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Passages similar to: The Conference of the Birds — Invocation
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The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (1)
PRAISE to the Holy Creator, who has placed his throne upon the waters, and who has made all terrestrial creatures. To the Heavens he has given dominion and to the Earth dependence; to the Heavens he has given movement, and to the Earth uniform repose.
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XII (4)
Worship the God of heaven, Who causeth the rain and the dew to descend on the earth, And doeth everything upon the earth, And hath created everything...
Book of Enoch
Chapter LXXXIV (2)
'Blessed be Thou, O Lord, King, Great and mighty in Thy greatness, Lord of the whole creation of the heaven, King of kings and God of the whole...
Three Steles of Seth
The Second Stele of Seth (6)
We praise you, maker of perfection, donor of eternal realms.
Book of Enoch
Chapter CI (8)
Has He not made the heaven and the earth, and all that is therein? Who has given understanding and wisdom to everything that moves on the earth and...
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. (59)
Now we pray thus, Our Father [which art] in Heaven, hallowed (or sanctified) be thy Name. And in the first of Genesis it is written, God created the...
Enuma Elish
Tablet VII (57)
Since he created the realm (of heaven) and fashioned the firm earth
Corpus Hermeticum
13. The Secret Sermon on the Mountain (17)
Let every nature of the World receive the utterance of my hymn! Open thou Earth! Let every bolt of the Abyss be drawn for me. Stir not, ye Trees! I...
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...
Chapter 18: Of the Creation of Heaven and Earth; and of the first Day. (67)
This signifieth that when God created heaven and earth, and all the creatures, he nevertheless remained in his divine, eternal, almighty seat, and...
Book of Enoch
Chapter CI (6)
Are not the entire sea and all its waters, and all its movements, the work of the Most High, and has He not set limits to its doings, and confined it...
Corpus Hermeticum
1. Poemandres, the Shepherd of Men (31)
Holy art Thou, O God, the universals' Father. Holy art Thou, O God, whose Will perfects itself by means of its own Powers. Holy art Thou, O God, who...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter CLXXXIII (6)
This god) giveth thee to join him on the firmament, when he raiseth water on the mountains in order to make growth come forth on the mountains, and...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XVI: Gnostic Exposition of the Decalogue. (44)
The Father of the universe, as far as in lies, of His tireless might. e elements, however, and the stars - that is, the administrative powers - are...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter II (3)
And this was the only work (God) created on the second day.
Chapter 2: An Introduction, shewing how men may come to apprehend The Divine, and the Natural, Being. And further of the two Qualities. (58)
Now open here the eyes of thy spirit, and behold God thy Creator. Question. Here now the question is, From whence has heaven, or whence borroweth it,...
Three Steles of Seth
The Third Stele of Seth (4)
We praise you, nonbeing, reality before realities, first being before beings, father of divinity and life, creator of mind, donor of goodness, donor...
Yasna (Gathas)
Yasna 44 — Ushtavaiti Gatha (4)
This I ask Thee, O Ahura! tell me aright, who from beneath hath sustained the earth and the clouds above that they do not fall? Who made the waters...
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 2: An Introduction, shewing how men may come to apprehend The Divine, and the Natural, Being. And further of the two Qualities. (61)
When we nominate heaven and earth, stars and elements, and all that is therein, and all whatsoever is above the heaven, then thereby is nominated the...
Book of Enoch
Chapter XXV (7)
Then blessed I the God of Glory, the Eternal King, who hath prepared such things for the righteous, and hath created them and promised to give to...
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