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Tripartite Tractate
Aeonic Life (9)
It is by virtue of his will that the Father, the one who is exalted, is known, that is, (by virtue of) the spirit which breathes in the Totalities and it gives them an idea of seeking after the unknown one, just as one is drawn by a pleasant aroma to search for the thing from…
Gospel of Truth
TRUTH IS THE MOUTH OF THE FATHER (TRUTH IS THE MOUTH OF THE FATHER)
Each one loves truth because truth is the mouth of the father. His tongue is the holy spirit.…
Gospel of Truth
THE PLACE OF THE BLESSED (THE PLACE OF THE BLESSED)
Each one will speak concerning the place from which they have come forth, and to the region from which they received their essential being they will hasten to return once again and receive from that place, the place where they stood before, and they will taste of that place, be…
Gospel of Truth
THE SWEETNESS OF THE FATHER (THE SWEETNESS OF THE FATHER)
For the father is sweet and his will is good. He knows the things that are yours, so that you may rest yourselves in them.…
Apocryphon of John
Barbelo Conceives (Barbelo Conceives)
The father gazed into Barbelo, with the pure light surrounding the invisible spirit, and its radiance. Barbelo conceived from it, and it produced a spark of light similar to the blessed light but not as great.…
Gospel of Truth
THE FATHER IS BEGINNING AND END (THE FATHER IS BEGINNING AND END)
Paradise is the perfection in the thought of the father, and the plants are the words of his reflection. Each one of his words is the work of his will alone, in the revelation of his word.…
Chaldean Oracles
Ideas. (39)
The Mind of the Father whirled forth in reechoing roar, comprehending by invincible Will Ideas omniform ; which flying forth from that one fountain...
Gospel of Truth
THE SON IS THE NAME AND REVELATION OF THE FATHER (THE SON IS THE NAME AND REVELATION OF THE FATHER)
The name of the father is the son. It is he who, in the beginning, gave a name to him who came from him, while he remained the same, and he conceived him as a son.…
Apocryphon of John
Barbelo Appears (Barbelo Appears)
Now, this father is the One who beholds himself in the light surrounding him, which is the spring of living water, and provides all the realms. He reflects on his image everywhere, sees it in the spring of the spirit, and becomes enamored of his luminous water, for his image is…
Apocryphon of John
The One (The One)
I asked if I might understand this, and it said to me, The One is a sovereign that has nothing over it. It is god and father of all, the invisible one that is over all, that is incorruptible, that is pure light at which no eye can gaze.…
Gospel of Truth
THE FATHER CALLING THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE (THE FATHER CALLING THOSE WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE)
Those whose names he knew first were called last, so that the one who has knowledge is one whose name the father has pronounced. For one whose name has not been spoken is ignorant.…
Gospel of Truth
WAKING UP AND COMING TO KNOWLEDGE (WAKING UP AND COMING TO KNOWLEDGE)
What, then, is that which he wants such a one to think? “I am like the shadows and phantoms of the night.” When morning comes, this one knows that the fear that had been experienced was nothing.…