The Chief Hierophant:
The sphinxes speak—who were but images
E’er since this rite by sages was performed.
Upon dead form the spirit now hath seized.
O Fate, thou dost sound forth as cosmic word!
(The other mystics, with the exception of the Hierophant and the Neophyte, are amazed at the words of the Chief Hierophant.)
The Hierophant (to the Chief Hierophant):
This holy mystic rite which we perform
Hath not importance for ourselves alone.
Fate’s stream of cosmic evolution pours