Within the holy place doth shine the light Which flows with power from out the spirit-heights, When souls can worthily receive its strength. But yet those lofty powers of wisdom's realm Which thus reveal themselves in mystic shrines Have chosen also other paths to souls. The signs of our own times have made it clear That all these paths must now be joined in one. The temple must unite itself with souls Who have reached spirit-light in other ways And yet have been enlightened in good truth. Now Dame Felicia and her husband too, Are such as may approach this sacred place And who can bring to it a wealth of light. DAME BALDE: I can but tell the fairy-tales that rise Within my heart quite of their own accord-- only know about their spirit-source What oft Capesius hath told to me. In all humility I must believe, What he hath told me of my gift of soul; So also I believe what ye make clear Why I am called within these temple walls. FELIX BALDE: I followed not alone the outward call Sent to me by the guardian of this shrine; But true unto my spirit-pathway's goal I have applied myself unto the power Which, as mine inmost guide, doth ever point In what direction I shall turn my steps That I may best be able to fulfil In life what spirit-powers have foreordained. This time I saw quite clearly I was meant To shun that way which Benedictus now Hath shown his pupils in the spirit-life. The signs that now I see within this shrine Appeared to me in vision previously. For often when my soul did tread the depths And all self-will had been destroyed in me, And power and patience could maintain themselves In that dread loneliness which aye approached Before I could experience spirit-light, Then all the universe seemed one with me, And soon I found myself within that world, Where life's true purpose was revealed to me. During such spirit-wand'rings I have been In many a temple which it seems to me Resembles that which now my sense perceives, Just as the writing of the spoken word Must show a written picture of the speech. TRUSTWORTHY (in the West, to Strader):