When I beheld it through Capesius.

The part of me which knows was not awake;

That in an earth-life of the distant past

Capesius and I were closely knit:

That also for a long time have I known,—

Yet at that instant I did know it not.

How can I keep my knowledge all the time?

(A voice from the distance, that of Johannes’ Double.)

‘The magical web

That forms their own life.’