PART III
Darkness
AQUARIUS. [Comes forward
anol
kneels
to
MAGISTER
TEMPLI,]
Master, we beseech thee to permit the ceremony
to proceed.
MAGISTER TEMPLI. There was no crackling in the dried
leaves.
[CAPRICORNUSjoins AQUARIUS kneeling.
AQUARIUS anal CAPRICORNUS. Master, we beseech thee to
permit the ceremony to proceed.
MAGISTER TEMPLI. There was no heart in the black lamb.
[All
FROBATIONERS join
AQUARIUS
ana’
CAPRICORNUS
kneeling]
ALL. Master, we beseech thee to permit the ceremony to
proceed.
MAGISTER TEMPLI. The sacred python was found dead.
[MATER
C(ELI
1077165 forward,
kneels
before
MAGISTER
TEMPLI, lhas making the aiþe): lo the pyramid of
petilioners, rises ana’ plays her petifionf then again
kneels]
MAGISTER TEMPLI. Let the ceremony proceed.
[MATER CCELI relarns to her lhrone.
AQUARIUS rises, and
CAPRICORNUS returns to hispost and lights theי711%”!?
* Abendlied: Schumann.
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