Mantram of the 5. Lesson It battles the light with dark forces In that realm where your thinking Want to enter into the spirit-being. You find, striving towards the light, Your self taken from you by spirit; You can, when darkness entices you, Losing the self in the stuff. It battles the warmth with the coldness In that realm, where your feeling wants to live in spirit-weaving You find, loving the warmth, Your Self in spirit-pleasure blown-away; You can, when coldness hardens you, In suffering, atomize the self. (vaporize) It battles the life with the death In that realm where your will Want to act in spirit-creation. You find, grasping life, Your Self in spirit-forces disappearing; You can, if death-forces is taming you, In nothingness cramping the Self Rudolf Steiner, 1924 (GA270)