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title: "Seventh scene, fragment"
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# Seventh scene, fragment

*(Mary, Philia, Astrid, Luna, John, Theodora, the child)*

MARY:  
You who are my companions  
In my work, when I  
Let the essence of the world's ether  
Within itself,  
So that it resounds harmoniously  
And penetrates human souls  
With spiritual moods:  
Your work shall be one  
With my work.  
The sign has been given,  
Calling us to work.  
A human being shall be born  
Through our work  
To a higher existence.  
The brothers in the temple,  
They seek counsel,  
How they shall lift him from the depths  
To the light-filled heights.  
They expect of us,  
That we pour from the heights  
The purest springs of life  
Into his soul.  
You, my Philia, absorb  
The essence of light from space,  
Fill yourself with the life of sound  
And its creative soul power,  
So that I may trust the gifts  
That you have to give,  
To the living dance of the spheres.  
And you, Astrid, beloved reflection  
Of my spirit,  
Give structure to the light,  
So that it may show itself in colors,  
And share the life of sound  
In tones with wisdom,  
That I may entrust the vastness  
To the searching human mind.  
And you, O strong Luna, who rest  
Within your being,  
Like the mark that grows  
In the center of the tree,  
Unite the gifts of the sisters — —  
That firmness may come to man  
Through your insight.

LUNA:  
I want to warm the substance of the soul,  
I want to harden the ether of life,  
They shall condense,  
They shall feel themselves  
And weaving within themselves  
Keep themselves creative,  
So that you, beloved sister,  
May see the archetype in the reflection.

MARIA:  
From Philia's realm  
May joy flow;  
The changing powers of the nymphs,  
May they open  
The soul's sensitivity,  
So that the awakened one  
May experience  
The earth's joy,  
The earth's sorrow.  
From Astrid's weaving  
May the power of love flow.  
The warm life of the sylphs,  
May it enliven  
The soul's sacrificial drive,  
So that the consecrated one  
May refresh  
Those burdened with suffering,  
Those who yearn for happiness.  
From Luna's power  
Strength shall germinate.  
The power of the fire beings,  
It can arouse  
The soul's security,  
So that the knowledgeable one  
May find the gate of initiation  
In the weaving of the soul,  
In the life of the world.

PHILIA:  
I will ask the spirits,  
That the light of their being  
May delight the soul's senses  
And the sound of their words  
May gladden the spirit's hearing,  
So that the awakened one  
May rise  
On soul paths  
To heavenly heights.

ASTRID:  
I want to lead the stream of love,  
Which nourishes worlds,  
To the heart  
Of the consecrated one,  
So that he may bring  
To earthly beings  
The refreshment of heaven  
And to human children  
The drink of consecration.

LUNA:  
I want to elicit  
The uniqueness of worldly existence,  
So that those who know  
May be blessed with self-recognition  
In all the heights of the worlds.  
He shall pick the fruits  
From moments  
And transform them into seeds  
For eternity.

MARIA:  
United with you  
I will succeed  
In the act of consecration.  
The cry  
Of the sorely tested  
Penetrates our world of light.

JOHN:  
O Mary, it is you.  
My suffering  
Has borne rich fruit.  
The pain has pierced  
The veil of the senses,  
And I was allowed to see  
Into the foundations of life.  
The Earth Father  
Capesius, whom I first saw  
As an old man,  
In that state of mind,  
Where his youthful dreams blossomed.  
And the young Strader  
The spirit showed me  
How he would once become,  
If he pursued his goal  
In the manner  
He had hitherto thought.  
The pious man who  
In our circle  
Dreamed of that knowledge  
Which lives only in one's own soul,  
He is in reality  
Only a faint shadow  
Of the lofty being who  
Together with others  
Gives the gifts of existence.  
And when the faint shadow  
Walks in error,  
It is only because  
Selfishness seduces him,  
Through a power of the soul,  
Which he wants to enjoy within himself,  
To kill others.