(From the springs and rocks the words resound:)
Know thou thyself, O man.
Curtain
Scene 3
A room for meditation. The background is a great purple curtain. The scene is purple in colour with a large yellow pentagonal lamp suspended from the ceiling. No other furniture or ornaments are in the room except the lamp and one chair. Benedictus, Johannes, Maria, and a child.
Maria:
I bring to thee this child who needs some word
From out thy mouth.