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Kingdom Within
The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.
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◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 10, Section 1b
“For where Scripture speaks of things as “eternal” it doth not always mean things that are absolutely Uncreated or verily Everlasting, Incorruptible, 171 Immortal, Invariable, and Immutable ( e.g.
“Be ye lift up, ye eternal doors,” 461 461…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 10, Section 1c
“It is spoken of by ail the Christian Mystics as the root of our being, or as the spark, or the Synteresis, etc.
Our perfection consists in this ultimate reality, which is each man’s self, shining through his whole being and transforming it…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 10, Section 1d
“If Time be thought of as an infinite series of finite numbers Eternity is the sum of that series and not its process.
But the name may be applied loosely to the process, though this is generally to be avoided.
According to St.
Thomas, Et…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1d
“And we press upwards to those beams which in the Holy Scripture shine upon us; wherefrom we gain the light which leads us unto 55 the Divine praises 64 64 πρὸς τοὺς θεαρχικοὺς ὕμνους.
Either (1) “leads us to declare the Divine praises”; or…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1e
“These mysteries we learn from the Divine Scriptures, and thou wilt find that in well-nigh all the utterances of the Sacred Writers the Divine Names refer in a Symbolical Revelation 72 72 ἐκφαντορικῶς καὶ ὑμνητικῶς.
to Its beneficent Emanat…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1i
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as “God of Gods” and “Lord of Lords”, 108 108 Ps.
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2, 3 .
and “Holy of Holies,” 109 109 Isa.
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as “Eternal,” 110 110 Deut.
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as “Existent” 111 111 Ex.
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and as “Creator of Ages,” 112 112 Gen.…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1l
“The formless essence (ἀμορφία) of a thing is simple and imageless—a Platonic idea—perceived by the mind; things which have bodily form are, as it were, types and symbols perceived by the senses.
54 Or “indeterminate.” 55 Thus the three gra…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 1, Section 1m
“65 In the whole of this passage God is spoken of as at the same time Efficient, Formal and Final Cause of the soul’s activity.
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teaches that God is present in all things, but not equally in all.
Cf.
Intr., p.
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67 Three…”
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◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter III
“In the first place, therefore, you say, “ it must be granted that there are Gods .” Thus to speak, however, is not right on this subject. For an innate knowledge of the Gods is coexistent with our very essence; and this knowledge is superio…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter Xa
“After these things, you again subjoin another division for yourself, “ in which you separate the essences of the more excellent genera by the difference of passive and impassive .” But neither do I admit this division.
For no one of the mo…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter III
“The wise, [49] therefore, speak as follows: The soul having a twofold life, one being in conjunction with body, but the other being separate from all body; when we are awake we employ, for the most part, the life which is common with the bo…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter V
“There are, therefore, many species of divine possession, and divine inspiration is multifariously excited; whence, also, the signs of it are many and different. For either the Gods are different, by whom we are inspired, and thus produce a…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VI
“That, however, which is the greatest thing is this, that he who [appears to] draw down a certain divinity, sees a spirit descending and entering into some one, recognizes its magnitude and quality, and is also mystically persuaded and gover…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VIII
“If, therefore, true divination was a solution of the divine part of the soul from the other parts of it, or if it was a separation of intellect, or a certain extension of it; or if it was a vehemence 128 and extension of energy or passion,…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XXV
“That which follows in the next place, descends from a divine alienation of mind to an ecstasy of the reasoning power which leads it to a worse condition, and absurdly says, “ that the cause of divination is the mania which happens in diseas…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter II
“The hostile opposition, therefore, in the things that are now proposed, may be easily dissolved by demonstrating the dignity of wholes with 226 respect to parts, and by recalling to your recollection the exempt transcendency of the Gods abo…”
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◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1d
“When the child is grown, however, then the father turns over all he possesses.
THE LOST Those who have gone astray are those born of the spirit.
And they are usually lost because of the spirit.
So from one single breath of spirit the fir…”
◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1i
“His seed was Jesus, and the plant was the cross.” The tree of life in the middle of that garden of paradise is an olive tree, and from the olive tree comes chrism, and from that oil comes the resurrection.
THE WORLD EATS BODIES The world e…”
◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1j
“In the world these are the true people.
They are the attendants of the bridal chamber.
POWER AND WEAKNESS In this world, power and weakness mingle when man and woman have sex.
Joining is different in the eternal realm, though we use the…”
◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1l
“Now they say, “He who creates engenders,” but his so-called offspring is merely a creature; therefore his children are not offspring but creatures.
He who creates works openly and is visible.
He who engenders does so in private.
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.…”
◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1m
“If we know the truth, we shall find the fruits of the truth within us.
If we join it, it will fulfill us.
THE STRONG AND WEAK, THE MANIFEST AND HIDDEN Now we have the manifest things of creation.
We say, “The strong are they who are held…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 1
“And he said, "Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 3
“Jesus said, "If those who lead you say to you, 'See, the kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is inside of you, and i…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 7
“Jesus said, "Blessed is the lion which becomes man when consumed by man; and cursed is the man whom the lion consumes, and the lion becomes man."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 8
“And he said, "The man is like a wise fisherman who cast his net into the sea and drew it up from the sea full of small fish. Among them the wise fisherman found a fine large fish. He threw all the small fish back into the sea and chose the…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 9
“Jesus said, "Now the sower went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered them. Some fell on the road; the birds came and gathered them up. Others fell on the rock, did not take root in the soil, and did not produce ears. And others fel…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 12
“The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you will depart from us. Who is to be our leader?" Jesus said to them, "Wherever you are, you are to go to James the righteous, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 15
“Jesus said, "When you see one who was not born of woman, prostrate yourselves on your faces and worship him. That one is your father."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 22
“Jesus saw infants being suckled. He said to his disciples, "These infants being suckled are like those who enter the kingdom." They said to him, "Shall we then, as children, enter the kingdom?" Jesus said to them, "When you make the two one…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 29
“Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, it is a wonder. But if spirit came into being because of the body, it is a wonder of wonders. Indeed, I am amazed at how this great wealth has made its home in this poverty."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 61
“Jesus said, "Two will rest on a bed: the one will die, and the other will live." Salome said, "Who are you, man, that you ... have come up on my couch and eaten from my table?" Jesus said to her, "I am he who exists from the undivided. I wa…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 68
“Jesus said, "Blessed are you when you are hated and persecuted. Wherever you have been persecuted they will find no place."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 80
“Jesus said, "He who has recognized the world has found the body, but he who has found the body is superior to the world."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 81
“Jesus said, "Let him who has grown rich be king, and let him who possesses power renounce it."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 103
“Jesus said, "Fortunate is the man who knows where the brigands will enter, so that he may get up, muster his domain, and arm himself before they invade."…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTa
“But it happened after that Jesus rose out of those who (are) dead, and he spent eleven years speaking with his disciples, and teaching them only as far as the Places of the First precept (Law?), and as far as the Places of the First Mystery…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTc
“And all the Angels with their Archangels and with all the Powers of the Height were all hymning unto the inner part of the inner parts.
So that all the earth heard their voices, not ceasing even unto the nine of the morrow.
But the discip…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTd
“It happened while I am sitting being distant from you [9 ] a little upon the mountain of the Olives, thinking of the arrangement of the service concerning which they sent me, that it was finished: and the Last mystery dispatched not to me m…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTk
“Because of this word therefore, my Lord, which it said thus (viz.) the power which (is) in Esaias the prophet, and which it uttered in a spiritual parable, [26 ] once speaking concerning the vision of Egypt: Where, therefore, Egypt, where a…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTu
“Now therefore let all the gates rejoice.
Seek ye all after the Light, that may live the power of your soul which is in you: because the Light heard the (things of) matter and it would not leave any matter which it did not purge.
Let the s…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTy
“This therefore is the explanation of the third repentance which said the Pistis Sophia hymning unto the Height.
It happened therefore, Jesus having heard Martha saying these words, said he, Well done, Martha, and fairly (said).
Added also…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“Because they ensnared me with a power of face of lion, I having not done evil to them, this (power) from which they will take away its light: they oppressed the power which (is) in me, this which they will not be able to take away.
Now the…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“Now therefore, O Light of the Lights, let them not take away my light from me, and let them not say within them, Our power was satisfied with her light, and let them not say, (We) swallowed (down) her power, but let darkness rather come upo…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“Let them not rejoice at me, those who are enemies unto me in violence, those who hate me without a cause, and they are winking with their eyes.
Because I indeed, they are wont to speak with me in words of peace, and they are [87 ] wont to…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“But I came out of all their midst, not any power knew (it), neither those of the inward part of the inward parts, nor those of the outward part of the outward, except the First Mystery only.
It happened therefore, I having come unto the Ch…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“But answered Maria the mother of Jesus, said she, My Lord, thy power of light prophesied about these [106 ] words once by Solomon in his nine(teenth) ode and said it, The Lord upon my head as a crown, and I shall not become 58 outside of hi…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“The truth also is the power which came out of thee, thou being in the Place below of the Chaos.
Because of this, thy power said by David, The truth burst forth out of the earth, because that thou art in the Place below of the Chaos.
The r…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“The peace also is the power which sojourned in thy material body according to the World, this which baptised the race of the mankind, until it made them stranger unto the sin, and made them at peace with thy spirit, and become being at peac…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“The truth also is the power which (is) in Elisabet, namely Iohannes, this who came, he preached of the way of the truth, namely thee: who preached before thee.
And again the mercy with the truth which met one another, are thou my Lord who…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDa
“THE SECOND TOME OF THE PISTIS SOPHIA [115 ] Came also forward Iohannes, said he, O Lord, command to me also for to say the explanation of the words which thy power of light prophesied once by David.
But answered Jesus, said he to Iohannes,…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDb
“I therefore with the power also which came out of me, and the soul which I took from Sabaoth the good, they came close to one another [117 ], they became one effluence of light which enlighteneth greatly greatly; I called unto Gabriel down…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDc
“These (things) therefore while the First Mystery is saying unto the disciples, that they happened to the Pistis Sophia in the Chaos, answered, said he to them, Do ye understand in what manner I am speaking with you?
Came forward [120 ] Pet…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDd
“They will give to them the mysteries of the Light of the Height, these who were entrusted with the effluence of the Light.
And also according as said thy power, They turned [122 ] lips which were dry, namely, Gabriel with Mikhael took not…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDf
“It happened therefore, the angels having gone down unto the Chaos, they with the effluence of Light, and also all the emanations of the Self-willed [127 ] with the emanation of the Adamas, they saw the effluence of Light enlightening greatl…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDp
“He who filled thee with light being purified; and thy beginning will become new as an Invisible of the Height.
These words the Pistis having hymned (with) them, because she was delivered, and remembering all the things which I gave to her:…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDw
“Those who sit in the darkness with the shadow of the death, those who are bound in a poverty with the iron; because he exasperated the word of God, they irritated the counsel of him who is exalted: their heart was humbled in their tribulati…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND}
“[182 ] And they are coming unto the Place of those of the Middle, and those of the Middle will baptise them (with) the spiritual unction, and seal them with the seal of their mystery and they will pass through in unto those of all Places of…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“And he hath the authority for to move about in all the arrays of the Inheritances of the Light, for to move about in them from without out unto within and from within in unto without and from above unto below and from below unto above, and…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Slander became, and because of what the Word which is good [194 ] became: and that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Obedience became, and because of w…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Dissension became, and because of what became the Reconciliation.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what became the Covetousness, and because of what…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“It happened therefore, the disciples having heard these words which said Jesus, they drew back and they were silent altogether.
Came forward Maria the Magdalene, she prostrated at the feet of Jesus, she worshipped unto them, she cried out,…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what despoiled himself him the great Light of the Lights, and because of what he (they, MS ) proceeded out of the Fatherless (ones), and that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth beca…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“And he who will receive the one word of that mystery, this which I shall say unto you now with all its (his, 114 MS thus again) types with all its figures, with the manner of completing its mystery: because that ye are the perfect of all-pe…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“He is a man being upon the World, but he excelleth all the Gods, and he will be exalted over them all.
He is a man being upon the World, but he excelleth all the luminaries (phoster), and he will be exalted over them all.
He is a man bein…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“And each will remain in his Place in the Light of my kingdom.
And each will be the authority unto the array which is below him; but [217 ] he will not be the authority to go unto the array which is above him, but he is going to remain in t…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“It happened, Jesus having finished saying these words unto his disciples, came forward Maria the Magdalene, she kissed the feet of Jesus, said she, My Lord, bear with me, and be not angry with me, seeking from thee, but have mercy on us, my…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“Amen I say unto you, That man whenever he should come out of the body, they are not wont to judge him in any Place of the Rulers, nor will they be able to punish him in any Place, 120 nor the fire will touch him through the great mystery of…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“And ye, my disciples, with every one who will receive the mysteries of the Ineffable will remain with me on my right (hand) and on my left reigning with me in my kingdom.
And those also who receive the three mysteries of the five mysteries…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“And ye became in great tribulations with great afflictions in the change in bodies various of the World.
And after all these tribulations through your own selves ye agonised and ye fought having renounced all the World with all the matter…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“This is the answer of the words after which ye seek.
Now therefore also, Andreas, yet art thou being in unbelief and with ignorance?
But whenever ye should come out of the body and go unto the Height, and arrive at the Place of the Rulers…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDc
“Say unto them, Renounce the villainies, and be worthy of the mysteries of the Light, and be delivered from all the [237 ] demons of Ialtabaoth with all his punishments.
Say unto them, Renounce the senselessness, and be worthy of the myster…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDd
“Say unto them, Do love of God and receive the mysteries of the Light, and go unto the Height unto the kingdom of the Light.
Say unto them, Be righteous and receive the mysteries, and go unto the Height unto the kingdom of the Light.
Say u…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDe
“[242 ] And they are not wont to take it out of the Aeons, that the Rulers of their Aeon should not take it away in the firmaments, but they are wont to take it through the road of the light of the sun and take it up (close) to the Virgin of…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDg
“And also if he did not do that which is worthy of the mysteries, and he became in the transgression with every sin (the sins the sins, MS ) and also after these he turned, he became in a great repentance, he renounced all the World with all…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDh
“But answered the Saviour, said he to Iohannes in the midst of the disciples, [248 ] Whenever ye know in an exactness that that man renounced all the World with all its cares with all its life (politeia, MS ) with all its sins, and ye know i…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDi
“But answered Iohannes, said he, My Lord, whenever we should come preaching and (should) go into a city or a village, and (should) come out in front of us [250 ] the men of that city, and we know not what they are, being in great guile with…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDl
“He who taketh up a mystery and completeth it, afterwards therefore whenever he should ask any (every) thing, poverty and riches, weakness and strength, disease and sound body, with every healing of the body, and with the raising of the dead…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDm
“Now therefore they are wont to bear the child, the power in him being small, and being small in him the soul, and being small in him the counterfeit spirit also in one word, being small the three together: having not any of them any percept…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDo
“Added also Jesus in the word, said he, If also a soul is which is not wont to hearken unto the counterfeit spirit (in) all his works, and this (soul) became good, she received the mysteries of the Light, these which (are) in the second Spac…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDp
“And whenever the soul, whenever she should say the mystery of the loosening of the seals, and immediately is wont to be loosened the counterfeit spirit; and it is wont to cease coming in against the soul, and it ceaseth from allotting the s…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDr
“And that of the God to the God, namely, whenever the soul should receive mystery she is wont to give the defence to all the Rulers with the Place of the King, the Adamas.
And the soul is wont to give the honour with the glory to those of a…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDt
“And are not wont those Contentious (ones) they are not wont to prevail to pass through the Chaoses, for them to come unto the arrays which are above the Chaoses, and 150 convict the souls which come out of those Places.
Now therefore the s…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDu
“Concerning the word therefore of the forgiveness of the sins which thou saidst unto us once in a parable, saying, I came to cast fire upon the earth; and also, What is that which I wish, except that it should be kindled: and also thou separ…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDw
“Answered Maria, said she, My Lord, then every man who will receive the mystery of the Ineffable, and they transgress, they cease from their faith, and also after these yet living, they turned, they repented, will they forgive to them [277 ]…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDy
“But if it is proper for him being man of the World having done this, very much more therefore the Ineffable with the First Mystery, these who are lord over the Universe are having the authority in everything to do that which they will, for…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD{
“These therefore having said them the Saviour, sprang up forward Maria, said she, My Lord, there is ear of my Light-dweller, and I understood all the word which thou saidst: concerning this word therefore which thou saidst unto us once in a…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“And 166 that man came out of the body before that he repented again and received mystery again in the mysteries, those which (are) within the mysteries which he finished receiving, these which they are wont to receive again for the repentan…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“Answered the Saviour, said he to Maria, Whenever the light of the sun is out, it is wont to cover with darkness the dragon: but if the sun should be down from the World, is wont the darkness to remain as curtain for the sun; and is wont the…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“But if it is one out of the dregs of the purifying of the Light, is wont Melkhisedek the great Receiver of the Light to take her from the Rulers, or otherwise indeed if they are some out of the tears of their eyes, or out of the breath of t…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“And I shall say unto you the name of the counterfeit spirit, and I shall say unto you the name of the Fate, and I shall say unto you the name of all the bonds, these in which are wont the Rulers to bind the counterfeit spirit in unto the so…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“But these having said them Salome, the power of light which (is) in Maria the Magdalene boiled up within her, said she to the Saviour, My Lord, command to me that I may speak with my sister Salome, that I may say unto her the explanation of…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“Now therefore are wont the Ministers, they are wont to complete the whole man, and all these seals in which they sealed the body; are wont the Ministers, they are wont to bring the whole speciality, and take them to all the Contentious Rule…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“Now therefore say unto them, If ye knew the face of the heaven with the earth out of the winds, Whenever some therefore now should come up (close) to you and preach to you a Godhead, and ye know in an exactness that their words agreed and s…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“Added also Maria, said she, My Lord, but I heard that the prophets went unto the Light.
Added also the Saviour said he to Maria, Amen amen I say to thee, Not any prophet went unto the Light.
But the Rulers of the Aeons who spake with them…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FOURTHj
“This is the baptism of the First Oblation which guideth in unto the Place of the truth, and in [335 ] unto the Place of the Light.
After these (things) also said they his disciples, Rabbei reveal to us the mystery of the Light of thy Fathe…”
◇Gospel of Philip | Section 1k
“If you become light, light will share you.
If you are of those from above, one of those from above will rest in you.
If you become a horse or a donkey or bull or dog or sheep or another animal that is wild or tame, then neither a person n…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 2
“Jesus said, "Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished, and he will rule over the All."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 4
“Jesus said, "The man old in days will not hesitate to ask a small child seven days old about the place of life, and he will live. For many who are first will become last, and they will become one and the same."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 5
“Jesus said, "Recognize what is in your sight, and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you . For there is nothing hidden which will not become manifest."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 19
“Jesus said, "Blessed is he who came into being before he came into being. If you become my disciples and listen to my words, these stones will minister to you. For there are five trees for you in Paradise which remain undisturbed summer and…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 24
“His disciples said to him, "Show us the place where you are, since it is necessary for us to seek it." He said to them, "Whoever has ears, let him hear. There is light within a man of light, and he lights up the whole world. If he does not…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 37
“His disciples said, "When will you become revealed to us and when shall we see you?" Jesus said, "When you disrobe without being ashamed and take up your garments and place them under your feet like little children and tread on them, then w…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 45
“Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorns, nor are figs gathered from thistles, for they do not produce fruit. A good man brings forth good from his storehouse; an evil man brings forth evil things from his evil storehouse, which is…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 46
“Jesus said, "Among those born of women, from Adam until John the Baptist, there is no one so superior to John the Baptist that his eyes should not be lowered (before him). Yet I have said, whichever one of you comes to be a child will be ac…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 48
“Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in this one house, they will say to the mountain, 'Move Away,' and it will move away."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 49
“Jesus said, "Blessed are the solitary and elect, for you will find the kingdom. For you are from it, and to it you will return."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 50
“Jesus said, "If they say to you, 'Where did you come from?', say to them, 'We came from the light, the place where the light came into being on its own accord and established itself and became manifest through their image.' If they say to y…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 51
“His disciples said to him, "When will the repose of the dead come about, and when will the new world come?" He said to them, "What you look forward to has already come, but you do not recognize it."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 52
“His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets spoke in Israel, and all of them spoke in you." He said to them, "You have omitted the one living in your presence and have spoken (only) of the dead."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 53
“His disciples said to him, "Is circumcision beneficial or not?" He said to them, "If it were beneficial, their father would beget them already circumcised from their mother. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become completely prof…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 60
“<They saw> a Samaritan carrying a lamb on his way to Judea. He said to his disciples, "That man is round about the lamb." They said to him, "So that he may kill it and eat it." He said to them, "While it is alive, he will not eat it, but on…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 67
“Jesus said, "If one who knows the all still feels a personal deficiency, he is completely deficient."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 69
“Jesus said, "Blessed are they who have been persecuted within themselves. It is they who have truly come to know the father. Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires will be filled."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 70
“Jesus said, "That which you have will save you if you bring it forth from yourselves. That which you do not have within you will kill you if you do not have it within you."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 83
“Jesus said, "The images are manifest to man, but the light in them remains concealed in the image of the light of the father. He will become manifest, but his image will remain concealed by his light."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 84
“Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you rejoice. But when you see your images which came into being before you, and which neither die not become manifest, how much you will have to bear!"…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 88
“Jesus said, "The angels and the prophets will come to you and give to you those things you (already) have. And you too, give them those things which you have, and say to yourselves, 'When will they come and take what is theirs?'"…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 96
“Jesus said, "The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman. She took a little leaven, concealed it in some dough, and made it into large loaves. Let him who has ears hear."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 98
“Jesus said, "The kingdom of the father is like a certain man who wanted to kill a powerful man. In his own house he drew his sword and stuck it into the wall in order to find out whether his hand could carry through. Then he slew the powerf…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 108
“Jesus said, "He who will drink from my mouth will become like me. I myself shall become he, and the things that are hidden will be revealed to him."…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 109
“Jesus said, "The kingdom is like a man who had a hidden treasure in his field without knowing it. And after he died, he left it to his son. The son did not know (about the treasure). He inherited the field and sold it. And the one who bough…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 111
“Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth will be rolled up in your presence. And the one who lives from the living one will not see death." Does not Jesus say, "Whoever finds himself is superior to the world?"…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 113
“His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?" <Jesus said,> "It will not come by waiting for it. It will not be a matter of saying 'here it is' or 'there it is.' Rather, the kingdom of the father is spread out upon the earth, and…”
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◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies Which Have Influenced Modern Masonic Symbolismj
“The Encyclopædia Britannica makes the following statement concerning the Mithraic and Christian Mysteries: "The fraternal and democratic spirit of the first communities, and their humble origin; the identification of the object of adoration…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies Which Have Influenced Modern Masonic Symbolism
“The Bacchic state signifies the unity of the rational soul in a state of self-knowledge, and the Titanic state the diversity of the rational soul which, being scattered throughout creation, loses the consciousness of its own essential one-n…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Human Body in Symbolisma
“THE oldest, the most profound, the most universal of all symbols is the human body.
The Greeks, Persians, Egyptians, and Hindus considered a philosophical analysis of man's triune nature to be an indispensable part of ethical and religious…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Human Body in Symbolismc
“Philosophically speaking, form, being a part of spirit, is within spirit; but: spirit is more than the sum of form, As the material nature of man is therefore within the sum of spirit, so the Universal Nature, including the entire sidereal…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Human Body in Symbolisme
“And as in the most holy of the mysteries, they say, that the mystics at first meet with the multi form, and many-shaped genera, which are hurled forth before the gods, but on entering the temple, unmoved, and guarded by the mystic rites, th…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Human Body in Symbolismh
“This knowledge of how man's manifold constitution could be most quickly and most completely regenerated to the point of spiritual illumination constituted the secret, or esoteric, doctrine of antiquity.
Certain apparently physical organs a…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Hiramic Legende
“(See The Indian Religions , by Hargrave Jennings.) "It is mentioned as a tradition in some of the accounts of the burning," writes Jennings, "that Molay, ere he expired, summoned Clement, the Pope who had pronounced the bull of abolition ag…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Hiramic Legendj
“As God is the pervading principle of three worlds, in each of which He manifests as an active principle, so the spirit of man, partaking of the nature of Divinity, dwells upon three planes of being: the Supreme, the Superior, and the Inferi…”
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◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | INTRODUCTIONj
“The body is in the soul, the soul is in the mind, the mind is in God.
The life of the soul is the true life of the man.
Of all his various faculties, that which rules all, that which exalts our nature, is Thought.
By means of it we rise…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | INTRODUCTIONl
“There he passed the first day of that imprisonment which was to last for eight years.
The next day he went over the lagoon in a gondola, in the company of his jailors, who took him to the prison of the Holy Office, and left him there.
Lev…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | First Dialogued
“Some are called in vain to put in a ready appearance, and are chiefly those which proceed from the lower instincts, and which obey the reason either not at all, or very little; and forcing himself to prevent their actions and condemn those…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | Third Dialogueb
“It is not a fury of black bile which sends him drifting outside of judgment, reason, and acts of prudence, and tossed by the discordant tempest, like those who, having violated certain laws of the divine Adrastia, are condemned to be scourg…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | Third Dialoguec
“Here he shows his love not to be like that of the butterfly, of the stag, and of the unicorn, who would flee away if they had knowledge of the fire, of the arrow, and of the snares, and who have no other sense than that of pleasure; but he…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | Third Dialoguee
“Others esteem him unhappy through this appearance of an evil destiny, as being condemned to these pangs, for he will never cease from acknowledging the obligation he is under to love, nor cease from rendering thanks to him because he has pr…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | Fourth Dialoguea
“.
Tansillo .
Thus is described the discourse of heroic love, in all which tends to its own object, which is the highest good; and heroic intellect, which devotes itself to the study of its own object, which is the primal verity, or absolu…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | Fourth Dialoguef
“Hence it follows that not less do we desire to see things unknown and unseen than those known and seen.
And from this it does not follow that the desire does not proceed from cognition, and that we desire something that is not known; but I…”
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◆The Dhammapada | Chapter I, Section 1a
“p.
3 DHAMMAPADA.
CHAPTER I.
THE TWIN-VERSES.
1.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts.
If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as th…”
◆The Dhammapada | Chapter I, Section 1b
“70-75.' I do not deny that this may have been the traditional interpretation, at all events since the days of Buddhaghosa, but the very legend quoted by Buddhaghosa in illustration of this verse shows that its simpler and purely moral inter…”
◆The Dhammapada | Chapter I, Section 1c
“The play on the words anikkasâvo kâsâvam, or in Sanskrit anishkashâya h kâshâyam, cannot be rendered in English.
Kashâya means 'impurity,' nish-kashâya, 'free from impurity,' anish-kashâya, 'not free from impurity,' while kâshâya is the na…”
◆The Dhammapada | Chapter I, Section 1d
“He suffers when he thinks of the evil he has done; he suffers more when going on the evil path.
18.
The virtuous man is happy in this world, and he is happy in the next; he is happy in both.
He is happy when he thinks of the good he has…”
◆The Dhammapada | Chapter II, Section 1a
“p.
9 CHAPTER II.
ON EARNESTNESS [1] .
21.
Earnestness is the path of immortality (Nirvâ n a), thoughtlessness the path of death.
Those who are in earnest do not die, those who are thoughtless are as if dead already.
22.
Those who are…”
◆The Dhammapada | Chapter III, Section 1a
“p.
12 CHAPTER III.
THOUGHT.
33.
As a fletcher makes straight his arrow, a wise man makes straight his trembling and unsteady thought, which is difficult to guard, difficult to hold back.
34.
As a fish taken from his watery home and th…”
◆The Dhammapada | Chapter III, Section 1b
“That s ru means 'to run,' and is in fact a merely dialectic variety of sru, has been proved by Burnouf, while Boehtlingk thinks the substitution of s for s is a mistake.
 s rava therefore, or âsrava, meant originally 'the running out towa…”
◆The Dhammapada | Chapter IV, Section 1b
“The flower-arrows of Mâra, the tempter, are borrowed from Kâma, the Hindu god of love.
For a similar expression see Lalita-vistara, ed.
Calc.
p.
40, l.
20, mâyâmarî k isad ri sâ vidyutphenopamâ s k apalâ h .
It is on account of this p…”
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◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1f
“And being dead is the attainment of this separation; when the soul exists in herself, and is parted from the body and the body is parted from the soul-that is death?
Exactly: that and nothing else, he replied.
And what do you say of anoth…”
◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1g
“And he attains to the knowledge of them in their highest purity who goes to each of them with the mind alone, not allowing when in the act of thought the intrusion or introduction of sight or any other sense in the company of reason, but wi…”
◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1n
“For this is clear, that when we perceived something, either by the help of sight or hearing, or some other sense, there was no difficulty in receiving from this a conception of some other thing like or unlike which had been forgotten and wh…”
◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1r
“And this, my friend, may be conceived to be that heavy, weighty, earthy element of sight by which such a soul is depressed and dragged down again into the visible world, because she is afraid of the invisible and of the world below-prowling…”
◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1s
“The lovers of knowledge are conscious that their souls, when philosophy receives them, are simply fastened and glued to their bodies: the soul is only able to view existence through the bars of a prison, and not in her own nature; she is wa…”
◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1~
“I might compare him to a person who began by maintaining generally that mind is the cause of the actions of Socrates, but who, when he endeavored to explain the causes of my several actions in detail, went on to show that I sit here because…”
◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1
“And some burst forth again on the opposite side, and some on the same side, and some wind round the earth with one or many folds, like the coils of a serpent, and descend as far as they can, but always return and fall into the lake.
The ri…”
◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1
“Those again who have committed crimes, which, although great, are not unpardonable-who in a moment of anger, for example, have done violence to a father or mother, and have repented for the remainder of their lives, or who have taken the li…”
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◆Corpus Hermeticum 2: The Serapeum | Section 1b
“A: How is it, then, that things down here, Thrice-greatest one, are moved with those that are [already] moved?
For thou hast said the errant spheres were moved by the inerrant one.
H: This is not, O Asclepius, a moving with, but one again…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 4: The Epistles | Section 1b
“And having raised themselves so far they sight the Good; and having sighted it, they look upon their sojourn here as a mischance; and in disdain of all, both things in body and the bodiless, they speed their way unto that One and Only One.…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 5: The Discourse of Hermes to Asclepius | Section 1b
“Would that it were possible for thee to get thee wings, and soar into the air, and, poised midway 'tween earth and heaven, behold the earth's solidity, the sea's fluidity (the flowings of its streams), the spaciousness of air, fire's swiftn…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 5: The Discourse of Hermes to Asclepius | Section 1c
“And for this cause hath He all names, in that they are one Father's.
And for this cause hath He Himself no nome, in that He's Father of [them] all.
Who, then, may sing Thee praise of Thee, or [praise] to Thee?
Whither, again, am I to tur…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 7: The Seven Powers | Section 1
“The Greatest Ill Among Men is Ignorance of God 1. Whither stumble ye, sots, who have sopped up the wine of ignorance and can so far not carry it that ye already even spew it forth? Stay ye, be sober, gaze upwards with the [true] eyes of the…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 10: The Sermon on the Mount | Section 1d
“Spirit pervading [body] by means of veins and arteries and blood, bestows upon the living creature motion, and as it were doth bear it in a way.
For this cause some do think the soul is blood, in that they do mistake its nature, not knowin…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 10: The Sermon on the Mount | Section 1f
“But God is o'er them all, and God contains them all.
God's rays, to use a figure, are His energies; the Cosmos's are natures, the arts and sciences are man's.
The energies act through the Cosmos, thence through the nature-rays of Cosmos u…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 12: The Prayer | Section 1b
“But for the moment, [Tat,] let be the teaching as to vice and Fate, for we have spoken of these things in other [of our sermons]; but now our teaching (logos) is about the Mind: - what Mind can do, and how it is [so] different - in men bein…”
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◆Tao Te Ching | Chapter 5
“Heaven and earth do not act from (the impulse of) any wish to be benevolent; they deal with all things as the dogs of grass are dealt with. The sages do not act from (any wish to be) benevolent; they deal with the people as the dogs of gras…”
◆Tao Te Ching | Chapter 34
“All-pervading is the Great Tao! It may be found on the left hand and on the right. All things depend on it for their production, which it gives to them, not one refusing obedience to it. When its work is accomplished, it does not claim the…”
◆The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Inner Chapters) | Book 124 (part 5)
“A third class held that there was such recognition, but there had not begun to be any expression of different opinions about it.
p.
186 It was through the definite expression of different opinions about it that there ensued injury to (the…”
◆The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Inner Chapters) | Book 126 (part 1)
“p.
203 BOOK IV.
PART I.
SECTION IV.
Zän Kien Shih, or 'Man in the World, Associated with other Men 1 .' 1.
Yen Hui 2 went to see Kung-nî 3 , and asked leave to take his departure.
'Where are you going to?' asked the Master.
'I will g…”
◆The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Inner Chapters) | Book 127 (part 1)
“p.
223 BOOK V.
PART I.
SECTION V.
Teh Khung Fû, or 'The Seal of Virtue Complete 1 .' 1.
In Lû 2 there was a Wang Thâi 3 who had lost both his feet 4 ; while his disciples who followed and went about with him were as numerous as those o…”
◆The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Inner Chapters) | Book 127 (part 5)
“Though the realisation of this be not manifested in the person, things cannot separate themselves (from its influence).' Some days afterwards duke Âi told this conversation to Min-dze 3 , saying, 'Formerly it seemed to me the work of the so…”
◆The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Inner Chapters) | Book 129 (part 1)
“p.
259 BOOK VII.
PART I.
SECTION VII.
Ying Tî Wang 1 , or 'The Normal Course for Rulers and Kings 1 .' 1.
Nieh Khüeh 2 put four questions to Wang Î 2 , not one of which did he know (how to answer).
On this Nieh Khüeh leaped up, and in…”
◇Tao Te Ching | Chapter 16
“The (state of) vacancy should be brought to the utmost degree, and that of stillness guarded with unwearying vigour. All things alike go through their processes of activity, and (then) we see them return (to their original state). When thin…”
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◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 4 (part 8)
“43 these unnatural habits." As, therefore, it is not wonderful that the greatest part of those who inhabit a pestiferous region, should languish and decline, but that a very few should preserve their natural strength; so we ought not to won…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn LXXXVI. DEATH (part 2)
“The waters of Thames, heavy laden with the wealth of merchandize, and sonorous with the din of trade, may devolve abundance in a golden tide; but we must remember that the Dæmon of commerce is at the same time advancing with giant strides,…”
◆The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 4 (part 2)
“Wherein have I done amiss?
What have I done?
What have I omitted that I ought to have done?
43.
If in this examination thou find that thou hast done amiss, reprimand thyself severely for it; 44.
And if thou hast done any good, rejoice.…”
◆The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 5 (part 3)
“"Thou shalt not hope what thou ought'st not to hope," knowing the nature of all things, and what is possible.
55.
The Gods near at hand are virtue and truth.
p.
17 59, 60.
The fatal strife is caused by our inclination "madly to run cou…”
◆The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 7 (part 1)
“p.
29 THE PYTHAGOREAN SENTENCES OF DEMOPHILUS 1.
Request not of Divinity such things as, when obtained, you cannot preserve; for no gift of Divinity can ever be taken away; and on this account he does not confer that which you are unable…”
◆The Golden Verses of Pythagoras | Section 11
“p. 62 PYTHAGOREAN SENTENCES FROM THE PROTREPTICS OF IAMBLICHUS 1. As we live through soul, it must be said that by the virtue of this we live well; just as because we see through the eyes, we see well through the virtue of these. 2. It must…”
◇Orphic Hymns | Hymn IV. FIRE
“IV. TO FIRE. The FUMIGATION from SAFFRON. O Ever untam'd Fire, who reign'st on high In Jove's dominions ruler of the sky; The glorious sun with dazzling lustre bright, And moon and stars from thee derive their light; All taming pow'r, æther…”
◇Orphic Hymns | Hymn LXXVII. AURORA
“LXXVII. TO AURORA. The FUMIGATION from MANNA. HEAR me, O Goddess! whose emerging ray Leads on the broad refulgence of the day; Blushing Aurora, whose celestial light Beams on the world with red'ning splendours bright: Angel of Titan, whom w…”
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◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | PROLOGUEb
“Knowest thou why thy mirror reflects not?
Because the rust has not been scoured from its face.
If it were purified from all rust and defilement, It would reflect the shining of the SUN Of GOD.6 O friends, ye have now heard this tale, Whic…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY II
“The Oilman and his Parrot. An oilman possessed a parrot which used to amuse him with its agreeable prattle, and to watch his shop when he went out. One day, when the parrot was alone in the shop, a cat upset one of the oil-jars. When the oi…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY Vd
“But the light that lights the heart is the Light of God, Which is distinct from the light of reason and sense.
At night there is no light, and colors are not seen; Hence we know what light is by its opposite, darkness.
At night no colors…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY VIa
“Omar and the Ambassador.
The hare, having delivered his companions from the tyranny of the lion, in the manner just described, proceeds to improve the occasion by exhorting them to engage in a greater and more arduous warfare, viz., the st…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY VIb
“They possess freewill and compulsion besides, 4 As in oyster-shells raindrops are pearls.
Outside the shell they are raindrops, great and small; Inside they are precious pearls, big and little.
These men also resemble the musk deer's bag;…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY VIIa
“The Merchant and his Clever Parrot.
There was a certain merchant who kept a parrot in a cage.
Being about to travel to Hindustan on business, he asked the parrot if he had any message to send to his kinsmen in that country, and the parrot…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY IXb
“Woman is a ray of God, not a mere mistress, The Creator's self, as it were, not a mere creature!
Moses and Pharaoh, alike doers of God's will, as Light and Darkness.
Poison and Antidote.
Verily, both Moses and Pharaoh walked in the right…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY IXd
“I knew of myself what ye thought, But I desired that ye should speak it; As this boasting of yours is very improper, So shall my mercy be shown to prevail over my wrath: O angels, in order to show forth that prevailing, I inspired that pret…”
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◆The Greater Holy Assembly (Idra Rabba Qadisha) | Idra Rabba, Chapter 1 (part 2)
“1 12.
"For it is written, Deut.
xxxiii.
29: 'Blessed art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee?' Also it is written, Exod.
xv.
11: 'Who is like unto thee among the gods, O Tetragrammaton?'" 2 13.
He called Rabbi Eleazer, his son, and…”
◆Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation) | Section 1d
“Resh, predominant in peace, crowned, combined, and formed Saturn in the Universe, the sixth day of the week, and the left nostril in man.
Tau, predominant in beauty, crowned, combined and formed Jupiter in the Universe, the seventh day in…”
◇Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation) | Section 1c
“These three mothers again represent in the Microcosm or Human form, male and female; the Head, the Belly, and the Chest; the bead from the fire, the belly from water, and the chest from the air lieth between them.
5.
These three mothers d…”
◇Sefer Yetzirah (The Book of Formation) | Section 1e
“He produced Oin, predominant in Anger, crowned, combined, and formed Capricornus in the world, Tebet in the year, and the liver in man.
11.
He produced Tzaddi, predominant in Taste, crowned, combined, and formed Aquarius in the world, Seb…”
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◆The Egyptian Heaven and Hell | Chapter 5 (part 7)
“May I gain dominion over the great and mighty word which is in my body in this my place, and by it I shall have memory and not forget." The pools and places in Sekhet-hetepet which the deceased mentions as having a desire to visit are UNEN-…”
◇The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 38 (part 8)
“I am he who riseth and shineth; the wall of walls; the only One, [son] of an only One.
Ra (24) never lacketh his form, he never passeth away, he never passeth away.
Verily, I say: I am the plant which cometh forth from Nu, and my mother i…”
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◆The Mabinogion | Tale TALIESINc
“Elphin of notable qualities, Be not displeased at thy misfortune; Although reclined thus weak in my bag, There lies a virtue in my tongue.
While I continue thy protector Thou hast not much to fear; Remembering the names of the Trinity, Non…”
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◆The Kalevala | Rune XVIIf
“"I shall set my forge and bellows Deeper, deeper in thy vitals; I shall swing my heavy hammer, Swing it with a greater power On thy heart, and lungs, and liver; I shall never, never leave thee Till I learn thine incantations, Learn thy many…”
upanishads1
◆Îsâ-Upanishad | Îsâ, Section 1a
“p.
308 p.
309 VÂ G ASANEYI-SA M HITÂ-UPANISHAD, SOMETIMES CALLED Î S ÂVÂSYA OR Î S Â-UPANISHAD p.
310 p.
311 VÂ G ASANEYI-SA M HITÂ-UPANISHAD.
1.
ALL this, whatsoever moves on earth, is to be hidden in the Lord (the Self).
When thou…”
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◆Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXVIII, Section 1a
“1.
(A strengthening blessing 1 is the thought, a blessing is the word, a blessing is the deed of the righteous Zarathu s tra.
May the Bountiful Immortals 2 accept and help on 3 the chants.
Homage to you, O sacred Gâthas 4 !) 2.
With ven…”