A man who has
not committed any sin, but done good persistently,
but hath not found the mysteries to pass through the rulers
A man who has not committed any sin but has not received
the mysteries to pass through the rulers, one of the triple-powered gods will
come after his soul and lead his soul with rejoicing, spend three days circling
with it and instructing it about the creations of the world with delight.
Then he is led into the
Amente and enlighten it on chastisement in Amente, but does not scourge it, and the
smoke of the fire of chastisement barely touching the soul.
Then it is carried into the midst and enlighten it on
the chastisement of the midst, the fire touching it a little.
Then it is led to the Virgin of Light, handed it over
to her receivers lead the soul to a water of seething fire until the soul is
purified.
The the soul is given a cup of forgetfulness so that it forgets all things in all the regions it had gone.
The soul is cast into a body with the cup of wisdom,
questioning about the mysteries, finds them and inherit the Light forever.
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John answered [and said]: "A man who hath committed no sin, but done good
persistently, but hath not found the mysteries to pass through the rulers, when
he cometh out of the body, what will happen unto him?"
Of the after-death state of the righteous
man who path not been initiated.Jesus
said: "If the time of such an one is completed through the sphere, the
receivers of Bainchōōōch, who is one of the triple-powered gods, come after his
soul and lead his soul with joy and exultation and spend three days circling
round with it and instructing it concerning the creations of the world with joy
and exultation.
"Thereafter they lead it down into the Amente and
instruct it concerning the instruments of chastisement in the Amente; but they
will not take vengeance on it therewith. But they will only instruct it
concerning them, and the smoke of the flame of the chastisements catcheth it
only a little.
"Thereafter they carry it up unto the way of the
midst and instruct it concerning the chastisements of the ways of the midst,
the smoke from the flame catching it a little.
"Thereafter they lead it unto the Virgin of
Light, and she judgeth it and depositeth it with the little Sabaōth, the Good,
him of the Midst, until the sphere turneth itself, and Zeus and Aphrodite come
in face of the Virgin of Light, while Kronos and Arēs come behind her.
"At that hour she taketh that righteous soul and
handeth it over to her receivers, that they may cast it into the peons of the
sphere. And the servitors of the sphere lead it forth into a water which is
below the sphere; and a seething fire ariseth and eateth into it until it
purifieth it utterly.
"Thereafter cometh Yaluham, the receiver of
Sabaōth, the Adamas, who giveth the cup of forgetfulness unto the souls, and he
bringeth the water of forgetfulness and handeth it to the soul; [and it
drinketh it] and forgetteth all things and all the regions to which it had
gone.
Of the cup of wisdom."Thereafter there cometh a receiver of the little
Sabaōth, the Good, him of the Midst. He himself bringeth a cup filled with
thoughts and wisdom, and soberness is in it; [and] he handeth it to the soul.
And they cast it into a body which can neither sleep nor forget because of the
cup of soberness which hath been handed unto it; but |389. it will
whip its heart persistently to question about the mysteries of the Light until
it find them, through the decision of the Virgin of Light, and inherit the Light
for ever."
