Three Steles of Seth - The Second Stele of Seth

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Great is the first eternal realm, male virgin Barbelo, the first glory of the invisible father.

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You who are called perfect first saw that the one who really preexists is not.

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From that one and through it you have come into being first and forever, you who are nonexistent from One, the indivisible, triple power.

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You are a triple power, you are a great One from a pure One.

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You are a superior One, first shadow of the holy father, light from light.

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We praise you, maker of perfection, donor of eternal realms.

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You saw that those who are eternal are from a shadow.

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You have conferred multiplicity, you have found and remained One, while still conferring multiplicity through division.

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You are a threefold replication, truly you are replicated three times.

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You are One, of the One, and you are from its shadow.

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You are hidden, you are a world of knowledge, you know that those who are of the One are from shadow.

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And they are yours in your heart.

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Because of them you made the eternal be, you made divinity live, you made knowledge good, in blessedness you made the shadows flowing from the One.

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You made one in understanding; you made another in creation.

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You made the equal and the unequal, the similar and the different.

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You have empowered in generation and formation, by that which is, to others . . . . . . and generation.

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You have given these strength, hidden in the heart, and you came forth to them and from them.

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You are divided among them and become a great male first-appearing mind. Father god, divine child, maker of multiplicity, in dividing all those who really are, you revealed to them all a word.

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You possess them all without birth, eternally, imperishably.

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Because of you salvation has come to us, from you comes salvation.

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You are wisdom, you are knowledge, you are truth.

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Because of you is life, from you life.

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Because of you is mind, from you mind.

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You are mind, you are a world of truth.

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You are a triple power, you are a threefold replication, truly you are replicated three times, the eternal realm of eternal realms.

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You alone see purely the first, undying, unborn ones and the first divisions, as you were divided.

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Unify us as you were unified.

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Teach us what you see.

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Give us strength so we may be saved to eternal life.

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We are a shadow of you . . . as you are a shadow of that first preexistent one.

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Hear us first.

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We are eternal.

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Hear us as perfect beings.

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You are the eternal realm of eternal realms, the all-perfect one, who is established.

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You have heard, you have heard.

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You have saved, you have saved.

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We give thanks, we praise always, we shall glorify you.