The love-streams will I guide That fill the world with warmth Unto the spirits of Initiated men, That thus the sacred rite May be preserved and kept Within the hearts of men. LUNA: From primal powers will I For might and courage pray, For these will help to make Self-sacrifice to grow, So that it may transform What now is seen in time And change to spirit-seeds For all eternity. Curtain falls while all the characters, including Theodora, Philia, Astrid, Luna, and the Other Philia are still inside the Temple. THE SOUL'S AWAKENING SUMMARY OF THE SCENES Scene 1: Hilary's business is threatened with disaster because of his attempt to introduce into it his spiritual ideals and occult methods. He has engaged as controller of his machinery, Strader, who is generally known to be a failure because of his unpractical inventions. With him comes a group of similar "cranks." Hilary's old manager is in despair. Scene 2: 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 end 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. Scene 3: Arguments on various phases of occult development. During the discussion, Ahriman glides stealthily across the stage to bring dissension and confusion of thought among the speakers, who are ignorant of his presence. Strader's temptations. Felix speaks on mysticism. The appearance in spirit form of Maria and Benedictus to help Strader, and of Ahriman to thwart him. There is a repetition of Strader's part in Scene II. Scene 4: Similar discussions between Hilary's manager and Romanus. Ahriman had succeeded in separating the various mystics. During the discussion, Romanus, by his arguments on occultism, makes a great impression upon the manager. Johannes and his double. Ahriman scoffs at the Guardian of the Threshold. Strader with Benedictus. The vision of the latter is troubled; he--the occult leader--is mistaken. Scene 5: The Spirit World. This scene needs careful meditation and some knowledge of the author's system. Attention should be given to the indications of the planetary spheres--Mercury, Venus, Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn--to which in turn we expand after death. Heed should be paid to the warning given by the Guardian of the Threshold. Lucifer here appears as a beneficent guide, so, too, the other Philia.