I heeded thy stern summons to awake.
The Chief Hierophant (himself alarmed, to the alarmed mystics):
This is no spirit-vision; earth’s desires
Escaped the mystic and as offering rose
To radiant spirit-heights;—O sacrilege!
The Recorder (angrily to the Hierophant):
This could not have occurred, hadst thou performed
The office granted thee as hierophant
As ancient holy duty did demand.
The Hierophant: