“The mysteries of truth are revealed in symbols and images.
The bridal chamber is not for animals, nor for slaves, nor for defiled women,
but for free men and virgins.
In it, the veil is torn,
and the soul unites with her counterpart,
and light meets light.
This is the holy marriage of Spirit and matter,
and the one who enters becomes divine.”
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“Ignorance is a slave, knowledge is freedom.
If we know the truth, we shall find the fruits of the truth within us.
If we are joined to it, it will bring our fulfillment.
Ignorance leads us to death, but knowledge leads us to life.
Blessed is he who comes to himself and awakens, for he has overcome the bonds of illusion.”
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“When Eve was in Adam, there was no death.
When she was separated from him, death came.
If she enters into him again and he embraces her,
death shall no longer be.
In the same way, when the two become one,
when the inside becomes like the outside,
and the male with the female,
then the Kingdom of Heaven shall appear.”
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“Light and darkness, life and death, right and left,
are brothers of one another.
They are inseparable.
Because of this, neither are the good good,
nor the evil evil,
nor is life life,
nor death death.
Therefore each one will dissolve into its original root,
but those who are exalted above the world are immortal.”
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“Those who say they will die first and then rise are mistaken.
If they do not receive the resurrection while they live,
when they die they will receive nothing.
It is said of those who have come to know the truth:
‘While we were in the world,
we made a resurrection for ourselves.’
If you do not make yourself alive while you are living,
you will die in darkness.”
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— from (The Gnostic Gospel Of Philip, Nag_ Hammadi_)
ART: Christ in the Cosmic Egg by Godwin.