Which they have not the strength to look upon.
(The souls of Benedictus and Maria appear in the middle of the region. Benedictus as a figure reproducing in miniature the configuration of the entire scenery. Below, his robe, becoming broader, shades into blue-green; around his head is an aura of red, yellow and blue; the blue blends into the blue-green of the entire robe. Maria on his right as an angelic figure; yellow shading into gold, without feet and with bright violet wings.)
Benedictus’ Soul:
Thou dost weigh heavy on my cosmic task
With these opaque earth-laden spheres of thine.
If thou dost give thine own self further power
Then wilt thou find that in this spirit-life
Mine own sun-nature will not shine on thee.
Maria:
He was unknown to thee, when thou didst last