Opposing elements have swept away;
In elemental strife it doth live on;
Naught save its being hath the soul retained.
Now of this being it shall read the life
In cosmic words, that speak from out the flame.
The Chief Hierophant:
O human soul, read now what through the flame
The cosmic word declares within thyself.
(A pause of considerable length ensues, during which the stage is darkened till only the flame and indistinct outlines of the characters are visible; at the conclusion of the pause the Chief Hierophant continues.)
And now from out the cosmic vision wake!