FAIRY TALES OPERA CYCLE |
PETER HUEBNER · THE ISLAND OF HAPPINESS |
The Ancient Star Path of Our Ancestors to Cosmic Power |
The Exercises of the Powers of the Giants | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The
Contest of the Fire-Stormer and the Ruler of Spaces |
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Protected
by the full-moon night, which reflected in the sparkling dew of the
mosses, Mani and Sol briskly walked up the hill, and soon they reached
the third glade on the next terrace. There a fighter in blue-white clothes held his deep-blue shield against the approaching heat, which turned the round fire-catcher glow forth brightly. Often the man hit upon his shield, whereupon it spewed a fierce noise against the pillar of fire, which at once winced as if scared, jerking a few times, and then finally rolled itself up before the shield-bearer like a peaceful cat, nestling against the shield, while turning bluish, and eventually crept into it full of meekness as if to seek protection. Immediately however, a new high wave of fire swept along with unabated force, rushing fiercely towards the young shield-carrier, and threw itself with wide gaping fire-spitting jaws onto the red-shining deep-blue shield, recoiling at its short yell, and horrified, it finally crept - like the flame before - fawning and assuming a blue colour, into the melting, fading spaces. Behind
the fire-lit club-carrier Mani saw a giant with white clothes and a
flaming beard. On
the other side Mani saw another man in white clothes with a blue-white
beard sitting on a swaying garland of tones. “Hardly
anyone knows the names and the descent of these mighty rulers over the
spaces, that permeate all the other elements so victoriously. “On
the opposite side, behind the club-beating fire-driver, you see a ruler
over the realm of fire. “Our way now leads us on to a higher level of mental art - into the middle ring of the exercises of the mind. These exercises are concerned with the insight into the living and with the rule of the living within the elements.” |
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