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Uno alles Lebens lrülte unc Verd.ienst
Von v¡eit geri-ngrer rlrâ.cht sind els cLie Träu,pg,
LJie u-nserein i¡illenlosen Schlaf l:ege¿nen.rÏ 4'Õ
These lines run counter üc bire -belief of Cyprian, lrho
felt that orea¡ns lay behind sleeo. ìTor Par'àcelsu-s,
ho'¡.'ever, it I.Ias a. fe.te r,,¡Ïiich v¡as the por'rer of ulNimate
+l^j¡+- Tì.,r-c qlr:a-n'iq nnl-,, -i^'nifin¡'n.i- .r õ' .rrt':-lnot¡
ul.tIl13Þ c I-llLl.Þ Ðr\tE:J f Ð urrl-dv ùrSrrrr rud.tl'{.r ctÙ d-rl d-rrar\JÉJ
¡o ihe state of inanimaUe suspensj on in which influences
exert themselves.
Hov,¡ever elusive Schni bzierl s represen'LaLi on night
be, ú?iere is arr 4qsei-nandersetzung en,i. a rrconj-ng to
ternstt wit,li both the lfacil of illusi-on atrd. 't,Ìle secret
..^-ni r¡.' ^'fl I i'fle - 'i:'h'i s rrêr1f LaCit Of Cj.eîilrit_ì_On iS the
rllEC.Ir¿¡¡¿1 UMf ve ¿ri:ù vvrJ
challenge io the finite mind determined to resolve
ecl)earances ìnto a princi;ole which tvill direc'ü a search"
-inâaa^ n¡ qqì Ir¿: ¡nner.rj-.rnnê : ^ n^ l ^-^"-.-1t fn-r.
-LIlLi(;(]U-, PaÞÞJ-vfi clu\,Epud.lruY -LÞ tl(JU çr1uuL5rL, r\rr
Tllfas is'L nichi Spiel, das v¡ir au-f jj,rden treiben,
ir--iro schien es noch so gross und tief zLr sein!
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. c Ðall U]II¡I
liiird nur von dem gefunden, der ihn su-cht.?r ¿Y
Throughou-i this pley Paracelsus has remained non-
comiriital, neither" denyin¡; nor af-firning ihe accusatj-on
of charlatanry. t'his is its dr'arriafic strenguli, for the
challenge is dynarnic anir tu-rned j-nv'¡arCs upon op?osing
clrainai;ic characters and irDon [he spectõtor ¿-s I'rell "
i3u'b r',¡hen the curtain of hypnol;isrn has been lified, and.
illusion has been co¡t':ounciecì ui'bh ilou.bt , Cynrian no