toward me.” He exercised undisputed “reign over the table without seeking it.” What was it about Jung-Stilling that so fascinated Goethe? It was not his confidence that everything in his life, both good and bad, was portioned out by God. Such divine pedagogy seemed presumptuous to Goethe, who by this time no longer believed in a God who took a personal interest in directing and overseeing one’s life. Such a conviction, he writes, was neither pleasant nor beneficial for him. It must have been something else that attracted him. He found in Jung-Stilling an intellectual experience, elevated to
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