The Soul's Awakening: Scene 2

Maria: The spirit-powers are coming—call on them. To cosmic spirit-sources turn thy gaze And wait until the powers within those depths Discover that within thine own true self Which stirs with conscious life akin to theirs. Their magic words will show thine inward sight That which makes them and thee an unity. Cast out thine own brain's interfering speech, That spirit may speak in thee as it wills; And to this spirit-speech give thou due heed. 'Twill carry thee beyond the spheres of light And link thee to true spirit-essence there. Thy misty visions sprung from times long past Will then grow sharp and clear in cosmic light, But will not bind thee since thou hast control. Compare them with these elemental forms, With shadows and with phantoms of all kinds, And place them near to demons manifold And so discover what they really are. But in the realm of spirits root thyself, Who primal source to primal source do bind, Who dwell close linked with dormant cosmic powers And order the processions of the spheres. This view of cosmic things will give thee strength, Amid the surging sea of spirit-life, To blend thyself and inmost soul in one.