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 from the height unto the depth, and from the depth unto the height, and from the length unto the breadth, and from the breadth unto the length, in one word, he hath the authority to move about in all the Places of the Inheritances of the Light.
And he hath the authority for to remain in the Place which he willeth in the Inheritance of the Kingdom of the Light.
And Amen I say unto you that man in the dissolution of the World will become [192 ] reigning over all the arrays of the Inheritance.
And he who will receive the Mystery of the Ineffable, that one which is I.
That Mystery, indeed, is that which knoweth because of what the Darkness became, and because of what became the Light.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Darkness of the Darknesses became, and because of what the Light of the Lights became.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Chaoses became, and because of what became the Treasury of the Light.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Judgments became, and because of what became the Land of the Light with the Place of the Inheritances of the Light.
And that Mystery indeed is that which [192 ] knoweth because of what the Punishments of the sinners became, and because of what became the Repose of the Kingdom of the Light.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the sinners became, and because of what became the Inheritances of the Light.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what became the impious, and because of what became the good.
And that Mystery is that which knoweth because of what the Judgments of the Punishments became, and because of what became all the emanations of the Light.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Sin became, and because of what became the Baptisms with the Mystery of the Light.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what became the fire of the Punishment, and because of what [193 ] became the Seals of the Light, that the Fire should not hurt them.
And 104 that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what became the Anger, and because of what became the Peace.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Blasphemy became, and because of what became the Hymns of the light.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Prayers of the Light became.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Curse became, and because of what became the Blessing.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Wickedness became, and because of what became the Deceit.
And that Mystery indeed is that which [193 ] knoweth because of what the Murder became, and because of what became Vivifying of the souls.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what became the Adultery with the Fornication, and because of what became the Purity.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what became the Intercourse, and because of what became the Continence.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what became the Pride with the Boasting, and because of what became the Humility with the Meekness.
And that Mystery indeed is that which knoweth because of what the Weeping became, and because of what became the Laughter.
Themes
◆Apophatic Theologytheology
Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.
The text defines the Mystery as 'Ineffable' and describes it through negation ('because of what became').
Eckhart's signature doctrine that the Father eternally begets the Son in the ground of the soul; the human interior as the actual site of the divine generative act, distinct from inner_light's static indwelling.
The phrase 'that one which is I' suggests the divine generative act resides within the individual.
The Hermetic axiom that the structure of the cosmos is reflected at every scale — 'as above, so below; as within, so without' — making each level a legible map of the others.
The text states the authority to move about in arrays from without out unto within and from above unto below.
Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.
References to Judgments, Punishments, and the Land of the Light indicate a final cosmic verdict.
The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.
Man will become reigning over arrays after dissolution, implying a transformation into a divine state.