Third Act, partly prose

CAPESIUS: O do not speak to me of Capesius, who once lived in the realm of earthly existence, which he now recognizes as a shadow image. He directed his mind to what happened there in the long course of time. He believed he would find the forces that drive this earthly existence. And what he could know about these forces, he took into his soul. From this place, one can look down upon the thoughts that his inner being once cherished like a treasure of the spirit. He called them images of reality. Seen from here, they are faint dreams, woven by spirits who instill them in earthly souls, because these souls would fall into fear and stupor if they could see what kinds of spirits guide the world in its course.