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JM l4r!rullq,ltU v¿vVç¿¡¡çùÈ,
trovering between tr.¡o heavens. t'he overÐolrering P*nd
d.ominating strength of this bru-te orinlaÌ pol'Ier stakes
its v¡ill against the freezrng Beggar wlth the five
stigrnata and the thorn-scarred forehead' Iìedeinption
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LlcllIËÐ III UIIç Ud.Ict!1U ç LJ-!- ÐLr]:
the central symbol of this prelud-e is that of
.l-J-ra mo-nll c-l o .¡Ì¡¿ ¡rarnaÈr¡nc'l n.a j-.tar^n
Ullllldf rL¿Ò-Ld, nf ¡r-aar,rtlr T+o
t Lr.tIç dI'UlIç UJ.Uc'! Pa u uEf rr u! ë;¿ Lrìrv uli o I vÐ
force is ambivalent here, for it is seen as the figu.re
of ihe coat-of-arrûs which has attracted the Ua.nderer
ltl..-,',- ;)^J ^^j* Tj^.ì'lj-^^ '.1, ---^-rot 3Ç
\ rrrir rLcrLr, irE-r-rr riçrrJóço ,;ùflIIêI;radl ) ,) 7 A-S we]-l aS the
ha-Io of the Beggar (lÐie Glorie \'üår nach Gestalt der
rrrJ,f, "^r,â+-; u¿,rurrçrr ^^1.^-^,,.;^. ...o'ndel zwe j-mal gespitzt r zu Liäupten u-nd z1J'
t.^
Füssenr ¡,^p'i'he ä.mbivalence lies in its u.se as a- coTt-
tinu-a|ion of ritual anC forrn by u.nsuspectlng rnan'
Iûs a'oÐlication to the Beggar is more fundarnental;
it stands for" the potential fusion oÍ' form r,"rith
spirit" 'Ihe extension of this sy¡¡1þ6| into Book 'l'wo
(Das Gestirn) enbodies both these elemenLs, for
Paracelsus is seen to grow rc-ith wholesome direction in
ever-increa.sin,4 circles of ei,-Derj-ence in response to
the totali'r,y of his universe. Once having been sought
out anC tou-ched by Inftuence as such, he draws his
thread of d-evelopment and i.lecorning frorn hirnself in the
nn'l r¡ r.rc¡¡ hâ ^rr'ì nnnfi rrni ns and reeonf i rrnino his
t III,y t':aJ ¿lE wa-LL, vvr¿¿4rrrr4¡rÞ u¿is