Preliminary drafts: Scenes not included in the drama

Maria with Thomasius, whom she believes she can approach again because he has reached a high point in his life. However, from his conversation with her, it becomes clear that he himself has lost all reason for his spiritual work at the very moment when the rest of humanity has been conquered for her. He recognizes the powerlessness of his spiritual work. And in her, the powerlessness of all human striving. He first senses that he has had to work on the basis of destructive forces. This sense comes before his soul in the form of a vision.