Leap down into the depths of human souls. MARY DAUNTLESS: Thomasius, indeed, needs not the shield, The Rose-Cross Brothers have in mind for him, If in an earnest scientific way He can portray the pathway of the soul Through many earthly lives and spirit-realms. This work hath now revealed the light on high, To which they say the mystic temples lead, E'en unto men who erstwhile had to shun The very threshold of such sacred shrines. Such recognition doth he well deserve As he already hath so richly found Because he gave that freedom unto thought, Which was denied it by the mystic schools. ERMINIA STAY-AT-HOME: The Rose-Cross Brothers can in future live But in the recollection of mankind. That which they call for, at this very time Will soon gain consciousness of its own power And undermine the Temple's fundaments. They boldly wish to join in future days Reason and science to their sacred shrine. Thomasius, therefore, whom so willingly They now admit into their Temple's midst Will count hereafter as their conqueror. STRADER: I have been sorely blamed because I think That he acts well, who holds himself prepared To further, in close union with the league, The work which through Thomasius is fulfilled. One speaker took objection to my views And held I ought to know how dangerous The mystic's true soul-searching may become. I often felt I best could understand The spirit-way when I gave up myself Completely to the influence binding me To mechanisms which I made myself. The way in which I stood toward my works Hath shown the meaning of the sacred shrine. And while I was at work, I often thought: 'How do I seem to one who only tries To understand the working of those powers Which I put into things mechanical? And yet what might I be unto a soul To whom I might reveal myself in love?' I have to thank such thoughts as these that now The learning which from mystic circles springs Reveals itself to me in its true light. And so, though not initiate, I know That souls of gods can in the sacred shrine Reveal themselves in love to human souls. KATHARINE COUNSEL: