Johannes' and Maria's souls have now Destroyed all error's darkness in themselves; And spirit-sight hath been revealed to them. AHRIMAN: I must indeed renounce their spirits then; For they will turn henceforth unto the light. Yet one thing hath not yet been ta'en from me; With sense-appearance to delight their souls. And though no longer they will deem it truth, Yet will they see how truth it doth reveal. (Enter the Other Maria.) THEODOSIUS (to the Other Maria): Close intertwinéd was thy destiny With thine exalted sister's loftier life: The light of love I could impart to her: But not the warmth of love, so long as thou Didst always let thy noblest impulses From dim sensations only rise in thee, And didst not strive to see them clear and bold In the full light of wisdom's certainty. The influence of the Temple does not reach Unto the nature of vague impulses, E'en though such impulse wills to work for good. THE OTHER MARIA: I needs must recognize that noble thought Can only work salvation in the light. So to the temple I now wend my way. My own emotion shall in future times Not rob the light of love of its results. THEODOSIUS: Through this, thine insight, thou dost give me power To make Maria's soul-light on the earth Run smooth and evenly upon its path: For aye aforetime it must lose its might In souls, such as thine own was heretofore, Which would not unify their light with love. JOHANNES (to the Other Maria): I see in thee the nature of that soul, Which also holdeth sway within mine own. I was unable to find out the way Which led to thine exalted sister's soul So long as in my heart the warmth of love From love's light ever held itself apart. The sacrifice which to the temple's shrine Thou bring'st, shall be repeated in my soul. Therein the warmth of love shall sacrifice Itself unto love's wonder-working light. MARIA: Johannes, in the realm of spirit-life Thou hast attained to knowledge through myself. To spirit knowledge thou canst only add True soul-existence, when thou findest too Thine own soul, as thou didst find mine before. (Enter Philia, Astrid, and Luna.) PHILIA: Then from the whole creation of the worlds The joy of souls shall be revealed to thee. ASTRID: From thine whole being then can be outpoured The light and radiance of the warmth of souls. LUNA: Then shalt thou dare to live out thine own self, When such light can illuminate thy soul. (Enter Felix and Felicia Balde.) ROMANUS (to Felix Balde):