truth each other's soul.
- That what thou seest is very truth indeed,
- Her destiny. E'en thus was spirit-truth
- From man to man to fill all worlds with truth.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 8
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- of a truth thou hast throughout these years
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 9
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- Which doth give truth unto these words, whereby
- Which can give truth unto these selfsame words:
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 10
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- I knew not whether dream or truth appeared.
- The strength of truth I gave to thee myself;
- So now from my sure ground draw strength and truth.
- Although I prayed so ardently for truth?
- Mankind doth think in truth;
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Portal of Initiation: Scene 11
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- Through you are these two seekers after truth
- Which strives for truth in every human heart.
- And though no longer they will deem it truth,
- Yet will they see how truth it doth reveal.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 1
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- To mirror truths of nature and of mind.
- And comprehend it as in truth it is,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 2
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- As only truth itself can be. And yet —
- To see the truth, yet call it counterfeit.
- What I have seen — is truth ... It cannot be!
- ‘He hath won truth within the eternal realms
- Tangled the paths that lead to higher truths:
- Doth wear the mask of truth to human minds,
- Had I paid earlier heed unto this truth
- The truth from me in wrappings of deceit.
- To hide the truth with cloak of counterfeit.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 3
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- The beauty of the truths revealed to thee,
- ’fill it can quench its thirst with spirit-truths
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 4
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- On which a seeress by her truthful speech
- Then hast thou really won this fateful truth,
- Of what my thought hath forced on me as truth.
- And by my own life testify the truth,
- That cruel truth with all that it involves:
- What can there be to overshadow truth,
- Hath my new truth revealed the light to me?
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 5
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- When thou thyself shalt hear the voice of truth.
- Was this some dream, or was it truth indeed?
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 6
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- Yet did a monk let slip the truth to me, —
- Which Makes the truth apparent to my soul, —
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 7
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- And learn a truth which thou must realize
- Can only hold the living truth so long
- Is dangerous, because it speaks the truth,
- As makes the truth more deadly than a lie.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 8
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- The truth of my relation to this girl.
- That they shall know the truth about themselves,
- My lord, in very truth these words of thine
- That in these times we can transmit these truths,
- Certain it is that highest truth's intent
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 9
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- Darkly, as through a glass, we glimpse their truth;
- Much time in puzzling over cosmic truths.
- Little availed. Truth is, our countryfolk
- Dream and foreboding told thee but the truth,
- That in good truth the Spirit's purpose was
- To turn my steps toward this light of truth,
- Doth bear the very stamp of truth itself.
- As revelation of the highest truth.
- In very truth my spirit's murderer.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 11
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- By spirit-vision, far from being truth
- Yet know I too thou oft dost speak the truth.
- And as illusion wears the mask of truth
- But which can also guide man to the truth.
- To forge the word of truth into that sword,
- If truth triumphant I proclaim to thee: —
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 12
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- Bath shown to me myself with cruel truth.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Probation: Scene 13
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- By which these two who seek the spirit-truth
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 1
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- But in whose souls the instinct for the truth
- What dreams of truth these holy temples had.
- Deep in the mother-earth of truth itself,
- Myself I stood upon that path of truth
- And find himself therein in very truth.
- Its truth admits of proof within itself.
- Instead of truth, delusion's fantasy.
- Thus hold himself toward the goal of truth
- How men should hold themselves toward the truth.
- Erroneous fancies to the light of truth;
- And thus hath slain the sense of truth itself,
- Which seeks for truth far off from mystic paths.
- He learnt the first steps in that world of truth
- The inward strength to realize the truth
- If they are such in truth, have really sprung
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 2
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- And then I saw that he it is in truth
- The truth about this work of mine in full.
- Then would the truth do damage greater far
- Than error, for men follow after truth
- Step after step, up truth's great pyramid,
- But was in truth in deepest night of soul.
- Whether thou walk'st in error or in truth,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 3
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- They cannot bear the cold clear light of truth.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 4
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- I saw at last what spirit is, in truth.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 5
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- Can testify to proving of the truth.
- The truth of Theodora's destiny.
- Ah! if he speaks the truth — how terrible —
- It is the truth which he makes known to you.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 6
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- Entered within my circle, though in truth
- Thou only canst perceive the world in truth
- Have pined away in truth's cold empty forms
- This child, brought up by truth's almighty Sire
- Where souls of men were striving after truth.
- Then to the Sire of truth the child would say:
- With earnest speech the Sire of truth replied:
- The Sire of truth who dwells in springs of light — ’
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 7
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- Since they must take delusion for the truth
- 'Twas there in truth, the rest was but a shade.
- Through truth alone; but Lucifer — to him
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 8
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- I should find truth on wisdom's sun-clad heights.
- The impulse after truth within my soul
- And yet she scarce will treasure truth aright;
- But, who with reason and a sense for truth
- In truth thou didst not flatter with fine words;
- Yet 'tis but truth when in this realm of thine
- Here I can give thee truth although with pain,
- For though the truth can penetrate to me,
- But now thou shalt in very truth behold
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 9
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- In hearts of men who give themselves in truth
- From truth's cold realms. No longer wilt thou now
- Whether thou walk'st in error or in truth
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 10
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- Unless the speaker follows truth alone.
- Which can reveal the truth if they proceed
- And yet have been enlightened in good truth.
- In truth the light of thought for long time streamed
- 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.
- 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.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 1
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- As many clients truthfully attest.
- Cannot divide illusions from the Truth
- To stand beside me in my search for truth.
- With greater safety reach the land of truth.
- Illusion often can endanger truth.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 2
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- Lives not in worlds where shines the light of truth.
- What thanks I owe this spirit, who brings truth
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 3
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- Dares think of little worth, he will in truth
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 4
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- To penetrate to Truth's pure radiant light.
- How shall I know the truth when I must find
- One truth alone confronts mine onward steps —
- If she would ever find in truth the road,
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 7
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- In truth he may thus frequently be seen.
- What mystic truths live in our sacred forms;
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 8
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- The truth hath conquered. Ye may punish me
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 10
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- In other worlds than those where truth abides.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 12
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- Which will make Strader realize the truth.
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 13
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- When it doth surely lead thee to the truth.
- A man through error finds the way to truth.
- Truth doth not sound within the soul of him
- Title: Four Mystery Plays: The Soul's Awakening: Scene 15
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- But not as he doth feel he is in truth.
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