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Book of Enoch
Chapter II (2:2)
Behold ye the earth, and give heed to the things which take place upon it from first to last, ⌈how steadfast they are⌉, how ⌈none of the things upon earth⌉ change, ⌈but⌉ all the works of God appear ⌈to you⌉.
Chapter 21: Of the Third Day. (27)
For thou seest plainly, how all the Fruits of the Earth, whatsoever it brings forth, must putrefy and rot; also they are a Death.
Chapter 4: Of the creation of the Holy Angels. An Instruction or open Gate of Heaven. (41)
World diligently, and consider what Manner of Fruit, Sprouts, and Branches, grow out of the Salitter of the Earth, from Trees, Plants, Herbs, Roots, F...
Corpus Hermeticum
5. Though Unmanifest God Is Most Manifest (5)
Would that it were possible for thee to get thee wings, and soar into the air, and, poised midway 'tween earth and heaven, behold the earth's...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 8: Of the Creation of the Creatures, and of the Springing up of every growing Thing; as also of the Stars and Elements, and of the Original of the a Substance of this World. (2)
We must not a think with our Understanding and Skill, of God's making or creating, as of a Man that makes something, as a Potter makes a Vessel of a L...
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 4: Of the true Eternal Nature, that is, of the numberless and endless generating of the Birth of the eternal Essence, which is the Essence of all Essences; out of which were generated, born, and at length created, this World, with the Stars and Elements, and all whatsoever moves, stirs, or lives therein. The open Gate of the great Depth. (25)
Now if you consider what preserves all thus, and whence it is, then you find the eternal Birth that has no Beginning, and you find the Original of the...
The Masnavi
The People of Saba (23-33)
Keep telling forever a stone to become a ruby, Keep telling forever the old to become young! Tell earth to assume the quality of water, Bid water to...
Chapter 24: Of the Incorporating or Compaction of the Stars. (29)
Now thou wilt object and say: Then sure the Stars are God; and they must be honoured and worshipped as God.
Chaldean Oracles
Magical and Philosophical Precepts (144)
Direct not thy mind to the vast surfaces of the Earth; for the Plant of Truth grows not upon the ground. Nor measure the motions of the Sun,...
Turba Philosophorum
The Fifth Dictum (5)
ARISLEUS saith:—Know that the earth is a hill and not a plain, for which reason the Sun does not ascend over all the zones of the earth in a single...
Chapter 14: How Lucifer, who was the most beautiful Angel in Heaven, is become the most horrible Devil. The House of the murderous Den. (128)
Therefore have a Care, and take Heed, and turn thy Eyes from Evil, or else thou undoest thyself, and so bringest thyself into Perdition. [Not.]
Chapter 3: Of the most blessed Triumphing, Holy, Holy, Holy Trinity, GOD the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, ONE only God. (96)
Therefore observe exactly, and take Notice of the Order of this Book, and then thou wilt find, whatsoever thy Heart desires, or ever longed for.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XIV: Greek Plagiarism From the Hebrews. (103)
The mountains tremble, and the earth, the vast Abyss of sea, and towering height of hills, When on them looks the Sovereign's awful eye:
The Three Principles of the Divine Essence
Chapter 27: Of the Last Judgment, of the Resurrection of the Dead, and of the Eternal Life. The most horrible Gate of the Wicked, and the joyful Gate of the Godly. (33)
But let every one enter into himself, and labour to be a righteous Man, and fear God, and do right, and consider that this his Work shall appear in He...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XX (9)
But serve ye the Most High God, and worship Him continually : And hope for His countenance always, And work uprightness and righteousness before Him, ...
Chapter 23: Of the Deep above the Earth. (11)
When thou beholdest the Deep, the Stars, the Elements, and the Earth, then thou comprehendest not with thy Eyes the bright and clear Deity, though...
The Masnavi
The Sage and the Peacock (31-40)
O Thou that convertest salt earth into bread, And bread again into the life of men; Thou who madest the erring soul a guide to men, And him that erred...
Chapter 25: Of the whole Body of the Stars and of their Birth or Geniture; that is, the whole Astrology, or the whole Body of this World. (53)
While he yet sticks in the old Man of Wrath and Death, and fits also in his Heaven, he sees through both; in such a Manner also he sees the Stars and...
Asclepius
Section XXXIV (4)
And if thou should’st observe it as a whole, thou wilt be taught, by means of the True Reason, that Cosmos in itself is knowable to sense, and that al...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XIV: Greek Plagiarism From the Hebrews. (83)
Then, as if paraphrasing the expression, "Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool," he adds: "But in great heaven, He is seated firm Upon a...
Corpus Hermeticum
11. Mind Unto Hermes (12)
All things, therefore, He makes, in many [ways]. And what great thing is it for God to make life, soul, and deathlessness, and change, when thou...
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