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As I drew nearer and nearer, a figure in the shape of a skeleton emerged from the glowing tree and spoke to me the terrible words: “I am you! I am consuming you. Then I was overcome by the most terrible fear; and since it permeated me so that I felt on me, as the leprosy scabs clashed and crackled together, the being felt what was happening to me and said: Why are you so afraid of me? You have lived many a life before, when you loved the pleasures of life, when many things created desires in your life, which brought you the joys of everyday life, when you revelled in the pleasures of everyday life; then you loved me, you loved me, you loved me deeply. You did not always know it, but you loved me, and because you loved me so, your soul was attracted to my nature. I became you and now may feed on you. - And my fear became even greater. Then the skeleton transformed into a beautiful archangel; I looked at him. Yes, he said, you loved me once. - Then I sank into a deep sleep and in the morning I found myself lying at the tree, awakening, and wandered further in the world, and now I find you. Since this apparition came to me, the leprosy has become ever worse. As he spoke, the skeleton of the dead man stood there again and covered Jesus, who disappeared and had to continue on his way through the urge that ruled in him. 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Als ich immer näher kam, trat aus dem leuchtenden Baum eine Gestalt in Form eines Gerippes und sprach zu mir die furchtbaren Worte: Ich bin du! Ich zehre an dir. -— Da übermannte mich furchtbarste Angst; und da sie mich so durchschauerte, daß ich an mir spürte, wie die Aussatzschorfe aneinander stießen und wie aneinander knisterten, da fühlte das Wesen, was in mir vorging und sagte: Warum fürchtest du dich so vor mir? Du hast so manches Leben früher durchlebt, da liebtest du den Lebensgenuß, vieles, was dir Begierde in deinem Leben schuf, was dir Freuden des Alltags brachte, da konntest du schwelgen in den Freuden des Alltags; da liebtest du mich, mich liebtest du, tief liebtest du mich. Du wußtest es nicht immer, aber du liebtest mich, und weil du mich so liebtest, zog deine Seele mein Wesen an. Ich wurde du und darf nun an dir zehren. - Und meine Furcht wurde noch größer. Da verwandelte sich das Gerippe in einen schönen Erzengel; den schaute ich an. Ja, sprach er, du liebtest mich dereinst. - Da sank ich in tiefen Schlaf und morgens fand ich mich, erwachend, an dem Baum liegend, und irrte weiter in der Welt herum, und jetzt finde ich dich. Seit diese Erscheinung mir ward, ist der Aussatz immer schlimmer geworden. - Als er so sprach, stand das Totengerippe wieder da und verdeckte Jesus, der verschwand und seines Weges durch den in ihm waltenden Trieb weitergehen mußte. 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