THE GUARDIAN OF THE THRESHOLD
SUMMARY OF THE SCENES
Scene 1: The ante-chamber to the rooms of the Mystic League. The reincarnated country folk have been invited to attend a meeting here.
Scene 2: The same. Thomasius is invited to join the league and receive the blessing of the Rosy Cross. He declines on the ground that he has undertaken other work inconsistent with the objects of the league.
Scene 3: The kingdom of Lucifer.
The challenge:
Lucifer: ‘I mean to fight.’
Benedictus: ‘And fighting serve the gods.’