The Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 6

Benedictus: 'Thou wilt not feel thou art Capesius But him in spirit thou shalt see and know. For thee the powerful work of thought hath now In thy soul-body oped the spirit-life. So that thy soul-life could release itself From thought's dream-play within thine earthly frame. Too weak it felt itself to wander forth From out world distances to depths of soul; Too strong to gaze at lofty spirit-light Through all the darkness that surrounds the Earth. I must accompany each one who gains The spirit-light from me in earthly life Whether he knows, or Both not know, that he Came as a spirit-pupil to myself. And I must lead him further on those paths Which he in spirit learned to tread through me. Thou hast through thy soul-sight in cosmic space Learned to draw nigh the spirit consciously Since loosed from body thou canst follow it. But, not yet freed from thought, thou canst not see True being in the spirit-realm as yet. Thy senses' body thou canst lay aside, But not the fine corporeal web of thought. Thou only canst perceive the world in truth When nothing of thy personality Remains to cloud the clearness of thy sight. He only who hath learned to view his thoughts As things outside himself, e'en as the seer Beholds his earthy form released from him, Can penetrate to spirit verities. So look upon this picture that it may Turn into knowledge through clairvoyant powers Thoughts, whose true being is built up in space To forms, which mirror forth the thoughts of men.