Translations:Manfred Klett: Von der Agrartechnologie zur Landbaukunst/189/en

In the period that followed, up to the 9th/10th century, the soul-constitution of human beings was transformed under this emerging cultural impulse. The untamed, tempestuous fortitude was internalised and changed into the soul-force of humility. And from the I, which became conscious of itself in further degrees through the permeation and ennobling of body and soul, the 'question' wrested itself forth in the face of the human being and the world. The story of Parzival depicts this turning point. The young Parzival enters the world as a 'guileless fool'. Full of fortitude, he takes up the fight with every opponent, without knowing who it is. Only after the battle do victor and vanquished lift their visors and make themselves known. Action preceded cognition. Parzival's journey leads through misconduct, doubt, and suffering to the awakening of the I, to the question: 'Who am I, what ails thee?' This opening of the soul to the question in the right place at the right time elevates Parzival to the Grail King, to the I that rules itself in fulfilment of the spirit. Just as in Greek culture the tragedy of an age coming to an end is announced in the inexorability of the fate of Orestes or Oedipus, so in the course of Parzival's destiny, the future path to free self-determination is revealed in a complete metamorphosis.