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thai is contrary to traciitional society" The rnlrth
i^¡hich Cynrian proclaitrts is one of conira-ry exoerieüce
i;¡hich first affron.bs ano then unites. The ci.ifference
in approach betv¡een Paracelsus and C5rprian is one of
kind. Cyprian cla.inis tha.r only the presenì; con-fines
human tife; i)aracelsus avol',rs thai [he ioolnen'ü r'u]es.
I{ence iire protagonist aclrnits the influence of present,
past and future, but attribubes the meaning of l-ife to
an und.ersiancl-ing oi' the significance of the momenl.
'I'his u-nion of pe,,st and presenf j-s refl ected -i-n h'J:nalt
't n-¡ ^,i -n -c a"n rl c-^ì -i l-rr ^ I 1ì^r¡ia-¡ " Lt i S f USeCI intO a
IIrII¡;1113 arlLr üj:/r¿ ¿ ev-cr! yv'ver
consciousness v¡hich dies io iise}f each night and which
gives itsetf over to will-Iess sleep' Paracelsus mani-
pulates hypnotic poi,vers, Yet iÙ is he v¡ho is fate
; + ^^-ì f
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*\Ithough llrealityrr and rrtruthll a.re s;olintered
by cì.ou-bts and challenged- bi'- illusion, there is sbill-
- ,l¡¿r-nan r'ni l-1¡ l4rhi ci.r sr¡,:'c"estS ¡hat hr.:-man ]-ife is a
d. u-\tçuEI u-rr¿ uJ vvrrrv.Lr Ùuè:õv L
mirror of a universal principle. I¡ is for ühis reason
ì:hat the ttork is not d-estructive anci tha-t ii oLoes not
lead bo ';he voicl of a Pau-I Va"Iá::y. That life is noi a
bartered secu::it¡' Í'or hurnan trtr-st reinains imolicit.
rrÐenn cîas Gedåchbnis brü-¡4i fast r'¡ie cLie I'ioffnung--
Geheirnnis alles..."
Bedenkt dies iiine nur: dass jecie iiiachi
úus zr'ringt hinabzu-sieigen in ein Frerndes,
-anilecllgt Linsrer K.rafL u-nd u-nsres ileichtums,