If a sinner has been cast out
into the outer darkness, the prayer for that soul can help. Though he has
completed the circuits of coming out of the body, he will be led into the
Light.
If he has not completed the number
of circuits, he will be led to a righteous body. Read on to know how..
The disciples bewail the fate of sinners.And when the Saviour had said this unto Mary, she
smote her breast, she cried out and wept, she and all the disciples together,
and said: "Woe unto sinners, for their chastisements are exceedingly numerous!"
Mary came forward, she fell down at the feet of Jesus,
kissed them and said: "My Lord, bear with me if I question thee, and be
not wroth with me, that I trouble thee oft; for from now on I will begin to
question thee on all things with determination."
The Saviour answered and said unto Mary:
"Question concerning all things on which thou desirest to question, and I
will reveal them unto thee in openness without similitude."
Mary further questioneth Jesus.Mary answered and said: "My Lord, if a good man
hath accomplished all the mysteries and he hath a kinsman, in a word he hath a
man, and that man is an impious [one] who hath committed all sins and is
deserving of the outer darkness, and he hath not repented, or he hath completed
his number of circuits in the changes of the body, and that man hath done
nothing useful, and he hath come out of. the body, and we have known certainly
of him, that he hath sinned and is
deserving of the outer darkness,--what are we to do with him, to save him from
the chastisements of the dragon of the outer darkness, and that he may be
removed into a righteous body which shall find the mysteries of the
Light-kingdom, in order that it may be good and go on high and inherit the
Light-kingdom?"
How to save the souls of sinners.The Saviour answered and said unto Mary: "If a
sinner is deserving of the outer darkness, or hath sinned according to the
chastisements of the rest of the chastisements and hath not repented, or a
sinning man who hath completed his number of circuits in the changes of the
body and hath not repented,--if then these men of whom I have spoken, shall
come out of the body and be led into the outer darkness, now, therefore, if ye
desire to remove them out of the chastisements of the outer darkness and all
the judgments and to remove them into a righteous body which shall find the
mysteries of the Light, that it may go on high and inherit the
Light-kingdom,--then perform this same mystery of the Ineffable which forgiveth
sins at every time, and when ye have finished performing the mystery then say:
A summary of the formulæ."The soul of such or such a man of whom I think
in my heart,--if it is in the region of the chastisements of the dungeons of
the outer darkness, or if it is in the rest of the chastisements of the dungeons
of the outer darkness and in the rest of the chastisements of the dragons,--then is it to be removed out
of them all. And if it hath completed its number of its circuits of the
changes, then is it to be led before the Virgin of Light, and the Virgin of
Light is to seal it with the seal of the Ineffable and cast it down in whatever
month into a righteous body which shall find the mysteries of the Light, so
that it may be good, go on high and inherit the Light-kingdom. And moreover if
it hath completed the circuits of changes, then is that soul to be led before
the seven virgins of the Light who [are set] over the baptisms, and they are to
apply them to the soul and seal it with the sign of the kingdom of the
Ineffable and lead it into the orders of the Light.
"This then will ye say when ye perform the
mystery.
"Amēn, I say unto you: The soul for which ye
shall pray, if it indeed is in the dragon of the outer darkness, he will draw
his tail out of his mouth and let go that soul. And moreover if it is in all
the regions of the judgments of the rulers, amēn, I say unto you: The receivers
of Melchisedec will with haste snatch it away, whether the dragon let it go or
it is in the judgments of the rulers; in a word, the receivers of
Melchisedec will snatch it away out of
all the regions in which it is, and will lead it into the region of the Midst
before the Virgin of Light, and the Virgin of Light proveth it and seeth the
sign of the kingdom of the Ineffable which is on that soul.
"And if it hath not yet completed its number of
circuits in the changes of the soul, or [in the changes] of the body, the
Virgin of Light sealeth it with an excellent seal and hasteth to have it cast
down in any month into a righteous body which shall find the mysteries of the
Light, be good and go on high into the Light-kingdom.
"And if that soul hath had its number of the
circuits, then the Virgin of Light proveth it, and doth not have it chastized,
because it hath had its number of circuits, but handeth it over to the seven
virgins of the Light. And the seven virgins of the Light prove that soul,
baptize it with their baptisms and give it the spiritual chrism and lead it
into the Treasury of the Light and put it in the last order of the Light until
the ascension of all the perfect souls. And when they prepare to draw apart the
veils of the region of those of the Right, they cleanse that soul anew and
purify it and put it in the orders of the first saviour who [is] in the . Treasury of the Light."
