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scene of ihe great pilgrirnage io ilitrsiedeln'
impressions converge U-pon him of pilgrims carried
along in waves of feeling, crying they kno-vr noi lr,hat,
and making offerin,gs without knowing io whorrr. ùieither
-ìrr-{-ina nnn fþç instrtuiion of the Church could be
J Lrù UI \- ç' r¡V¿ vr
justifiecl in terrns of ctivine love, and ihe freedorn of
an iïÌnocent mind i-s threatened b;r ¡¡s pressu-re of
dogniatic conf ormity.
rrWas d-er }iebe Gott tuet, ist recht, l¡räsili-,
Do darf lceiner nit f ragen I
Tei'larumb nit? Ã?
',.feiIs d.er tie'oe Gott ist.\\ /)
Th:'-s is not ihe last time ihat Paracelsus i-s io feel
ihe restless }oneliness of .bhe hurnan heart, nor the
desire for freedoil1. li'.ihat rnarks the rnyrhical element
in ûhe na.rrative is precisely th.e understanding that
his freedom is Uhe for"tune of the outcasi" The
theological cìilernrna r¡rhich rn¡ill haunL the mature man
also find,s its beginnings in early childhood " 'ihle
antici'ga-tion of Lhe ;orelucies and its later confirmation
by the vigourous exponent of individual truth, is the
imbalance -lretvreen belief in a form and- faith in its
spirit" ,{ mernora.b}e conversation betv¡eeir the you-rg
Par"acelsu.s ancl an otd palishioner lvhile av'lai'c:ing a-
rniracle du-ring bhe pilgrínrage emphasizes the problem