soteriology
Separation From Source
The felt condition of exile from one's divine origin — Rumi's reed flute torn from its bed, Plotinus's 'we have forgotten,' the Gnostic forgetfulness; the affective wound that complements return_to_source and gives the return its motive.
530 passages · 17 traditions
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◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1a
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◆Gospel of Philip | Section 1b
“TRUTH MADE NAMES Truth made names in the world, and without them we can’t think.
Truth is one and is many, teaching one thing through the many.
RULERS The rulers wanted to fool us, since they saw we were connected with the good.
They too…”
◆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 1h
“Now the woman and man are one in the chamber with the bed, and those so joined will not come apart again.
Eve and Adam separated because when they joined it was not in the chamber with the bed.
ADAM’S SOUL The soul of Adam came into being…”
◆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 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 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 11
“Jesus said, "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away. The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. In the days when you consumed what is dead, you made it what is alive. When you come to dwell in the light, w…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 21
“Mary said to Jesus, "Whom are your disciples like?" He said, "They are like children who have settled in a field which is not theirs. When the owners of the field come, they will say, 'Let us have back our field.' They (will) undress in the…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 27
“<Jesus said,> "If you do not fast as regards the world, you will not find the kingdom. If you do not observe the Sabbath as a Sabbath, you will not see the father."…”
◆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 38
“Jesus said, "Many times have you desired to hear these words which I am saying to you, and you have no one else to hear them from. There will be days when you will look for me and will not find me."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 42
“Jesus said, "Become passers-by."…”
◆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 59
“Jesus said, "Take heed of the living one while you are alive, lest you die and seek to see him and be unable to do so."…”
◆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 67
“Jesus said, "If one who knows the all still feels a personal deficiency, he is completely deficient."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 82
“Jesus said, "He who is near me is near the fire, and he who is far from me is far from the kingdom."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 85
“Jesus said, "Adam came into being from a great power and a great wealth, but he did not become worthy of you. For had he been worthy, he would not have experienced death."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 87
“Jesus said, "Wretched is the body that is dependant upon a body, and wretched is the soul that is dependent on these two."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 97
“Jesus said, "The kingdom of the father is like a certain woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking on the road, still some distance from home, the handle of the jar broke and the meal emptied out behind her on the roa…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 101
“<Jesus said,> "Whoever does not hate his father and his mother as I do cannot become a disciple to me. And whoever does not love his father and his mother as I do cannot become a disciple to me. For my mother [...], but my true mother gave…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 104
“They said to Jesus, "Come, let us pray today and let us fast." Jesus said, "What is the sin that I have committed, or wherein have I been defeated? But when the bridegroom leaves the bridal chamber, then let them fast and pray."…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 107
“Jesus said, "The kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He left the ninety-nine sheep and looked for that one until he found it. When he had gone to such trouble, he said to the sheep, 'I…”
◆Gospel of Thomas | Logion 112
“Jesus said, "Woe to the flesh that depends on the soul; woe to the soul that depends on the flesh."…”
◆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 FIRSTe
“And having come, coming unto the World I came unto the midst of the Rulers of the Sphere, I was the likeness of Gabriel the angel of the Aeons, and knew me not the Rulers of the Aeons.
But they were thinking that I am Gabriel the angel.
I…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTf
“And when your time was finished they produced you in [14 ] the World, there not being soul of the Rulers in you; and ye took your part out of the power, this which breathed in unto the Confusion the last Helper, this (power) which is mixed…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTg
“Now therefore we all together we wait for thee at the last Boundary, namely, the last mystery (reckoning) from within, he also is a part of us.
Now therefore we have dispatched to thee thy vesture [17 ] which is thy very own from at first,…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTj
“And the Adamas the great Tyrant with all the Tyrants who become in all the Aeons began to war without cause against the light and they knew not [24 ] with whom they are warring, because that they were not seeing anyone except the light whic…”
◆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 FIRSTl
“But it happened, Jesus having finished saying these words, added again Maria, said she, My Lord, then the hour-setters, with the enquirers, then they will not show to the men that which will happen to them from this hour?
But answered Jesu…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTm
“But answered Philippos, said he to Jesus, My Lord, because of which mystery removedst thou the binding of the Rulers with their Aeons, with their Destiny, with their Sphere, with all their Places, and in confusion thou causedst them to be c…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTn
“And he is wont to put in motion the task-master who is over them, and cause them to be turned in their orbit quickly; and he is wont to take away their power which is in them, with the breath of their mouth, and with the tears of their eyes…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTo
“It happened therefore while the Rulers of the Aeons, with those of the Destiny, with those of the Sphere are abiding, doing this kind (of thing) [36 ] turning them round, eating the purgation of their matter, having not been allowed to make…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTq
“It happened therefore having come upon their veils, they drew (away) of their own (accord), they opened to me, 22 I came [40 ] in unto the thirteenth of the Aeon ( MS.
Aeons), I found the Pistis Sophia being below the thirteenth Aeon, she…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTr
“[42 ] And the great Triple power Self-willed who is the third Triple powered, this who becometh in the thirteenth Aeon, this who was disobedient, having not emanated all the purgation of his power which (is) in him, nor did he give the purg…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTs
“It became a Ruler of face of lion in the Chaos, whose (one) half became fire and whose other half became darkness, namely, Ialdabaoth this which I said unto you many times.
These therefore having happened, was weakened the Sophia greatly g…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTt
“And I trusted unto thee: now therefore, O Light of the Lights, I am afflicted in the darkness of the Chaos: if thou wishest therefore to come to deliver me, great is thy mercy; hear me in truth and deliver me: deliver me out of the matter o…”
◆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 FIRSTv
“Deliver me because of my enemies; for thou art (he) who knoweth my reproach with my shame and my disgrace: all those who afflict me (are) in thy presence.
My heart looked out for a reproach with wretchedness; I looked out for him who will…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTw
“My mouth was full of glory, that I should say the mystery of thy [54 ] greatness at every time.
Now therefore, O Light, leave me not in the Chaos for the completion of all my time.
Leave me not behind thee O Light, because they took away…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRSTx
“Answered the Saviour, said he to Petros, Well (said), Petros, this is the explanation of her repentance.
Ye are happy (ones) beyond every man who is upon the earth, because [56 ] I revealed unto you these mysteries.
Verily verily I say to…”
◆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 FIRSTz
“But it happened while Jesus is saying these words unto his disciples saying to them, This is the fourth repentance which said the Pistis Sophia.
Now therefore he who understandeth, let him understand.
It happened therefore, Jesus having s…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST{
“It happened therefore, having afflicted her all the material emanations of the Self-Willed, she cried out, saying the fifth Repentance, saying: O Light of my salvation, I hymn unto thee in the Place of the Height, and also [63 ] in the Chao…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST}
“But answered Philippos, said he to Jesus, My Lord, hear that I may say the explanation of her repentance: for thy Power prophesied concerning it by David once saying in the eighty-seventh [67 ] psalm; O Lord God of my salvation I cried up u…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST~
“And also let them trust unto him, if they should come unto the Place of the Height: because it (is) he who will see and redeem us, 38 and there is a great mystery [69 ] of deliverance in him: and he is he who will deliver all the powers out…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“[71 ] Because of this word therefore thy power of light prophesied once by David, saying in the four-twentieth with one psalm, God will sit in the assembly of the gods and (will) give judgment unto the gods.
Said he to her Jesus, Well (don…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“Give heed unto the Rulers of the twelve Aeons, these which hated me in jealousy.
Be watchful with my power and deliver me, and let me not remain in this darkness: because I believed thee, and they made me foolish greatly because I believed…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“And after these (things) I shall [76 ] fill you with all the light and with all the power of the spirit that ye should understand from this hour all the (things) which they will say unto you, and with the (things) which they will see.
Yet…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“But I, I trusted unto the Light, I shall rejoice and hymn, because thou hadst compassion upon me, and thou gavest heed unto the straits in which I become, and thou deliveredst me: and also thou wilt save my power out of Chaos, and thou dids…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“Thou hatedst those who keep that which is vain without cause; but I, I trusted, I shall be glad about the Lord, and I shall be delighted over thy mercy: because thou lookedst upon my humility and thou savedst my soul out of the necessities,…”
◆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
“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
“Its thought is taking away the light from me at every time; and as iron they are cutting, [92 ] they took away a power from me.
I loved to come down unto the Chaos, more than to remain in the Place of the thirteenth Aeon the Place of the r…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“) feared and it cried up unto its God Self-willed, for him to help it: and at that hour looked out of the thirteenth Aeon the God Self-willed, he looked down unto the Chaos being angry greatly, wishing to help his power of face of lion, and…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“He clothed him(self) with the darkness as clothing, and it went into his belly as water, and it went into all 53 his powers as oil.
[96 ] Let him wrap him(self) up in the Chaos as in a garment, and (let) him bind him(self) with the darknes…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIRST
“This is the work of those who slander with the Lord and those who say contrary to lawful (things) against my soul.
But thou, O Lord, do mercy with me because of thy name.
Save me because I am poor and I am miserable: my heart was disturbe…”
◆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 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 SECONDg
“And I, the First Mystery, I stood upon it, and I took away all the powers which (are) in it, and I destroyed all its matter, that seed from it should not rise up from this hour.
But these while the First Mystery is saying unto the disciple…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDh
“And thou also art he who will deliver me from all their threats which are cruel.
And also the word which said thy power by David, He will make shadow unto thee under his (thy, MS ) breast, and thou wilt trust under his wing, namely, that t…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDi
“And the word which thy power of light said by David, Nevertheless thou wilt fill thy sight with them, and thou wilt see the recompense of the 73 sinners, because thou, O Lord, art my helper, namely, the word that the Pistis Sophia filled he…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDj
“It happened therefore, the First [137 ] Mystery having heard these words said he: Well (done) Iakkobos, the beloved, But added also in the word the First Mystery, said he to the disciples, It happened, I having brought the Pistis Sophia up…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDk
“Thy right (hand) is that which exalted me, and thou tookest the weakness [139 ] away from me, I became prevailing in thy truthfulness, being cleansed in thy righteousness.
Were distant away from me those who fight against me.
And I was ju…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDl
“And the word which thy power said, I became prevailing in thy truth, and cleansed in thy righteousness.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, I became prevailing by thy light.
And I am becoming light which is purified by thy effl…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDn
“That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And thou struckest the serpent, he of the seven heads through my hands.
And thou settest me up upon his matter, thou destroyedst him that his seed should not rise up from this hour.
And the w…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDq
“He brought my soul up from the pit of the misery with the mire of the filth, he set my feet upon a rock, and he directed my footsteps.
He cast unto my mouth a new song, a blessing for our God.
There are many (who) will see and they (will)…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDr
“But thou, thou shalt become having the authority to go up unto their twelve Aeons at the time which thou wishest, and also thou (wilt) return and come unto thy Place, this which is below the thirteenth Aeon, this in which thou art becoming…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDs
“[159 ] And thinking that it (is) she who took away its light from it, and he was exasperated greatly, and he added anger upon anger: he emanated out of him an emanation of darkness, and with another cruel (power) of evil Chaos, that he migh…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDt
“O Lord, my God, if I did this (thing) if there is violence in my hands, if I repaid to those who repaid to me evil (things), may I perish by my enemy, being empty: and may my enemies persecute my soul and seize it: and trample my life down…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDu
“But answered the First Mystery, said he to Martha, I command to thee Martha for to utter the 88 explanation of the words, these which said the Sophia in her hymn.
But answered Martha said she, My Lord, these are the words which thy power o…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECONDv
“I shall manifest to thee, O Light, because thou deliveredst me, and (for) thy wonders in the race of [166 ] the mankind, I having become deficient of my power, thou gavest power to me, and I having become deficient of my light, thou filleds…”
◆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 SECONDz
“It happened therefore, Jesus having finished saying these words unto his disciples, sprang up Maria the Magdalene, said she, My Lord, be not angry with me, seeking (from) thee, because that we are seeking after every thing in an exactness.…”
◆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 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 added also Jesus, said he to his disciples, Yet therefore my Disciples and my friends and my brothers, let each be sober of the spirit which (is) in him that ye may listen and understand every word which I shall say to you, because from…”
◆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
“And that Mystery [206 ] indeed is that which knoweth because of what despoiled themselves the Boundless (ones) and because of what they set them up being twelve Boundless Spaces, and they placed them being three arrays of Spaces according t…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document SECOND
“And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what despoiled himself [208 ] the first Triple spirit from below this, which belongeth to the arrays of the Only One, the Ineffable, and because of what they proceeded out of the seco…”
◆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
“Now therefore whenever I should finish distributing to you the Distribution of the Universe, I shall give to you and I shall say unto you the great mysteries of the three lots of my kingdom, namely, the heads of the mysteries which I shall…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRDa
“A PART OF THE BOOKS OF THE SAVIOUR [ The Interposed Fragment ] [233 ] and those who are worthy of the Mysteries which dwell in the Ineffable, namely, which did not proceed out: these become before the First Mystery and according to resembla…”
◆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 THIRDj
“But if yet in a time of repentance they should renounce [252 ] all the World, with all the 138 matter which is in it, with all the sins of the world, and they (are they) who become in all the subjection to the mysteries of the Light, not an…”
◆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 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 THIRDs
“Concerning this word therefore my Lord, which thou saidst unto us once, (Become) being reconciled with thine enemy while thou art on the road with him, lest-haply thine enemy should give thee to the judge, and the judge should give thee to…”
◆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 THIRDv
“And also that (not only) are they wont to forgive all of them to her, [275 ] but they are not wont to reckon sin unto her from this hour, even until unto age of age, because of the free-gift of that great mystery with its (their, MS ) glory…”
◆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 THIRDz
“Added also Maria, said she to the Saviour, My Lord, then a man who received mystery, and did not that which is worthy of the mysteries, but turned (away), he did sin: after these (things) also he repented and he became in a great repentance…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD|
“And I shall answer that I may say to them, I know not you who ye are, those who work the unlawfulness with the evil, even until now.
Because of this go unto the Darkness which is outer.
And in that hour they will go unto the Darkness whic…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD}
“And the tenth chamber there are many Rulers in it seven heads of dragon to each of them in their original face, and he who is over them all they are wont to call his name in their Place, Xarmarokh.
And eleventh chamber, there are many Rule…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“Answered the Saviour, said he to Maria, If a sinner, he is being worthy of the Darkness which is outer, or otherwise indeed he did sin according to the punishment, the rest also of the punishments; and this (one) did not repent, or otherwis…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“And if that soul received her number of cycles, is wont the Virgin of the Light, she is wont to prove her, she is not wont to let them punish her, because that she received the number of cycle: but she is wont to deliver her unto the seven…”
◆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
“And whenever the Ruler should cast out the souls, are wont the Angels of Ieou, the first man, these who are vigilant unto the chambers of that Place, he is wont to hasten immediately and to carry off that soul until he bringeth her (close)…”
◆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
“These (commands) are those which are wont the Rulers of the great Destiny of the Aeons they are wont to deliver them (him, MS ) to the counterfeit spirit: and are wont the Rulers, they are wont to call the Ministers of the Aeons amounting t…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document THIRD
“Are wont the Ministers to bring the two parts to one another, and also are wont the Ministers to hold back the blood of every meat of the woman which she will eat, with the (things) which she drinketh, they are wont to hold them back in the…”
◆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 FOURTHa
“A PART OF THE BOOKS OF THE SAVIOUR [318 ] It happened therefore, they having crucified our Lord Jesus, He rose out of those who are dead on his third day, gathered unto him his disciples, they prayed him, saying, Our Lord be compassionate t…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FOURTHb
“And Jesus with his disciples remained in the midst of the aëry Place in the roads of the road of the Middle, this which is below the Sphere.
And they came unto the first array of the road (added in margin, MS ) which is in the Middle.
But…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FOURTHc
“And he arranged the turning about of his array thus, for him to spend thirteen months in Aeon (after) Aeon standing still, that every Ruler upon whom he cometh should liberate (from) the wickedness of their evil doing.
And he gave to him t…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FOURTHd
“Added also in the word Jesus, said he, It happened therefore after these (things), came the Father of my Father, namely, Ieou, he took away other three hundred with sixty Rulers among the Rulers also of the Adamas, these who did not believe…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FOURTHe
“They (the souls) are wont to spend hundred thirty three years with nine months in the punishment of her Places, while she tormenteth them in the fire of her evil doing.
It is 185 wont to happen therefore after all these times, whenever the…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FOURTHf
“The souls therefore which will take away by robbery the hekate, she is wont to deliver them unto her demons which are under her to torment them by her smoke of darkness with her evil fire: they are afflicting them greatly by the demons, and…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FOURTHg
“Again also he added in the word, said he to his disciples, The fifth array, of which they are wont to call its Ruler, Iakhthanabas, being a strong Ruler, being under him many other demons: they are those who are wont to go in unto the men,…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FOURTHi
“Stood (up) Jesus in front of the Oblation: he put the disciples behind him, all being wrapped in garment of linen, with the ticket of the name of the Father of the Treasury of the Light in their hands.
He cried out thus, saying, Hear me, m…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIFTHb
“This is the judgment of the man, (the) slanderer.
Said she, Mariham, Woe woe to the sinners.
Answered [347 ] also Salome, said she, My Lord, Jesus, a man, murderer having not done sin ever except killing, whenever he should come out of bo…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIFTHc
“And whenever should the Sphere turn round, she is wont to give her to her Receivers, that they may cast her unto the Aeons of the Sphere, that the Ministers of the Sphere may take her unto water being below the Sphere, that it may become [3…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIFTHd
“Said Bartholomaios, A man who sleeper with male, What is his punishment?
Said he, Jesus: The man sleeping with male with the man who will sleep with him (there shall be the same measure) [351 ] as the man blasphemer: whenever the 197 time…”
◆Pistis Sophia | Document FIFTHe
“Then she is wont to take away that righteous soul and deliver her up to her Receivers and cast her unto the Aeons of the Sphere, that the Ministers of the Sphere may take her out unto water being underneath the Sphere, that it may become a…”
◇Gospel of Thomas | Logion 40
“Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted outside of the father, but being unsound, it will be pulled up by its roots and destroyed."…”
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◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 10, Section 1a
“CHAPTER X Concerning ” Omnipotent ,” ” Ancient of Days “; and also concerning ” Eternity “ and ” Time .” 1.
Now ‘tis time that our Discourse should celebrate God (Whose Names are many) as “Omnipotent” and “Ancient of Days.” The former titl…”
◆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 1, Section 1h
“that which makes an individual thing to be one thing); (2) Mental or Spiritual intercourse; (3) Physical intercourse; (4) Sense perception.
Here it = either (1) or (2), probably (1).
limit, infinity, everything that exists.
And yet since…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 11, Section 1b
“Plotinus says the Godhead is indivisibly divided.
doth not leave Its own Unity, but, even in the act of going forth to all things, remains entirely within Itself through the excess of that all-transcendent Unity: concerning these things ‘t…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 11, Section 1c
“And the perfect Peace guards each several individuality unalloyed by Its providential gift of peace, keeping all things without internal or mutual discord or confusion, and establishing all things, in the power of unswerving stability, so a…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 11, Section 1d
“Now, since thou hast, on a previous occasion, sent me an epistle asking what I mean by Very Being Itself, Very Life Itself, Very Wisdom Itself: and since thou saidst thou couldst not understand why sometimes I call God “Life” and sometimes…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 11, Section 1f
“472 Contemplation, Act of Contemplation, and Object Contemplated are all united together, and so imply a fundamental Unity which exists ultimately in God.
473 Cf.
p.
174, n.
3.
474 D.‘s paradox is the paradox of sanity.
We must hold a…”
◆Pseudo-Dionysius: The Divine Names | Chapter 13, Section 1d
“And hence, when we speak of the All-Transcendent Godhead as an Unity and a Trinity, It is not an Unity or a Trinity such as can be known by us or any other creature, though to express the truth of Its utter Self-Union and Its Divine Fecundi…”
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◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter Vb
“Again, however, according to another mode of considering the subject, it is necessary to ascribe to the Gods the whole of that which is united, of whatever kind it may be; that which is firmly established in itself, and which is the cause o…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VII
“Of the extremes, therefore, one is supreme, transcendent, and perfect; but the other is last in dignity, deficient, and more imperfect. And the former, indeed, is capable of accomplishing all things at once, uniformly in an instant; but the…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VIIIa
“But neither must we admit that cause of the distinction of these genera which you subjoin, viz.
“ that it is an arrangement with reference to different bodies; as, for instance, 39 of Gods to etherial bodies, but of dæmons to aerial bodies…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter VIIIb
“Hence, through these things such a corporeal-formed division as you introduce, is demonstrated to be false.
It is, indeed, especially necessary not to propose any thing of this kind; but if this should appear to you to be requisite, yet yo…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter IXa
“I consider you, therefore, as asking, for it is your inquiry, “ Why, since the Gods dwell in the heavens alone, there are invocations by theurgists of terrestrial and subterranean Gods?
” For 45 what you assert in the beginning is not true…”
◆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 Xb
“This, therefore, rather pertains to some other genus, than to that which always exists, and is suspended from the Gods, and which, in conjunction with them, observes the same order, and accomplishes the same period.
Hence dæmons are impass…”
◆Iamblichus: On the Mysteries | Chapter XIII
“Moreover, “ the pacifications of anger ” will become manifest, if we understand what the anger of the Gods is. [32] This, therefore, is not, as it appears to be to some, a certain ancient and inveterate rage, but an abandonment of the benef…”
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◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | INTRODUCTIONe
“"Altiora Peto" was Bruno's motto, and to realize it he had gone forth with the pilgrim's staff in his hand, sometimes covered with the cowl of the monk, at others wearing the simple habit of a schoolmaster, or, again, clothed with the doubl…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | INTRODUCTIONi
“The life of man is more than an experience or trial; it is an effort, a struggle to reproduce and represent upon earth some of that goodness, beauty, and truth which are diffused over the universe and constitute its harmony.
Long, slow, an…”
◆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) | First Dialoguea
“.
Tansillo, Cicada.
Tans.
The enthusiasms most suitable to be first brought forward and considered are those that I now place before you in the order that seems to me most fitting.
Cic.
Begin, then, to read.
Tansillo.
1.
Ye Muses, t…”
◆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) | First Dialogueg
“"Steals it from me," he says of Jealousy, not simply in order that it may not be present to me; removing it from my eyesight, but in order that good may not be good, but an acute evil; sweet, not sweet, but an agonized longing; while the he…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | Second Dialoguec
“I can very well conceive, from what you have said, the condition of that heroic enthusiast, who says, "My hopes are ice and my desires are glowing," because he is not in the temperance of mediocrity, but, in the excess of contradictions, hi…”
◆The Heroic Enthusiasts, Part I (Gli Eroici Furori) | Second Dialogued
“So that, finding himself thus ascending and descending, he feels within his soul the greatest dissension that is possible to be felt, and he remains in a state of confusion through this rebellion of the senses, which urge him thither where…”
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◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies Which Have Influenced Modern Masonic Symbolismw
“The Mysteries were the channels through which this one philosophic light was disseminated, and their initiates, resplendent with intellectual and spiritual understanding, were the perfect fruitage of the divine tree, bearing witness before…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Qabbalistic Keys to the Creation of Mane
“Philo Judæus considered Adam to represent the human mind, which could understand (and hence give names to) the creatures about it, but could not comprehend (and hence left nameless) the mystery of its own nature.
Adam was also likened to t…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Qabbalistic Keys to the Creation of Manf
“The Zohar holds the concept of two Adams: the first a divine being who, stepping forth from the highest original darkness, created the second, or earthly, Adam in His own image.
The higher, or celestial, man was the Causal sphere With its…”
◆The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | Qabbalistic Keys to the Creation of Manj
“Many of the early Church Fathers sought to establish a direct relationship between Adam and Christ, thereby obviously discounting the extremely sinful nature of man's common ancestor, since it is quite certain that when St.
Augustine liken…”
◆Tertium Organum (P.D. Ouspensky) | Chapter I (part 5)
“It is not true because our experimental knowledge is not a confused perception of a real world .
It is a very acute perception of an entirely unreal world appearing round about us at the moment of our contact with the world of true causes,…”
◆Tertium Organum (P.D. Ouspensky) | Chapter XIV (part 5)
“1 Behold!
human beings living in a sort of underground den; they have been there from their childhood, and have their legs and necks chained—the chains are arranged in such a manner as to prevent them from turning round their heads.
At a…”
◆Tertium Organum (P.D. Ouspensky) | Chapter XIV (part 6)
“And at last he will be able to see the sun, and not mere reflections of him in the water, but he will see him as he is in his own proper place, and not in another, and he will contemplate his nature.
Certainly.
And after this he will reas…”
◆Tertium Organum (P.D. Ouspensky) | Chapter XV (part 5)
“When one encounters these perversions of love, one involuntarily calls to mind the words of Zarathustra: 2 Voluptuousness: unto all hair-shirted despisers of the body, a string p.
173 and stake; and cursed as "the world" by all backworldsm…”
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◆The Kalevala | Rune Ia
“OF WAINAMOINEN.
In primeval times, a maiden, Beauteous Daughter of the Ether, Passed for ages her existence In the great expanse of heaven, O'er the prairies yet enfolded.
Wearisome the maiden growing, Her existence sad and hopeless, Thus…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune Ic
“Wainamoinen, old and trusty, Lingering within his dungeon Thirty summers altogether, And of winters, also thirty, Peaceful on the waste of waters, On the broad-sea's yielding bosom, Well reflected, long considered, How unborn to live and fl…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune IVc
“Deck thy brow with silken ribbon, Trim with gold thy throbbing temples, And thy neck with pearly necklace, Hang the gold-cross on thy bosom, Robe thyself in pure, white linen Spun from flax of finest fiber; Wear withal the richest short-fro…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune Vc
“Finally the ancient minstrel, Mind depressed, and heart discouraged, Spake these words, immersed in sorrow: "Fool am I, and great my folly, Having neither wit nor judgment; Surely once I had some knowledge, Had some insight into wisdom, Had…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune VIIb
“What will happen if I perish, If I sink below the billows, Perish here from cold and hunger?" Thus the bird of Ether answered "Be not in the least disheartened, Place thyself between my shoulders, On my back be firmly seated, I will lift th…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune VIIc
“Thereupon she hastens homeward, Hastens to her mother's dwelling, These the words the maiden utters: "I have heard a wail from ocean, Heard a weeping from the sea-coast, On the shore some one lamenting." Louhi, hostess of Pohyola, Ancient,…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune VIId
“This the reason for my weeping; I have lived in toil and torture, Since I left my home and country, Left my native land and kindred, Came to this the land of strangers, To these unfamiliar portals.
All thy trees have thorns to wound me, Al…”
◆The Kalevala | Rune XId
“If ye do not heed this order, Ye shall badly fare as maidens; I shall sing to war your suitors, Sing them under spear and broadsword, That for months, and years, and ages, Never ye will see their faces, Never hear their merry voices, Never…”
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◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1l
“But if, said Socrates, you are still incredulous, Simmias, I would ask you whether you may not agree with me when you look at the matter in another way; I mean, if you are still incredulous as to whether knowledge is recollection.
Incredul…”
◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1m
“And yet from these equals, although differing from the idea of equality, you conceived and attained that idea?
Very true, he said.
Which might be like, or might be unlike them?
Yes.
But that makes no difference; whenever from seeing one…”
◆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 1
“I dare say that the simile is not perfect-for I am very far from admitting that he who contemplates existence through the medium of ideas, sees them only "through a glass darkly," any more than he who sees them in their working and effects.…”
◆Plato: Phaedo | Section 1
“In any way that you like; only you must get hold of me, and take care that I do not walk away from you.
Then he turned to us, and added with a smile: I cannot make Crito believe that I am the same Socrates who have been talking and conduct…”
◆Plato: Phaedrus | Section 1d
“But the non-lover has no such tormenting recollections; he has never neglected his affairs or quarrelled with his relations; he has no troubles to add up or excuse to invent; and being well rid of all these evils, why should he not freely d…”
◆Plato: Phaedrus | Section 1k
“I thought that you were only halfway and were going to make a similar speech about all the advantages of accepting the non-lover.
Why do you not proceed?
Soc.
Does not your simplicity observe that I have got out of dithyrambics into hero…”
◆Plato: Phaedrus | Section 1o
“Zeus, the mighty lord, holding the reins of a winged chariot, leads the way in heaven, ordering all and taking care of all; and there follows him the array of gods and demigods, marshalled in eleven bands; Hestia alone abides at home in the…”
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◆Orphic Hymns | Front Matter, p. 4 (part 7)
“And although the same employment is common both to the ruler, and those who are ruled; yet the latter, if destitute of a leader, could no longer conspire together in one occupation; as the concord of the fingers and ` dancers, and the exped…”
◆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 XXXIII. APOLLO (part 3)
“Ζεὺς δέ τε πάντων ἐςὶ ϑεὸς, πάντων τε κεραςὴς, Πνέυμασι συζι#ων, ( ) φωναῖσι τε ἀερομικτοις· That is, "But Jupiter is the God of all, and the mingler of all things; whistling with the breathing winds and aerial voices." And this perfectly a…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn LXXVI. MNEMOSYNE, or the GODDESS of MEMORY
“LXXVI. To MNEMOSYNE, or the GODDESS of MEMORY * . The FUMIGATION from FRANKINCENSE. THE consort I invoke of Jove divine, Source of the holy, sweetly-speaking Nine; p. 215 Free from th' oblivion of the fallen mind, By whom the soul with inte…”
◆Orphic Hymns | Hymn LXXXVI. DEATH (part 1)
“LXXXVI.
TO DEATH.
The FUMIGATION from MANNA.
HEAR me, O Death, whose empire unconfin'd, Extends to mortal tribes of ev'ry kind.
On thee, the portion of our time depends, Whose absence lengthens life, whose presence ends.
p.
225 Thy sl…”
◆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 10 (part 1)
“p.
53 SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN 1.
To neglect things of the smallest consequence, is not the least thing in human life.
2.
The wise man, and the despiser of wealth, resemble God.
3.
Do not investigate the name of God,…”
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◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | PROLOGUEa
“HEARKEN to the reed-flute, how it complains, Lamenting its banishment from its home: "Ever since they tore me from my osier bed, My plaintive notes have moved men and women to tears.
I burst my breast, striving to give vent to sighs, And t…”
◆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 Ia
“The Prince and the Handmaid.
A prince, while engaged on a hunting excursion, espied a fair maiden, and by promises of gold induced her to accompany him.
After a time she fell sick, and the prince had her tended by divers physicians.
As,…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY IIIa
“The Jewish King, his Vazir, and the Christians.
A certain Jewish king used to persecute the Christians, desiring to exterminate their faith.
His Vazir persuaded him to try a stratagem, namely, to mutilate the Vazir himself, and expel him…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY IV
“Another Tyrannical Jewish King. A certain Jewish king, the same who is referred to in the Sura "Signs of the Zodiac," I made up his mind to utterly exterminate the Christian faith, and with that view he set up a huge idol, and issued comman…”
◆The Masnavi, Book I (Rumi) | STORY Vc
“The skill taught by God to the silkworm Is a learning beyond the reach of the elephant.
The earthly Adam was taught of God names, 4 So that his glory reached the seventh heaven.
He laid low the name and fame of the angels, 5 Yet blind ind…”
◆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 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…”
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◆The Book of Concealed Mystery (Siphra Dtzenioutha) | 1f
“[The letters of the Hebrew alphabet are divided into three classes, the three mothers as they are called, AMSh; the seven duplex letters, BGDKPRTh, so called because they are sometimes tenues and sometimes aspirates, according to whether th…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XII
“XII-XVI. Dream Vision of Enoch: his intercession for Azâzêl and the fallen Angels: and his announcement to them of their first and final doom . CHAPTER XII. 1. Before these things Enoch was hidden, and no one of the children of men knew whe…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XIII
“CHAPTER XIII. 1. And Enoch went and said: 'Azâzêl, p. 40 thou shalt have no peace: a severe sentence has gone forth against thee to put thee in bonds: 2. And thou shalt not have toleration nor †request† granted to thee, because of the unrig…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XV
“CHAPTER XV. 1. And He answered and said to me, and I heard His voice: 'Fear not, Enoch, thou righteous man and scribe of righteousness: approach hither and hear my voice. 2. And go, say to ⌈⌈ the Watchers of heaven ⌉⌉ , who have sent thee t…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XXXII
“CHAPTER XXXII. E 1. And after these fragrant odours, as I looked towards the north over the mountains I saw seven mountains full of choice nard and fragrant trees and cinnamon and pepper. G g 1. To the north-east I beheld seven mountains fu…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter XLII
“XLII. The Dwelling-places of Wisdom and of Unrighteousness . CHAPTER XLII. 1. Wisdom found no place where she might dwell; Then a dwelling-place was assigned her in the heavens. 2 Wisdom went forth to make her dwelling among the children of…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter LXIII
“LXIII. The unavailing Repentance of the Kings and the Mighty . CHAPTER LXIII. 1. In those days shall the mighty and the kings who possess the earth implore (Him) to grant them a little respite from His angels of punishment to whom they were…”
◆The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) | Chapter LXXXIX (part 2)
“And a sheep which had been saved from the wolves fled and escaped to the wild asses; and I saw the sheep how they lamented and cried, and besought their Lord with all their might, till that Lord of the sheep descended at the voice of the sh…”
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◆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 6: The All-Father | Section 1b
“So then, Asclepius, the name alone of Good is found in men, the thing itself nowhere [in them], for this can never be.
For no material body doth contain It - a thing bound on all sides by bad, by labors, pains, desires and passions, by err…”
◆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 8: The Eight Sphere | Section 1a
“That No One of Existing Things doth Perish, but Men in Error Speak of Their Changes as Destructions and as Deaths <The idea of cyclic change central to CH III, "The Sacred Sermon", also takes center stage here.
A current of ancient specula…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 10: The Sermon on the Mount | Section 1c
“For that the soul who hath no knowledge of the things that are, or knowledge of their nature, or of Good, is blinded by the body's passions and tossed about.
This wretched soul, not knowing what she is, becomes the slave of bodies of stran…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 12: The Prayer | Section 1a
“About The Common Mind <The "common mind" discussed in this dialogue is the same Mind which appears as a divine power in other parts of the Hermetic literature.
It is identical, as well, with the "Good Daimon" whose words are quoted at seve…”
◆Corpus Hermeticum 13: The Discourse of Hermes to Tat | Section 1d
“<lacuna in text>, though this Sermon (Logos) on Rebirth, on which I did not comment - in order that we may not be calumniators of the All unto the multitude, to whom indeed God Himself doth will we should not.
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◆Corpus Hermeticum 13: The Discourse of Hermes to Tat | Section 1e
“Sing praise, my Self-control; sing thou through me, my Righteousness, the praises of the Righteous; sing thou, my Sharing-all, the praises of the All; through me sing, Truth, Truth's praises!
Sing thou, O Good, the Good!
O Life and Light,…”
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◆Adapa and the Food of Life | Section 1a
“ADAPA AND THE FOOD OF LIFE .
TABLET NO.1 He possessed intelligence .
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He (Ea) granted him a wide ear to reveal the destiny of the land, He granted him wisdom, but he did not grant him eterna…”
◆The Descent of the Goddess Ishtar into the Lower World | Section 1c
“Sprinkle Ishtar with the waters of life and take her out of my presence.
Namtar went, knocked at the strong palace, Tapped on the threshold of precious stones.
He brought out the Anunnaki and placed them on golden thrones, He sprinkled Is…”
◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet I — The Tyranny of Gilgamish and the Creation of Enkidu | Tablet I, Section 1d
“Drank he his fill , with the beasts did his heart delight at the water, So beheld him the courtesan-girl, the lusty great fellow, (O but) a monster (all) savage from out of the depths of the desert!
"’Tis he, O girl!
O, discover thy beaut…”
◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet II — The Meeting of Gilgamish and Enkidu | Tablet II, Section 1a
“THE SECOND TABLET OF THE MEETING OF GILGAMISH AND ENKIDU.
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Shewing [her beauty (?)], the place of his birth he forgett…”
◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet III — The Expedition against Humbaba | Tablet III, Section 1a
“THE THIRD TABLET.
THE EXPEDITION TO THE FOREST OF CEDARS AGAINST HUMBABA.
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◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet VII — The Death of Enkidu | Tablet VII, Section 1b
“(Aye), by the road on the passage whereof there can be no returning, Unto the Dwelling whose tenants are (ever) bereft of the daylight, Where for their food is the dust, and the mud is their sustenance: bird-like 40.
Wear they a garment of…”
◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet IX — Gilgamish in Terror of Death Seeks Eternal Life | Tablet IX, Section 1
“THE NINTH TABLET. GILGAMISH IN TERROR OF DEATH SEEKS ETERNAL LIFE. . Gilgamish bitterly wept for his comrade, (for) Enkidu, ranging Over the desert: "I, too—shall I not die like Enkidu also? 5. Sorrow hath enter’d my heart; I fear death as…”
◆Epic of Gilgamesh: Tablet XII — Gilgamish Enquires of the Dead | Tablet XII, Section 1c
“"Tell, O my friend, O tell, O my friend, (O) tell (me, I pr’y thee), What thou hast seen of the laws of the Underworld?" "(Nay, then,) O comrade; 90.
I will not tell thee, (yea,) I will not tell thee—(for), were I to tell thee, What I have…”
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◆Tao Te Ching | Chapter 18
“When the Great Tao (Way or Method) ceased to be observed, benevolence and righteousness came into vogue. (Then) appeared wisdom and shrewdness, and there ensued great hypocrisy. When harmony no longer prevailed throughout the six kinships,…”
◆Tao Te Ching | Chapter 26
“Gravity is the root of lightness; stillness, the ruler of movement. Therefore a wise prince, marching the whole day, does not go far from his baggage waggons. Although he may have brilliant prospects to look at, he quietly remains (in his p…”
◆Tao Te Ching | Chapter 53
“If I were suddenly to become known, and (put into a position to) conduct (a government) according to the Great Tao, what I should be most afraid of would be a boastful display. The great Tao (or way) is very level and easy; but people love…”
◆Tao Te Ching | Chapter 70
“My words are very easy to know, and very easy to practise; but there is no one in the world who is able to know and able to practise them. There is an originating and all-comprehending (principle) in my words, and an authoritative law for t…”
◆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.
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◆The Writings of Chuang Tzu (Inner Chapters) | Book 125 (part 2)
“or from Man?' Then he added 2 , 'It must be from Heaven, and not from Man.
Heaven's making of this man caused him to have but one foot.
In the person of man, each foot has its marrow.
By this I know that his peculiarity is from Heaven, a…”
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◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE LADY OF THE FOUNTAINl
““My lord Arthur,” said Gwalchmai, “here is Owain, who has vanquished me, and will not take my arms.” “My lord,” said Owain, “it is he that has vanquished me, and he will not take my sword.” “Give me your swords,” said Arthur, “and then neit…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale BRANWEN THE DAUGHTER OF LLYRi
““And take you my head,” said he, “and bear it even unto the White Mount, in London, and bury it there, with the face towards France.
And a long time will you be upon the road.
In Harlech you will be feasting seven years, the birds of Rhia…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale MANAWYDDAN THE SON OF LLYRa
“HERE IS THE THIRD PORTION OF THE MABINOGI When the seven men of whom we spoke above had buried the head of Bendigeid Vran, in the White Mount in London, with its face towards France; Manawyddan gazed upon the town of London, and upon his co…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale THE DREAM OF MAXEN WLEDIGc
“And in the dream I beheld a maiden, and because of the maiden is there neither life, nor spirit, nor existence within me.” “Lord,” they answered, “since thou judgest us worthy to counsel thee, we will give thee counsel.
And this is our cou…”
◆The Mabinogion | Tale TALIESINl
“And then said Taliesin, “Elphin, behold a payment and reward unto thee, for having taken me out of the weir, and for having reared me from that time until now.” And on this spot stands a pool of water, which is to this time called Pwllbair.…”
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◆Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 8
“[What follows is presumably the beginning of the Letter.]
Gnosis of Life 8 who is far from the height [writes]:
"I have come unto thee, O Soul, whom Life has sent into this world. In
robes of the Eight 9 went I into the world. I went in t…”
◆Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth | Section 16
“When Messiah said this, Yahyā cries aloud; tears come to him without
ceasing, and he speaks: "[God] forbid that the high King of Light should look
for lot in deceivers. The soul is not like the blood, that it should become
heated in the bod…”
◆Gnostic John the Baptizer — The Story of the Breach with Judaism | Section 3
“Thou hast won the victory, Gnosis of Life, and helped all thy friends
to victory.
And Life is victorious.
p. 65
THE EXILED COMMUNITY SETTLE ON THE EUPHRATES (§ 35).
In the Name of Great Life, may hallowed Light be glorified.
MIRYAI am…”
◆Gnostic John the Baptizer — The Story of the Breach with Judaism | Section 4
“Then made he answer unto them: "You had better not to have known, my
brothers, what has become of those birds. Slingshots drove them far from me;
their wings broke; torn off were they, broken off; they went hence and relied
on the bird-catc…”
◆Gnostic John the Baptizer — Some Typical Extracts | Section 1
“p. 71
UNDER the first two headings readers have been made acquainted with all
those pieces from the Mandæan John-Book that can be held to have in any sense
a historic intention. To these are now added a few extracts of such specimens
of th…”
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◆The Dhammapada | Chapter V, Section 1b
“In Manu IV, 172, where a similar sentence occurs, the commentators are equally doubtful: Nâdharma s k arito loke sadya h phalati gaur iva, 'for an evil act committed in the world does not bear fruit at once, like a cow;' or 'like the earth…”
◆The Dhammapada | Chapter XVIII, Section 1b
“On the five principal commandments which are recapitulated in verses 246 and 247, see Buddhaghosha's Parables, p.
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The world gives…”
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◆The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani) | Chapter 5 (part 3)
“When Isis heard of this she went to Byblos, and, gaining admittance to the palace through the report of the royal maidens, she was made nurse to one of the king's sons, Instead of nursing the child in the ordinary way, Isis gave him her fin…”