Chapter 10.
Scene 1.
Seth enters a room decorated with a pillar bearing a bust of his own image. He exclaims justifiable pride and triumph before his creation. He enjoys mirroring himself and wallows in the emotional power and authority. However, after a while, Seth silences.
He questions himself – where is he going from here? How should he proceed from this supreme power? Where does it all end? He understands himself to be caught between utmost insight and deepest doubts. Above all, Seth realizes that he in the middle of all this remains alone. Seth puts his face to the face of the bust, closes his eyes and silently falls into contemplation.
[SETH:]
Powerful in mind and soul, yet little I know of when to
reach for the gold and when to let it go…
Through the darkness I did fall, through the darkness I will rise!
But who am I?
Trapped somehow in the silence deep – domain of myself.
To my shadow I am calling – Is there anybody there?
Through the darkness I did fall, through the darkness I will rise!
But who am I?
Bearing nothing but my name, every mystery remains in
the one face that sees me cry…