15. Goethe's Search for the Depths of Becoming and the Mysteries of the World in His “Faust” The Luciferic and the Ahrimanic Temptation

GA 272/1916-09-11/p031 ·1916-09-11 · English HighHigh alignmentThis translation's paragraph count matches the German original — the locus maps cleanly to the same paragraph in DE.
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> “Four gray women.” — Well, he carried that out. > “Faust and sorrow“ — carried out. > “Mephistopheles and lemurs” — carried out. > “Faust satisfaction“ — carried out. > “Gone. Corpse. Lemurs burying. Removed. Satans and hellish rachen” — good. > “Decay awaiting“ - he formed that. “Because the soul escapes later than usual” - that is again executed. “Satanic postures to catch it” - well, that is what we have tried to depict here today! “Angels, heavenly glory, float by. Mephistopheles. Resist. Angels scatter roses. They wither at the breath of the satans. Transformed into flames of love. Satans flee. Mephistopheles's love torment. Angels float away. Mephistopheles to the appeal."

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