The body of a child in the womb and its members is completed in 70
days, the rulers of Fate send the counterfeiting spirit to it, and its destiny will always
follow. There is an appointed time of death of man ,and the manner of death: by
water, attack of a wild beast, hanging, etc.
It is the rulers of fate that
make man commit sins
A portion of the power of
Jesus is also in the soul for it to seek the Light, to stand against the
counterfeiting spirit.
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Mary continued again and said: "My Lord, doth the
dragon of the outer darkness come into this world or doth he not come?"
Of the light of the sun and the darkness
of the dragon.The Saviour answered and
said unto Mary: "When the light of the sun is outside [? above the world],
he covereth the darkness of the dragon; but if the sun is below the world, then
the darkness of the dragon abideth as veiling of the sun and the breath of the
darkness cometh into the world in form of a smoke in the night,--that is, if
the sun withdraweth into himself his rays, then indeed the world is not able to
endure the darkness of the dragon in its true form; otherwise would it be
dissolved and go to ruin withal."
When the Saviour had said this, Mary continued again
and said unto the Saviour: "My Lord, still do I question thee and hide [it] not from me. Now, therefore, my
Lord, who compelleth then the man until he sinneth?"
The Saviour answered and said unto Mary: "It is
the rulers of the Fate who compel the man until he sinneth."
Mary answered and said unto the Saviour: "My
Lord, surely the rulers do not come down to the world and compel the man until
he sinneth?"
Of the cup of forgetfulness.The Saviour answered and said unto Mary: "They do
not come down in this manner into the world. But the rulers of the Fate, when
an old soul is about to come down through them, then the rulers of that great
Fate who [are] in the regions of the head of the æons,--which is that region
which is called the region of the kingdom of Adamas, and which is that region
which is in face of the Virgin of Light,--then the rulers of the region of that
head give the old soul a cup of forgetfulness out of the seed of wickedness,
filled with all the different desires and all forgetfulness. And straightway,
when that soul shall drink out of the cup, it forgetteth all the regions to
which it hath gone, and all the chastisements
in which it hath travelled. AndOf the counterfeiting
spirit. that cup of the water of forgetfulness becometh body outside the
soul, and it resembleth the soul in all [its] figures and maketh [itself] like
it,--which is what is called the counterfeiting spirit.
Of the fashioning of a new soul."If on the other hand it is a new soul which they
have taken out of the sweat of the rulers and out of the tears of their eyes,
or far rather out of the breath of their mouths,--in a word, if it is one of
the new souls or one of such souls, if it is one out of the sweat, then the
five great rulers of the great Fate take up the sweat of all the rulers of
their æons, knead it together withal, portion it and make it into a soul. Or
far rather if it is refuse of the purification of the Light, then Melchisedec
taketh it up from the rulers. The five great rulers of the great Fate knead the
refuse together, portion it and make it into different souls, so that every one
of the rulers of the æons, every one of them putteth his portion into the soul.
For this cause they knead it jointly, so that all may [par]take of the soul.
"And the five great rulers, if they portion it and make it into souls, bring it out of the sweat of the rulers. But if it is one out of the refuse of the purification of the Light, then Melchisedec, the great Receiver of the Light, taketh it [sc. the refuse] up from the rulers, or far rather if it is out of the tears of their eyes or out of the breath of their mouth,--in a word, out of such souls, when the five rulers portion it and make it into different souls,--or far rather if it is an old soul, then the ruler who is in the head of the æons, himself mixeth the cup of forgetfulness with the seed of wickedness, and he mixeth it with every one of the new souls at the time when he is in the region of the head. And that cup of forgetfulness becometh the counterfeiting spirit for that soul, and bideth outside the soul, being a vesture for it and resembling it in every way, being envelope as vesture outside it.
Of the in-breathing of the power."And the five great rulers of the great Fate of the æons and the ruler of the disk of the sun and the ruler of the disk of the moon inbreathe within into that soul, and there cometh forth out of them a portion out of my power which the last Helper hath cast into the Mixture. And the portion of that power remaineth within in the soul, unloosed and existing on its own authority for the economy unto which it hath been inset, to give sense unto the soul, in order that it may seek after the works of the Light of the Height always.
"And that power is like the species of the soul in every form and resembleth it. It cannot be outside the soul, but remaineth inside it, as I have commanded it from the beginning. When I willed to cast it into the first Commandment, I gave it commandment to remain outside [? inside] the souls for the economy of the First Mystery.
Jesus promiseth to reveal all in detail."And so I will tell you at the expansion of the
universe all these words concerning the power and also concerning the soul,
after what type they are fashioned, or what ruler fashioneth them, or what are
the different species of the souls. And so will I tell you at the expansion of
the universe how many fashion the soul. And I will tell you the name of all of
them who fashion the soul. And I will tell you the type, how the counterfeiting
spirit and the destiny have been prepared. And I will tell you the name of the
soul before it is purged, and moreover its name when it hath been purged and
become pure. And I will tell you the name of the counterfeiting spirit; and I
will tell you the name of the destiny. And I will tell you the name of all the
bonds with which the rulers bind the counterfeiting spirit to the soul. And I will tell you the name of
all the decans who fashion the soul in the bodies of the soul in the world; and
I will tell you in what manner the souls are fashioned. And I will tell you the
type of every one of the souls; and I will tell you the type of the souls of
the men and of those of the birds and of those of the wild beasts and of those
of the reptiles. And.
I will tell you the type of all the souls and of those of all the rulers which
are sent into the world, in order that ye may be completed in all gnosis. All
this will I tell you at the expansion of the universe. And after all this I
will tell you wherefor all this hath come to pass.
Of the light-power and the counterfeiting spirit."Hearken, therefore, that I may discourse with you concerning the soul according as I have said: The five great rulers of the great Fate of the æons and the rulers of the disk of the sun and the rulers of the disk of the moon breathe into that soul, and there cometh out of them a portion of my power, as I have just said. And the portion of that power remaineth within the soul, so that the soul can stand. And they put the counterfeiting spirit outside the soul, watching it and assigned to it; and the rulers bind it to the soul with their seals and their bonds and seal it to it, that it may compel it always, so that it continually doeth its mischiefs and all its iniquities, in order that it may be their slave always and remain under their sway always in the changes of the body; and they seal it to it that it may be in all the sin and all the desires of the world.
The parents we are to abandon.
"For this cause, therefore, have I in this manner
brought the mysteries into this world which undo all the bonds of the
counterfeiting spirit and all the seals which are bound to the soul,--those
which make the soul free and free it from its parents the rulers, and make it
into refined light and lead it up into the kingdom of its father, the first
Issue, the First Mystery, for ever.
"For this cause therefore, have I said unto you
aforetime: 'He who doth not abandon father and mother and come and follow after
me, is not worthy of me.' I have, therefore, said at that time: Ye are to
abandon your parents the rulers, that I may make you sons of the First Mystery
for ever."
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Of how a man cometh by his death."Is he to die by a wild beast, the destiny
leadeth the wild beast against him until it slay him; or is he to die by a
serpent, or is he to fall into a pit by mischance, or is he to hang himself, or
is he to die in water, or through such [kinds of death], or through another
death which is worse or better than this,--in a word, it is the destiny which
forceth his death. upon him. This is the occupation of the destiny, and it hath
no other occupation but this. And the destiny followeth every man until the day
of his death."
Salome is in doubt.And when the
Saviour had said this, Salome started forward and said: "My Lord, if our
parents are the rulers, how standeth it written in the Law of Moses: 'He who
shall abandon his father and his mother, let him die the death'? Hath not thus
the Law made statement thereon?"
And when Salome had said this, the light-power in Mary
Magdalene bubbled up in her and she said to the Saviour: "My Lord, give
commandment unto me that I discourse with my sister Salome to tell her the
solution of the word which she hath spoken."
It came to pass then, when the Saviour had heard Mary
say these words, that he called her most exceedingly blessed. The Saviour
answered and said unto Mary: "I give commandment unto thee, Mary, that
thou speak the solution of the word which Salome hath spoken."
Mary removeth the doubt of Salome.And when the Saviour had said this, Mary started
forward to Salome, embraced her and said unto her: "My sister Salome, concerning
the word which thou hast spoken: It standeth written in the Law of Moses: 'He
who shall abandon his father and his mother, let him die the death,'--now,
therefore, my sister Salome, the Law hath not said this concerning the soul nor
concerning the body nor concerning the counterfeiting spirit, for all these are
sons of the rulers and are out of them.
But the Law hath said this concerning the power which hath came forth out of
the Saviour, and which is the light-man within us to-day. The Law hath moreover
said: Every one who shall remain without the Saviour and all his mysteries, his
parents, will not only die the death but go to ruin in destruction."
When then Mary had said this, Salome started forward
to Mary and embraced her anew. Salome said: "The Saviour hath power to
make me understanding like thyself."
It came to pass, when the Saviour had heard the words
of Mary, that he called her most exceedingly blessed. The Saviour answered and
said unto Mary in the midst of his disciples: "Hearken, therefore, Mary,
who it is who compelleth the man until he sinneth.
Of the charge given to the counterfeiting
spirit."Now, therefore, the rulers
seal the counterfeiting spirit to the soul, [but] so that it doth not agitate
it every hour, making it do all sins and all iniquities. And they give
commandment moreover unto the counterfeiting spirit, saying: 'If the soul
cometh out of the body, do not agitate it, being assigned to it and
transferring it to all the regions of the judgments, region by region, on
account of all the sins which thou hast made it do, in order that it may be
chastized in all the regions of the judgments, so that it may not be able to go
on high to the Light and return into changes of the body.'
"In a word, they give commandment to the counterfeiting
spirit, saying: 'Do not agitate it at all at any hour unless it doth not speak
mysteries and undo all the seals and all the bonds with which we have bound
thee to it. [But] if it sayeth the mysteries and undoeth all the seals and all
the bonds and [sayeth] the apology of the region, and if it cometh, then let it
go forth, for it belongeth to those of the Light of the Height and hath become
a stranger unto us and unto thee, and thou wilt not be able to seize it from
this hour onwards. If on the contrary it sayeth not the mysteries of the
undoing of thy bonds and of thy seals and of the apologies of the region, then
seize it and let it not out; thou shalt transfer it to the chastisements and
all the regions of the judgments on account of all the sins which thou hast
made it do. After this lead [such souls] before the Virgin of Light, who
sendeth them once more into the circuit.'
Of the charge given to the servitors."The rulers of the great Fate of the æons hand
these over to the counterfeiting spirit; and the rulers summon the servitors of
their æons, to the number of three-hundred-and-sixty-and-five, and give them
the soul and the counterfeiting spirit, which are bound to one another. The
counterfeiting spirit is the without of the soul, and the compound of the power
is the within of the soul, being within both of them, in order that they may be
able to stand, for it is the power which
keepeth the two up-right. And the rulers give commandment to the servitors,
saying unto them: This is the type which ye are to put into the body of the
matter of the world.' They say unto them indeed: 'Put the compound of the
power, the within of the soul, within them all, that they may be able to stand,
for it is their up-rightness, and after the soul put the counterfeiting
spirit.'
Of conception."Thus they give commandment to their servitors,
that they may deposit it into the bodies of the antitype. And following this
fashion the servitors of the rulers bring the power and the soul and the
counterfeiting spirit, bring them down to the world, and pour [them] out into
the world of the rulers of the midst. The rulers of the midst look after the
counterfeiting spirit; and also the destiny, whose name is Moira, leadeth the
man until it hath him slain through the death appointed unto him, which the
rulers of the great Fate have bound to the soul. And the servitors of the
sphere bind the soul and the power and the counterfeiting spirit and the
destiny. And they portion them all and make them into two portions and seek
after the man and also after the woman in the world to whom they have given
signs, in order that they may send them
into them. And they give one portion to the man and one portion to the woman in
a victual of the world or in a breath of the air or in water or in a kind which
they drink.
"All this I will tell unto you and the species of
every soul and the type, how they enter into the bodies, whether of men or of
birds or of cattle or of wild beasts or of reptiles or of all the other species
in the world. I will tell you their type, in what type they enter into men; I
will tell it you at the expansion of the universe.
"Now, therefore, when the servitors of the rulers
cast the one portion into the woman and the other into the man in the fashion
which I
Of the compulsion of the parents.have told you, then the servitors secretly compel
them, even if they are removed at very great distance from one another, so that
they concert to be in a concert of the world. And the counterfeiting spirit
which is in the man, cometh to the portion which is entrusted to the world in
the matter of his body, and lifteth it and casteth it down into the womb of the
woman [into the portion] which is entrusted to the seed of wickedness.
Of the process of gestation."And in that hour the three-hundred-and-sixty-and-five
servitors of the rulers go into her womb and take up their abode in it. The
servitors bring the two portions the one to the other, and moreover the
servitors withhold the blood of all the
food of the woman which she will eat and which she will drink, and they
withhold [it] in the womb of the woman up to forty days. And after forty days
they knead the blood of the power of all the food and knead it well in the
woman's womb.
"After forty days they spend another thirty days
in building its members in the image of the body of the man; each buildeth a
member. I will tell you the decans who will build it [sc. the body]; I
will tell them you at the expansion of the universe.
Of the incarnation of the soul."If then after this the servitors shall have
completed the whole body and all its members in seventy days, after this the
servitors summon into the body which they have built,--first indeed they summon
the counterfeiting spirit; thereafter they summon the soul within them; and
thereafter they summon the compound of the power into the soul; and the destiny
they put outside them all, as it is not blended with them, [but] following them
and accompanying them.
Of the sealing of the plasm."And after this the servitors seal them one to
the other with all the seals which the rulers have given them. [And] they seal
the day on which they have taken up their abode in the womb of the woman,--they
seal [it] on the left hand of the plasm;
and they seal the day on which they have completed the body, on the right hand;
and they seal the day on which the rulers have handed it over to them, on the
middle of the skull of the body of the plasm; and they seal the day on which
the soul hath come forth out of the rulers, they seal it on the [left of] the
skull of the plasm; and they seal the day on which they kneaded the members and
separated them for a soul, they seal it on the right of the skull of the plasm;
and the day on which they have bound the counterfeiting spirit to it [the soul],
they seal on the back of the skull of the plasm; and the day on which the
rulers have breathed the power into the body, they seal on the brain which is
in the midst of the head of the plasm and also on the inside [? the heart] of
the plasm; and the number of years which the soul will spend in the body, they
seal on the forehead which is on the plasm. And so they seal all those seals on
the plasm. I will tell you the names of all these seals at the expansion of the
universe; and after the expansion of the universe I will tell you wherefor all
hath come to pass. And, if ye could understand it, I am that mystery.
"Now, therefore, the servitors complete the whole
man. And of all these seals with which they have sealed the body, the servitors carry the whole peculiarity and
bring it to all the retributive rulers who [are] over all the chastisements of
the judgments; and these hand it over to their receivers, in order that they
may lead their souls out of the bodies,--they hand over to them the peculiarity
of the seals, in order that they may know the time when they are to lead the
souls out of the bodies, and in order that they may know the time when they are
to bring to birth the body, so that they may send their servitors in order that
they may draw near and follow the soul and bear witness of all the sins it
shall do,--they and the counterfeiting spirit,--on account of the manner and
way, how they shall chastize it in the judgment.
Of the destiny."And when the servitors have given the
peculiarity of the seals to the retributive rulers, they withdraw themselves to
the economy of their occupations which is appointed unto them through the
rulers of the great Fate. And when the number of months of the birth of the
babe is completed, the babe is born. Small in it is the compound of the power,
and small in it is the soul; and small in it is the counterfeiting spirit. The
destiny on the contrary is large, as it is not mingled into the body for their
economy, but followeth the soul and the
body and the counterfeiting spirit, until the time when the soul shall come
forth out of the body, on account of the type of death by which it shall slay
it [the body] according to the death appointed for it by the rulers of the
great Fate.
