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The Conference of the Birds
The Birds Assemble (9)
Salutations, O Excellent Pheasant! You see that which is far off, and you perceive the heart's source immersed in the ocean of ligh'- while you remain in the pit of darkness and the prison of uncertainty. Lift yourself from the pit and raise your head to the divine throne.
The Masnavi
The Elephant in a Dark Room (22-31)
When you pluck up your foot you escape from the mire, When you obtain salvation at God's hands, O wanderer, You are free from the mire, and go your...
The Masnavi
The King and his Three Sons (81-90)
He learned birds' language from "what we were taught." But thou art only a bird of the air; understand then That thou hast never seen the true...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XV (38)
Thou sailest over the Heaven, thou travellest over earth and in splendour thou reachest the zenith; the two divisions of Heaven are in obeisance to...
The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Book I: Introductory Instructions Concerning the Experiencing of Reality During the Third Stage of the Bardo, Called the Chonyid Bardo, when the Karmic Apparitions Appear (3.14)
O nobly-born, when thy body and mind were separating, thou must have experienced a glimpse of the Pure Truth, subtle, sparkling, bright, dazzling,...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter LXXIX (2)
Hail to you, ye Lords of pure things, ye whose abodes are hidden
The Masnavi
The Building of the "Most Remote Temple" at Jerusalem (112-121)
Arise! O Bilqis, at least behold The kingdom of the royal kings of the faith! In reality they are seated in the garden of the spirit, That spiritual...
The Masnavi
The Young Ducks who were brought up under a Hen (10-18)
Thou art a duck, and flourishest on land and water, And dost not, like a domestic fowl, dig up the house. Thou art a king of "the sons of Adam...
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 Masnavi
The Man who was Tattooed (41-50)
If such food be bestowed on the absent, What dainties may not the guest who is present expect? The courtier who attends in the presence of the king...
Pyramid Texts
Texts Of Miscellaneous Contents, Utterances 602-605 (604)
1680 To say: Raise thyself up, father, N., the great; sit before them; 1680 the apertures of the (heavenly) windows are open for thee; 1680 broad are...
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter XCII (7)
Let the path be thrown open to thy Genius [91] and to thy Soul, Glorified one, who art provided with those who conduct thee; sit thou at the head of...
The Masnavi
The Pauper and the Prisoners (45-54)
How can constancy fail while form abides? But the truth is, the sun's beams strike the wall, Why give your heart to mere stones, O simpleton? Go!...
The Masnavi
The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass (12-21)
What need has He to wheedle a worm like Moses?" O babbler, while thy soul is drunk with mere date wine, For the token of thy having seen that divine...
The Masnavi
The King and his Three Sons (41-50)
Saying, "What ye sow will yield only thorns; If ye fly that way, ye will fly astray. Take seed of us to yield you a good harvest, Now ye know not the...
Pyramid Texts
Utterances Concerning Well-being, Especially Food And Clothes, Utterances 401-426 (421)
751 To say: N., thou climbest up, thou reachest the radiance. 751 Thou art the brilliance which is upon the eastern(?)-quarter of the sky.
The Masnavi
The Lion and the Beasts (111-120)
They say, "What is this thou ridest on, O master?" He says, "True, 'tis a steed; but where is mine?" They say, "Look to thyself, O rider; thy steed...