Forerunners and rivals of Christianity : $b being studies in religious history from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D., Vol. 2 (of 2)Legge, Francis
Religion
Forerunners and rivals of Christianity : $b being studies in religious history from 330 B.C. to 330 A.D., Vol. 2 (of 2)
Legge, Francis
Christianity and other religions; Religions
“The mystery who is without the world, through whom all things
exist, he is the giving forth and the lifting up of all and he has
put forth all the emanations and the things which are in them all.
And it is through him that all the mysteries exist and all their
places. Come unto us, for we are thy fellows and thy members[473]!
We are one with thee, for thou and we are one. This is the First
Mystery which existed since the beginning in the Ineffable One
before he [_i.e._ the First Mystery] went forth, and we all are his
name[474].
“Now therefore we all await thee at the last boundary which is the
last mystery from within[475]. This also is part of us. Now
therefore we have sent to thee thy vesture which is thine from the
beginning, which thou didst place in the last boundary, which is the
last boundary from within, until the time should be fulfilled
according to the commandment of the First Mystery. And now that the
time is fulfilled, clothe thyself in it! Come unto us, for we all
stand near to thee that we may clothe thee with all the glory of the
First Mystery by His command. Which glory is as two vestures,
besides that which we have sent unto thee. For thou art worthy of
them since thou art preferred before us and wast made before us.
Wherefore the First Mystery has sent thee by us the mystery of all
his glory, which is as two vestures. In the first is the glory of
all the names of all the mysteries and of all the emanations which
are in the ranks of the receptacles of the Ineffable One. And in the
second vesture is the glory of the names of all the mysteries and of
all the emanations which are in the ranks of the two receptacles of
the First Mystery. And in this vesture which we have sent thee now,
is the glory of the name of the Recorder who is the First
Precept[476], and the mystery of the Five Marks[477], and the
mystery of the great Legate of the Ineffable One who is the same as
that Great Light[478], and the mystery of the Five Prohegumeni who
are the same as the Five Parastatae[479]. And there is also in that
vesture the glory of the name of the mystery of all the ranks of the
emanations of the Treasure-house of Light, and of their Saviours,
and the ranks of those ranks which are the Seven Amen and which are
the Seven Sounds, and also the Five Trees[480] and also the Three
Amen, and also the Saviour of the Twins who is the boy of a
boy[481], and the mystery of the Nine Guards of the Three Gates of
the Treasure-house of Light. And there is also within it the glory
of the name which is on the right, and of all those who are in the
middle. And there also is the glory of the name of the Great Unseen
One, who is the Great Forefather[482], and the mysteries of the
Three Triple Powers, and the mystery of all their places, and the
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