Related drafts for the first, second, and third scenes
LUCIFER: You stand before the throne of the guardian of light, Whom they call the master of desires In the realm of earthly existence. If I want to negotiate with Thomasius, I turn to you. He will want nothing else Than what my will Can effect in you from time to time. You wanted to unite yourself with Mary. A powerful urge draws you to her. But you walk in earthly existence and imagine yourself to be Thomasius, so you tell yourself in human dreams that you are connected only in spirit and not through urges. Thus you deceive yourself through the delusion of light about the nature of darkness [yourself] Within yourself. Where light works in earthly delusion, There I may grasp being, For the truth of my being Is only reflected in the earthly realm As delusion. As long as you wish to connect yourself to Mary In such a way, I can impress upon your soul The miracle of the most sublime spiritual beauty. I have no power over her. She is connected to my enemies With secure soul bonds, And when she has served me In all that radiates from her Into you, Then she may go into my enemies' realm With her own soul. There she will lament for eternity The lost work she has done for you. But you will shine as king in my realm As a result of her work. But she herself you must Miss at your throne.