The Soul's Probation: Scene 5

Felix: It surely will unfold itself to thee; For with a lofty spirit dost thou strive— And noble heart, and so the time must come When thou thyself shalt hear the voice of truth. Thou dost not mark how full of rich content Man, as the image of the cosmos, is: His head doth mirror heaven's very self: The spirits of the spheres work through his limbs And in his breast earth-beings hold their sway. To all of these opposed, in all their might Appear the demons, natives of the Moon, Whose lot it is to cross those beings' aims. The human form as it before us stands, The soul through which we live and feel and strive, The spirit that illuminates our path: All these, full many gods have worked to mould Throughout the ages of eternity; And this their purpose was: to join in one, Forces proceeding out of all the worlds Which should, in combination, make mankind.