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"Toil and strive, my son, and you shall rise to the highest grade, in which presentiment and recognition, thinking and knowing, are one." He extended to Bischofswerder his hand, who fervently pressed it to his lips; then turned to Wollner, who, with upturned gaze and folded hands, might have been praying, for his thumbs were not turning around, but rested, quietly crossed.
"Sire," stammered Bischofswerder, "we have tried to summon spirits." "And I too," cried the king, "only they will not come; therefore I wished to see the enchanters, and would like to purchase the secret." "Pardon me, most gracious sire," said Woellner, humbly, "you must first be received in the holy order of the Rosicrucians."
Bischofswerder bowed still lower, covered his face with his hands, as if inwardly praying, and knelt. Cagliostro bent over him, laid his hand upon his head, breathing three times upon his blond hair. "I have breathed upon thee with the breath of my spirit," said he. "Thy spirit receives power. Receive it in holy awe, in devotion, and remain immovable."
"That is to say, we will have much to suffer if we, in fanatical indiscretion, do not submit to circumstances," said Bischofswerder. "You cannot traduce the sublime Fathers!" cried Woellner; "for the body's security, we cannot endanger the salvation of our souls, and, like Peter, deny our master." "No, my much-loved and noble friend.
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