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The Alchemy of Happiness
The Knowledge of the Next World (4)
you knowledge, you depart in ignorance of God, this ignorance also is an essential attribute, and will abide as darkness of soul and the seed of misery. Therefore the Koran says, "He who is blind in this life will be blind in the next life, and astray from the path."
The Works of Dionysius the Areopagite
The Letters, Letter I: To Gaius Therapeutes (1)
DARKNESS becomes invisible by light, and specially by much light. Varied knowledge (αἰ γνώσεις), and especially much varied knowledge, makes the...
Gospel of Philip
Ignorance Is the Mother of Evil (Ignorance Is the Mother of Evil)
Ignorance is the mother of [all evil]. Ignorance leads to [death, because] those who come from [ignorance] neither were nor [are] nor will be. [But...
The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (43)
O my heart, if you wish to arrive at the beginning of understanding, walk carefully. To each atom there is a different door, and for each atom there...
Allogenes the Stranger
Parallel with the Apocryphon of John (BG ,6-25,7 = II ,17-33) (12)
He will not be judged by that One, who is neither concerned for anything nor has any desire, but he is (judged) through himself because he has not fou...
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (43)
Examine yourself (to see) whether you wholly have the light, so that, if you ask about these things, you may understand how you will escape. For many ...
The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (46)
O ignorant son of the first man, the Khalif of God on earth, strive to participate in the spiritual knowledge of your father. All creatures that God...
The Masnavi
The Lover and his Mistress (58-66)
He is not ignorant nor absent, O mean one. The carnal soul is made by God blind and deaf; I saw with the heart's eye your blindness afar off. For...
Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
Book II (5)
The darkness of ignorance is: holding that which is unenduring, impure, full of pain, not the Soul, to be eternal, pure, full of joy, the Soul.
Corpus Hermeticum
11. Mind Unto Hermes (21)
For thou canst know naught of things beautiful and good so long as thou dost love thy body and art bad. The greatest bad there is, is not to know God'...
The Masnavi
Prologue (71-80)
Seeing then, beloved, that knowledge is the mark of soul, The world of souls is itself entirely knowledge, When knowledge is lacking in a man s...
Chapter 19: Concerning the Created Heaven, and the Form of the Earth, and of the Water, as also concerning Light and Darkness. Concerning Heaven. (132)
For when thy light is extinguished, then thou standest in the darkness, and in the darkness the wrath of God is hidden, and so if thou awakenest it, t...
Secret Teachings of All Ages
Conclusion (23)
Two fundamental forms of ignorance were recognized by the Platonists: simple ignorance and complex ignorance. Simple ignorance is merely lack of...
Allogenes the Stranger
The Powers of the Luminaries: A. Ascent through the Triple Powered One (5)
Do not know him, for it is impossible; but if by means of an enlightened thought you should know him, stay incognizant of him!"
The Masnavi
The Deadly Mosque (1-11)
The "knowledge of certainty" and the "eye of certainty". Our body and substance are snow, doomed to perish, God is He who buys them, for "God hath...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter III: The Objects of Faith and Hope Perceived By the Mind Alone. (4)
The knowledge of ignorance is, then, the first lesson in walking according to the Word. An ignorant man has sought, and having sought, he finds the...
The Conference of the Birds
Invocation (42)
All men who are aware of their ignorance tuck up the flap of their garment and say earnestly: 'O thou who art not seen although thou makest us to...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter IV (44)
It is the manner of life which shows up those who know the commandments; for as a man's word is, so is his life. The tree is known by its fruit, not...
Brihadaranyaka Upanishad
Brahmana 4 (4.4.11)
Joyless are those worlds called/ Covered with blind darkness. To them after death go those People that have not knowledge, that are not awakened:
The Masnavi
The Deadly Mosque (12-22)
Know knowledge aspires to certainty, In the chapter, "Desire of riches occupieth you," After "Nay," read "Would that ye knew!" Knowledge conducts you...
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XII: The True Gnostic Is Beneficent, Continent, and Despises Worldly Things. (12)
But, as seems, ignorance is the starvation of the soul, and knowledge its sustenance.
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