Saturday, August 11, 2007

Mary of Magdala 8:19-24

19 The first form is darkness, the second desire, the third ignorance, the fourth is the excitement of death, the fifth is the kingdom of the flesh, the sixth is the foolish wisdom of flesh, the seventh is the wrathful wisdom. These are the seven powers.
20 They asked the soul, Whence do you come slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?
21 The soul answered and said, What binds me has been slain, and what turns me about has been overcome,
22 and my desire has been ended, and ignorance has died.
23 In an aeon I was released from a world, and in a Type from a type, and from the fetter of oblivion which is transient.
24 From this time on will I attain to the rest of the time, of the season, of the aeon, in silence.