Strader’s temptations.
Felix speaks on mysticism.
The appearance in spirit form of Maria and Benedictus to help Strader, and of Ahriman to thwart him. There is a repetition of Strader’s part in Scene II.
Scene 4: Similar discussions between Hilary’s manager and Romanus. Ahriman had succeeded in separating the various mystics.
During the discussion, Romanus, by his arguments on occultism, makes a great impression upon the manager.
Johannes and his double.
Ahriman scoffs at the Guardian of the Threshold. Strader with Benedictus. The vision of the latter is troubled; he—the occult leader—is mistaken.
Scene 5: The Spirit World.
This scene needs careful meditation and some knowledge of the author’s system. Attention should be given to the indications of the planetary spheres—Mercury, Venus, Sun, Jupiter, and Saturn—to which in turn we expand after death. Heed should be paid to the warning given by the Guardian of the Threshold.
Lucifer here appears as a beneficent guide, so, too, the other Philia.