The Guardian of the Threshold: Scene 6

Capesius: The soul lives out her life within herself: Believes she thinks because she does not see Thoughts all spread out in space in front of her— Believes she feels, because the feelings show No flash like lightning leaping from the clouds; She sees this realm of space, and gazeth on The clouds above her ...; and were this not so, Supposing that the lightning were to flash, And not an eye looked up above to see, She needs must think the lightning was in her. She sees not Lucifer, from whom the thoughts Spring forth, from whom the feelings flow! And thus she thinks she is alone with them. Why doth delusion lead her captive thus? O soul, give answer to thyself ... yet ... whence? From out thyself? Ah, nay ... perhaps that, too, Were answered ... not by thee ... but Lucifer. ...