Capesius, thou hast in thine earth-life Entered within my circle, though in truth Thou ne'er wast conscious of thy pupilship. CAPESIUS: Capesius is not within this place; And his soul will not hear him spoken of. BENEDICTUS: Thou wilt not feel thou art Capesius But him in spirit thou shalt see and know. For thee the powerful work of thought hath now In thy soul-body caged the spirit-life. So that thy soul-life can release itself From thought's dream-play within thine earthly frame. Too weak it felt itself to wander forth From out world distances to depths of soul; Too strong to gaze at lofty spirit-light Through all the darkness that surrounds the Earth. I must accompany each one who gains The spirit-light from me in earthly life Whether he knows, or doth not know, that he Came as a spirit-pupil to myself. And I must lead him further on those paths Which he in spirit learned to tread through me. Thou hast through thy soul-sight in cosmic space Learned to draw nigh the spirit consciously Since loosed from body thou canst follow it. But, not yet freed from thought, thou canst not see True being in the spirit-realm as yet. First thy sense-body thou must lay aside But not the fine corporeal web of thought. Thou only canst perceive the world in truth When nothing of thy personality Remains to cloud the clearness of thy sight. He only who hath learned to view his thoughts As things outside himself, e'en as the seer Beholds his earthly form released from him, Can penetrate to spirit verities. So look upon this picture that it may Turn into knowledge through clairvoyant powers Thoughts, whose true being is built up in space To forms, which mirror forth the thoughts of men. (A cheerful subdued light diffuses itself. Philia, Astrid, and Luna appear in glowing clouds.) (Exeunt Capesius and Maria.) VOICES (which sound together, spoken by Philia, Astrid, and Luna): Let thoughts hover round Like weaving of dreams And build themselves in To souls that are here; Let will that creates And feeling that stirs And thought that doth work The dreamer arouse-- (While this sounds, Lucifer approaches from one side, and Ahriman from the other. They go to their thrones raised on each side at the back of the stage, facing the audience; Lucifer on the right of the stage, Ahriman on the left.) LUCIFER (in a loud voice, emphasizing every word): Within thy will do cosmic beings work. (On Lucifer's side, beings with golden hair, dressed in crimson and radiantly beautiful representing thoughts, begin to move. These carry out, in a dancing fashion, movements which represent the forms of thought corresponding to Lucifer's words.) AHRIMAN (speaking in a loud, hoarse voice): These cosmic beings do but puzzle thee.