Chapter 26. The Column of Glory
Also the Envoy’s Son, the Great Mind which is the Column of Glory, the Perfect Man to whom all the churches gather, and to whom all the Light that has been refined out of the world returns. The Baptism of Life, the Washing-place of the Souls, the Harbor of those who are in the open sea is the diamond-like Column supporting and upholding the world, the stout-hearted one spreading and filling all things with his own wonderful body and his own great strength voluntarily promising graces to the favorite son who lives alone.
Глава 26. Колонна славы
И также сын посланника, великий ум, который колонна славы, совершенный человек, к которому собираются все церкви, и к которому весь свет, очищенный из мира, возвращается. Крещение жизни, место омовения душ, гавань для тех, кто в открытом море, колонна, подобная алмазу, тот, кто поддерживает и сохраняет мир, смелый, который распространяет и наполняет все вещи своим чудесным телом и своей собственной великой силой добровольно обещает милости возлюбленному сыну, который живет одиноко.
Chapter 27. The Light-Maiden
The beginning of all wisdoms of the Truth is the splendid and beautiful Maiden of the Light, the Soul of the Father, her Father’s beloved Daughter, the blessed Light-Maiden, the glorious Wisdom who by her ineffable beauty puts to shame the Powers that are full of lust, who takes away the heart of the Rulers and the Powers by means of her Image, while she carries out the purpose of the Greatness and executes justice on the Ruler of the Wet and the Ruler of the Dry.
Глава 27. Дева света
Начало всех мудростей истины - великолепная и прекрасная Дева Света, Душа Отца, любимая дочь своего отца, благословенная светлая девушка, славная мудрость, которая своей несказанной красотой повергает в стыд силы зла, полные блядства, которая уносит сердца архонтов и сил своим образом, когда она выполняет задачи Величия и совершает справедливость над архонтом сырости и над архонтом сухости9.
Chapter 28. Jesus
The pure and wonderful Wisdom is Jesus the Radiant, the self-revealing angelic Maiden, the glorious Dawn through whom eternal life is given, who is the Releaser and the Savior of all the Souls. The Physician of the wounded is the King of Medicine for the sick, he brings the afflicted joy and happiness. The Light-Mind, the Sun of hearts, the Maiden, Mother of all the lives, the Path that the wanderers seek, the Door of the treasury of lives, the Straight Way which leads into life, Jesus the Dawn is equally called ‘Father’; his Greatness is the Ship of the Living Waters wherein he dwells and is established.
Jesus, the true Hope, the true Guardian, the Savior of the Spirits and the Helper of the Souls, the King of Saints, is the First Gift that was given; Jesus is the Father’s holy Flower; Jesus is the First to sit upon the Luminaries; Jesus is the Perfect Man in the Column; Jesus is the Resurrection of those who have died in the Church, the Tower of the Kingdom which protects the Father’s Treasure, the Perfect Day of Light, that of the unsetting Sun, the holy Bread of Life come from the skies, the sweet Spring of water that wells up into Life, the true Vine of the Living Wine, the joyous Branch of the fruitbearing Tree, God’s new Plant of the fruits of Life, the joyful Bridegroom of his Church, the Shepherd of the sheep wandering in the desert of this world!
Jesus is a mighty Light, the Lamp of all the Aeons, the Flower of the Mother of Lights, the Light of the Beloved One, the Beauty of the Fair One, the Twin of the Perfect One, the Pair of the Wise One; he is the Father of the Light-Mind, the Safety of the Church, the Merchandise of the traders; the collective Mind, our enlightening Knowledge, our perfect Reason, our good Memory, our blessed Will; he is the Love of the beloved, Faith of the faithful, Perfection of the perfected, Endurance of the enduring, Wisdom of the wise, and Knowledge of the enlighteners; our Stairway which goes to the Light, our Ladder that leads on high; the Chest of the Good, the Ark of Salvation; the Comfort of the weepers, the Joy of those who grieve, the Gladness of those who rejoice, the Compassion of the compassionate, the Kindly Light and the Awakening Sun.
Jesus is the King of perfect Wisdom, the wonderful and precious Flower of the Light, the Comrade who comes to the Messenger and appears to him, being an intimate of his, accompanying him everywhere and helping him always out of all the troubles and dangers. He is the First of the Messengers, Guide of those who are in the flesh, the blessed Comrade, the Virtue of the Father of the Lights, the Robe of the Aeons, the Armor of the Gods, he who is in the Battle with the fighters, who rejoices with those who rejoice, the beloved Comrade, the Walls that are not breached and control the boundary of the ‘All’, the blessed Fruitage.
Your holy Womb is the Luminaries that conceive you; the trees and the fruits, in them is your holy Body, my Lord Jesus hanging on the Tree – Child, Son of the Dew, Sap of all the trees, Sweetness of the fruits, the Eye of the skies, Guardian of all the treasures, the Watcher who bears the ‘All’, the Joy of all created things, the Repose of the worlds! My God, you are a wonder to tell; you are within, you are without, you are above, you are below, near, far, hidden, revealed, silent and yet speaking too – yours is all the glory! You say, O Lord: “I am in the ‘All’, I bear the skies, I am the foundation, I support the earths! I am the Light that shines and gives joy to the Souls! I am the Life of the world, I am the Sap which is in all the trees, I am the sweet Water that underlies the sons of Matter!”
Глава 28. Иисус-Сияние
Чистое и чудесное знание - это Иисус-Сияние, раскрывшая себя Афина, славная заря, через которую дана вечная жизнь, тот, кто освобождает и спасает все души. Исцелитель раненых и царь медицины для больных, они приносит поврежденным радость и счастье. Светлый ум, солнце сердец, Дева и Мать всей жизни, путь, который ищут странники, дорога к сокровищу жизней, прямой путь, который ведет в жизнь, Иисус-Заря, равно называемый “Отец”; его величие - это корабль живой воды, в котором он поселился и установился.