1. Romanus who is here re-introduced under the same name used for
him in 'The Portal of Initiation' because it expresses the inner
state of being to which he has worked upwards during the years which
elapse between 'The Portal of Initiation' and the 'Awakening.' In
'The Guardian of the Threshold' the name given him of Frederick
Trustworthy is the one by which he is supposed to be known in the
physical world, and the name is used there because his inner life
has very little to do with the events represented. In 'The Soul's
Probation' he appears as Second Master of Ceremonies in the mediæval
Mystic Brotherhood.
2. Doctor Strader the individual appearing in 'The Soul's Probation'
as the Jew, Simon.
3. The Nurse of Doctor Strader the individual called Mary Steadfast
in 'The Guardian of the Threshold.' In 'The Portal of Initiation'
she is known as 'The Other Maria' because the imaginative perception
of Johannes Thomasius constructs, under her guise, an imaginative
picture of certain nature-forces. Her individuality appears in 'The
Soul's Probation' as Bertha, Keane's daughter.
4. Dame Balde who appears in 'The Soul's Probation' as Dame Keane.
IV. Representatives of the Element of Soul:
1. Maria whose individuality appears in 'The Soul's Probation' as
the Monk.
2. Johannes Thomasius whose individuality appears in 'The Soul's
Probation' as Thomas.
3. Hilary's wife.
V. Beings from the Spirit World:
1. Lucifer.
2. Ahriman.
3. Gnomes.
4. Sylphs.
VI. Beings of the Element of Human Spirit:
1. Philia } The spiritual beings through whose agency the
2. Astrid } human Soul-forces are connected with the Cosmos.
3. Luna }
4. The 'Other' Philia, representing the element of Love in the
world to which the spirit-personality belongs.
5. The Soul of Theodora appearing in 'The Soul's Probation'
as Cecilia, foster daughter of Keane and sister of Thomas who
impersonates Johannes Thomasius.
6. The Guardian of the Threshold.
7. The Double of Johannes Thomasius.
8. The Spirit of Johannes Thomasius' Youth.
9. The Soul of Ferdinand Fox in the realm of Ahriman (Scene 12). He
appears as Ferdinand Fox only in 'The Guardian of the Threshold.'
VII. The personalities of Benedictus and Maria also appear as
mental experiences, to wit: In the second scene as those of Johannes
Thomasius, in the third scene as those of Strader. Maria appears thus
to Johannes Thomasius in Scene 9.
VIII. The individualities of Benedictus, Hilary True-to-God, Magnus
Bellicosus, Albertus Torquatus, Strader, Capesius, Felix Balde, Dame
Balde, Romanus, Maria, Johannes Thomasius and Theodora appear in the
spirit-realm in the fifth and sixth scenes of this play, as 'souls';
and in the temple in the seventh and eighth scenes as personalities
living in a far distant past.
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