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This one monent of sorcery v¡irich exhorts the
¡lqlgeist is viLal in Goei;hets re-creatj-orr of the Faust
r-¡c,l-i ï-i nn f nn horrnnrl |'hi s --^ì -
ul'¿¿(ì: uIU1r, I uI- uvyuLrL¿ urlrÐ + '-.- --ì ^ Las
;JU¿r1u 1¡rú.5ru 11 no reLacion
lvith hell or evil spiriis. Ib is the direct perception
of the living forces of nature r,^¿he¡:'ein orga.nic unit¡r i5
to be founcj., ridinitted.J-y tne ;iro.,qeiÞt is a inag'ìs
appariiion, yet ib is the em-bodiment of 'bhose d-ynamic
forces of l-iíe from which Faust had. been so pa.infu-lly
removed a-s a scholar. It i.s the -{lrcheus Ter:{Ce of
Paracelsus, or the anirna !çf"rae of Giordano Bruno.
Faustts dee;o inclination to nature is cÌue f,o his affinity
with those forces which reflect his o\.¡n inner image "
lliibe:: d-ie ,Sonne duldet kein idei-sses:
Überatl regt sich Bilci-ung und Streben"
Á,Ites r^¡iIl sie rnit l-ê.rben beleben;1r to'
The resolu-tion of this statement i¡iill lle seen Later in
Fau-st i_I, 'out it is sufficient at biris point to recall
the v¡orcLs of' Paracelsus v,rho believed- ihat one shoul-d
l-ooÞr upon man as a part of nalure \,vl'Iose enci lies in
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heaven n t'o
rler.n i n si r.ht, :lnLo ¡¿ f.rrra r^¡h-i nh i S allUCleCÌ -r,O
!,ççu I¡rÐIÉfrv ¿r¿vv rfqvu¡ v,
'r- hrnrrohnrii i n tone.s ren.c.i iiø irorrt t,þe Ílaf Ci Ca] iO the
urr¿vuSrluv.v {¡r vvr¡vÙ ¿q¡aõrrr5 r¿v1¡¿
serious, requires of li'a-usius experience in eaz'tÌrly life
as vas'c as the mocies v¡hich give ii expression" T'his
lerids scoÐe aird purpose to the scenes Àue.rLaclls.jieller,
a satire oä university life, anci ihe ti-exgnkËqþq, a