"Zanoni", Book 5, Chapter I, by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Book 5: The Effects of the Elixir

Frommt's, den Schleier aufzuheben,
Wo das nahe Schreckniss droht?
Nur das Irrthum ist das Leben,
Und das Wissen ist der Tod.

-Schiller, Kassandro.

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Chapter I:

Zwei Seelen wohnen, ach! in meiner Brust.
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Was stehst du so und blickst erstaunt hinaus?
-Faust.

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Finally, the cliffhanger from Book 4, chapter VII is resolved! *phew*

"The Judgment of the Dead by the Living" has attached to it a footnote from the author: "Diod. lib. I."

cerement: waxed cloth for wrapping a corpse

The picture used is the judgment of the dead from the Papyrus of Hunefer. It is, unfortunately, the judgment by Osiris, not by the living, but it's what I could find.

To follow along: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2664/2664-h/2664-h.htm#link2H_4_0058