
This 'Gospel of
Mary' is composed of selected sayings attributed to St. Mary Magdalene
in the oral tradition of Sophian Gnosticism. On the one hand, these
sayings are inspired by the Anointed Bride and, on the other hand,
they are drawn from the Gnostic legends of an oral tradition that
has existed a long time. It is always this way when speaking or writing
from an oral tradition; the telling of the tales is constantly changing
with the inspiration of the Spirit each moment brings. This is why
oral tradition is highly prized among Sophians, because it remains
vibrant and alive. Yet, placing something of the oral tradition in
writing extends the light of the Bride beyond our circles and allows
others to glimpse the image of the Anointed Bride, St. Mary Magdalene,
as she is beheld by Sophians. Today many are seeking knowledge of
St. Mary Magdalene, so it seems that the Mother Spirit calls us to
let her voice be heard. In honor of the Mother Spirit and Kallah Messiah
(the Anointed Bride) we offer these sayings in her name, as a gift
given freely to all, and pray they are a blessing and inspiration
to all who receive them.
1. These are sayings, spoken
by Salome the Maiden in the name of St. Mary Magdalene, which women
of wisdom have held in trust. Mary said, “If you know the Woman
of Light, you will know your Mother and be reborn of the Mother Spirit
as a child of light. Because the light is bornless, you will have
eternal life.”
2. Mary was speaking to
her companions, and she said, “There is glory of glory, and
glory of light, and there is the True Light. Seek, therefore, the
essence of the light, which is beyond all, and you shall know the
Truth of Light.”
3. Mary said, “This
world is a cemetery, it is filled with corpses. For this reason, the
Lord set the world on fire so that the dead might awaken and spirits
might be set free. And now the fire burns, and we tend it so that
it might burn brightly, and we dance within the fire, for we are on
fire with the Spirit of Yahweh. If you seek the Anointed, you seek
the fire, and when you are utterly burnt away, you will rejoice in
the True Light.”
4. A woman asked Mary,
“Are you the one the Lord loved dearly?” Mary said, “The
Lord loved the world, and he gave light and life to the world, so
that no longer would anyone have to live in darkness. He loved me
as the Soul of the World, so that embracing me he might embrace the
world and uplift it to the bridal chamber. I am she whom the Lord
loves, as is the soul of light in you. The one who finds me will find
the Anointed, for I am the house in which the Lord dwells.”
5. The companions said
to Mary, “Tell us about New Jerusalem.” Mary said, “It
is Wisdom, not of this world, but of the World of Supernal Light.
When all of the sparks are gathered in and all of the vessels of light
are mended, you will see the glory of New Jerusalem coming out of
heaven, and in it you will behold the bridal chamber and the image
of the Anointed One in it.”
6. Mary said, “What
is cast down shall be lifted up, and what is lifted up shall be thrown
down; what is on high must be brought down upon the earth, and the
earth must be lifted on high.”
7. Mary said, “Fire
is above water, and the sky is above the earth. All of these are above
and below, and all are joined in the Mother’s womb, which is
the primordial space from which they all arise. Everything will return
to its root and essence.”
8. Mary said to a woman,
“The Mother is everything, and she is nothing. She is everything
here below, and she is nothing in the embrace of the Father above.
Yet above and below she is the same, and here she is always changing.
You are she and she is you.”
9. Mary once said, “Do
not concern yourself with the darkness in the world, but banish the
darkness that is in you, because it will bind you and destroy you
if you do not cast it out of you.”
10. Mary said, “Give
what you wish to receive and you shall have it. Take what you desire
and it will be stolen from you.”
11. Mary said to her disciples,
“Eve and Lilith are one woman, and she is a supernal emanation.
If a woman knows herself she will know the Holy Woman, just as if
a man knows himself he will know the Supernal Adam. To acquire this
knowledge you must be single, which is to say undivided.”
12. Disciples of Mary said
to her, “We are going on a pilgrimage to the holy land so we
might see where you and the Lord lived.” Mary said to them,
“The holy land is wherever a child of Light goes, and it is
where the child of Light abides. The holy land is where the Anointed
and the soul are joined, it is the bridal chamber.”
13. Mary said, “When
you also pay the ransom, then you will be ransomed, and no longer
will you be held hostage.”
14. Mary said, “Christ
has one Mother, and she is the Queen of Heaven. The body is born of
the Earthly Mother, but the soul of light is born of the Heavenly
Mother, and it is the Mother Spirit that awakens the soul of light.
Mary gave birth to a child in the world, but the Mother Spirit gave
birth to Christ. So it is with all who are anointed with Supernal
Light.”
15. Mary said to Salome,
“We are dead because the Lord died, and we live because the
Lord lives. The tomb is the Mother’s womb to those who are among
the living.”
16. Mary said to some women,
“If you know the path of the moon you will know the path of
the sun. With this knowledge and understanding, follow the path of
light which is beyond the sun or the moon. This is the path of the
cross.”
17. Mary said to her disciples,
“The cross is the limit, for it binds the power of the demiurgos
and Satan, which is death. Death has never existed. The Lord has shown
us this and now we must remember.”
18. Mary once said, “A
woman who knows how to bake bread understands the purpose of yeast,
and she includes yeast in the dough, though only a little bit. So
has the Mother put the fiery intelligence in human beings, knowing
they will ascend because of it.”
19. Mary said, “Until
there is light in a form and it becomes light, it is a false appearance.
Though a human form appears, unless a person brings the supernal soul
into the body, that person is not yet a human being.”
20. A woman said to Mary,
“You saw the Risen Savior first. What did he look like?”
Mary said to her, “He looked like no man nor angel nor god,
but his appearance was the image of the Human One, the image and likeness
of the Living God. Truly I tell you, whoever beholds the Risen Savior,
it is as though he or she is the first to see him.”
21. Mary said, “Everyone
knows how to clean a house, but few know how to make themselves clean
inwardly. If you know how to clean a house but do not know how to
clean yourself inwardly, then your house and all that you touch are
unclean. Nothing is unclean to a person who is clean. This is what
the Lord taught his disciples.”
22. Mary taught, “If
you are violent then your end will be violent, but if you acquire
the peace of the Lord, then you will end in peace.”
23. Mary spoke, and said,
“There is baptism, chrism and wedding feast, and there is the
ransom and bridal chamber. Baptism is water, chrism is fire and the
ransom is earth. The wedding feast is the air, for in the Spirit we
shall meet the Anointed on the Day of Joy, and then the element of
the bridal chamber shall be fully revealed. Everything the Lord accomplished
he accomplished in a mystery, and the Anointed Bride is the mystery.”
24. Mary said, “Ask
the Mother Spirit and she will show you the face of our Father. When
you look and see it, you will meet the gaze of the Beloved, for he
is the image of the Living Father.”
25. Mary said, “Know
how to love and you will be undivided. This is the repentance the
Lord taught, and it the perfect baptism.”
26. A woman said to Mary,
“You are the holiness of womanhood we have been waiting to see.”
Mary said to her, “What have you been doing while you were waiting?
If you see this in me, then it is in you. All the while it has been
with you! What were you waiting for?”
27. A young lady said to
Mary, “When will the world be transformed?” Mary said,
“It will not be transformed, but it is sacred to the Mother
already. When you are transformed the world will be transformed, for
you are the world and the world is you. The world is changing all
of the time, and yet it is unchanged. The Mother is changing continually,
yet she is ever the same, yesterday, today and tomorrow. Become as
the Mother and you will see the Great Transformation, yet nothing
will have changed.”
28. Mary said, “When
the Lord died the world passed away, and when the Lord was raised
up a new creation came into being. When the Pure Emanation comes into
the world it is the union of the beginning and the end, and all things
are restored anew.”
29. Someone asked to see
the holy wounds on Mary and she said, “Here, look and see, but
look also to see the Risen One; for unless you see among the living,
all that you see is dead things.”
30. A woman said to Mary,
“Our Lady, you are a great prophetess. Praise the Lord who sent
you among us.” Mary said, “You also must be a seer, for
one who sees lives.”
31. Salome reclined with
Mary at the table, and Salome said to Mary, “You, Bride of Light,
are most blessed of women, for you have known the Lord most intimately
and have become fire and light.” Mary said to her, “Because
you know the truth, you also are light and fire and Spirit. In the
whole of creation there is nothing else, only light and fire and Spirit.”
32. Mary said, “There
are seven heavens, seven earths and seven hells, and there are worlds
within worlds, and realms within realms. All shall pass away, but
the Supernal Abode shall abide eternal. There is no end to God’s
Word or Wisdom.”
33. Mary said, “Know
how to cleave, and the husks shall be shed, and you will be joined
to the Living One. The perfection of cleaving is the bridal chamber,
and the wedding feast is the glory of that Perfect Aeon.”
34. Mary said, “No
one finds the Lord save those to whom the Lord reveals himself, for
the Lord seeks his own and has come for the elect.”
35. Mary said to some people,
“If you are seeking, it is the Holy Spirit that is seeking in
you, and so be assured you will find. Recognizing this, you have found
already, and what you have found is life.”
36. Mary said, “One
who clings to the world, clings to a corpse, and one who clings to
a corpse is unclean. There is a rite of purification for one who becomes
unclean by touching a corpse, but first one must let go of the corpse
and seek life.”
37. Mary said, “The
Divine Mother is light and she is darkness, she is the saint and she
is the sinner, angels and demons are images in her, as are the gods
and all of the archons; yet she is beyond all of these. Know her in
all things and you will be free of bondage, even as the Anointed is
free.”
38. A woman said to Mary,
“I have seen the light!” Mary said to the woman, “Wonderful!
Now join the darkness to it, and go into the light, and you will discover
what is beyond appearances.”
39. Mary once said, “Deeply
my body mourned for the Lord, but deeper still the soul within me
rejoiced. Do not cling to the image on the cross, but cleave to the
image of the Risen Savior.”
40. Mary said, “A
tree has life in it because of the sap, and we have life in us because
of the chrism. Unless one has the chrism, one is not Christian but
steals the name. Be certain you do not steal.”
41. Mary said, “I
was with the Risen Savior, and beheld the Mother. In the first heaven,
she was the Radiant Earth of Paradise. In the second heaven, she was
the Starry Night Sky. In the third heaven, she was a Great Fire. In
the fourth heaven, she was the Great Angel and Celestial Temple, and
the Holy Sacrifice. When I beheld her in the fifth heaven, she was
the Glory of the Anointed abiding there, and in the sixth heaven,
she was Fire and Ice and the End-Of-Days. In the seventh heaven, she
was the Great Luminous Assembly, and the Holy Throne, and image of
the One-Who-Sits-Upon-The-Throne; but in the Supernal Abode I cannot
say what she was like. One must look and see for oneself.”
42. Mary said, “When
the Anointed descended into Hades and the realms of Gehenna, the chosen
came to him, drawn to the light, but many spirits fled from him, unwilling
to enter into the light. It was the same when he walked upon the earth;
the insiders drew near but the outsiders were driven away.”
43. Mary said to her disciples,
“When the Risen Savior appears, look into his heart, and there
you will see a threefold flame of Sophia. It is faith, hope and love,
but inwardly it is knowledge, understanding and wisdom. Ask the Lord
to give you this Holy Flame, so that you also might enter the kingdom
and be perfect as the Father and Son are perfect.”
44. Mary to her companions,
“There is power in the blood of Christ and glory in the body
of Christ, the essence and presence of the Supernal Emanations. When
you eat of the wedding feast, bind your soul to the Light-Emanations.
Ascending, you will descend with light, and descending you will ascend
with the Truth.”
45. Mary said, “You
go down into the water and you die, because the reflection is shattered
on the surface. When you rise up you come alive, for knowing your
origin you no longer cling to a reflection or an image, but are reborn
of your true essence. The nature of this essence is no-thing, and
knowing this you will rule over the entirety.”
46. Mary said, “The
Lord said, ‘Do not make a home for yourselves in the world,
but be at home in the Spirit.”
47. Mary said, “Many
are the apostles the Lord has sent, and they are rays of light flowing
out of the Spiritual Sun. Many are the apostles the Bride shall send,
and they are flames of fire leaping out of her. If you receive one
whom the Bridegroom and Bride sends, then you receive one who comes
from the Pleroma of Light. Woe to they who reject the apostles of
light, for they have rejected their own soul! Receive every person
who comes to you walking in holiness and beauty, for they are your
fathers and mothers, your brothers and sisters, and your little ones.”
48. Mary taught her disciples,
saying, “The Aeons of Light are the handmaids of the Bride at
the wedding feast, and the best man is the Son of Adam at the wedding;
in the bridal chamber the soul acquires intimate acquaintance with
the Anointed and becomes the Anointed. Until that time, sing and dance
and rejoice, for it is to those who abide in joy that the Shekinah
comes, and it is through her that you will enter the bridal chamber.”
49. Mary said, “Come,
let us go in. The Lord is waiting. If the mark is in you, then it
is a sin to go outside. The righteous are those who live inwardly
in the presence of the Anointed.”
50. Mary said, “A
man once came to the Lord seeking an answer, but the Lord sat in silence.
When the man departed, the Lord said, ‘Perhaps he was not seeking,
but if he was, then surely he has his answer.’ Many times the
Lord said nothing, but an answer was given. Remember this when you
pray, for the power of prayer is silence.”
51. Mary said, “What
is a woman to do against a strong man? She cannot overcome him. When
faced with a strong man, if she cannot call out to a righteous man
for help, then her only choice is not to resist him. Now I ask you,
is this right? Indeed! For she will live and the day of justice will
come! Yet it is wrong, for this demonstrates the dominion of falsehood
in this world. There is great power in womanhood but it is hidden,
and many men and beasts of the field seem to have power, but inwardly
are weak. In the World of Supernal Light only the soul that has power
in it will have power, and those lacking the power of truth will not
appear in it. This world is a world of falsehood, but the world-to-come
is a World of Truth. Do not be deceived by appearances and do not
doubt there will be justice!”
52. Mary taught, “Once
you come to the light and know the light is in you, you cannot continue
to walk in the ways of darkness, lest you fall into a greater darkness.
No! You must walk in the light and enter the light, and bring forth
the light from within you, for only then will you be established in
the Way of Life.”
53. Mary said to her disciples,
“Do not receive every spirit that comes to you, but put every
spirit to the test, to see if it comes from God or the demiurge or
Satan. There are many false lights, and they glitter and glow, and
even a demon can appear in the image of the Risen One. Do not be deceived,
but look always for the light of love and truth, for what is evil
lacks love and what is mixture lacks the perfection of Truth. In the
Holy Spirit you will be empowered to discern, for she is discerning
awareness.”
54. Mary said, “The
Lord laid down a ransom for your soul, yet if you do not receive the
Spirit of the Lord and live as a free person, then the ransom does
not take effect. Only a free person can gather and give ransom, and
so set free a hostage. Everything you see the Lord do, you must also
do. This is the Way of Freedom.”
55. The disciples of Mary
said, “Tell us about Grandmother Israel?” Mary said to
them, “She has seen the End-Of-Days and the Beginning-Of-Life,
and she is ancient, yet she is ever young. She is the understanding
of wisdom, and knowledge of truth, the perfection of awareness. All
is in her sight, yet she desires nothing. She is the fruition of womanhood
having given birth to Divine Illumination.”
56. Mary said, “Until
you know the darkness of Sophia, you will not acquire her light. Unless
you die and are reborn of the Mother Spirit, the knowledge of the
resurrection will elude you.”
57. Mary said, “Do
not think the cross is wood, for it is light. Do not think the Anointed
is a man, for he is an emanation. Do not become bound by appearances,
for the Spirit of Truth is invisible. Do not be idolaters.”
58. Mary said, “Pray
that you have an eye that sees, an ear that hears, a tongue that tastes,
a nose that smells and a body that feels. For many are they who are
dead, whose senses perceive nothing, but you have been called to life
and raised from the dead. Therefore, pray to be fully alive.”
59. Mary said, “There
are many gods and goddesses with great power, and all manner of spirits
that have secret knowledge, yet the power that is in you is greater
and the knowledge you possess is more rare and precious. I tell you,
great and luminous beings shall come seeking power and knowledge from
you. See that you give to all who ask and withhold only from those
who come to steal, and those who receive let worship the Anointed
of God Most High.”
60. Mary said, “I
tell you truly, you are divine beings, but do not let anyone worship
you.”
61. Once Mary said, “In
the Anointed you are free from bondage to the law and the dominion
of the archons. Do not make yourself a slave again, but live as a
free man or woman in the Holy Spirit.”
62. Mary said to her disciples,
“Unless you go out of your homeland, and follow the Spirit through
the wilderness into the Promised Land as I have, you cannot be a disciple
to me. Unless you bear the marks of the crucifixion that I bear, you
cannot be a disciple to the Lord. When you receive the call you must
go forth and not look back, for the one who looks back shall be bound,
but the one who looks to the Anointed will be set free.”
63. Mary was teaching one
day, and she said, “The warden and guards will pursue anyone
attempting to escape from prison, and dark spirits will arise to oppose
anyone who shines with light. Do not fear the persecution you face
on account of the Risen Savior and Mother Spirit, but have faith and
endure, for your freedom is already won and all darkness has come
to an end.”
64. Mary said, “If
you desire something, ask the Mother, for she gives to her children
all that they desire.”
65. Mary’s disciples
asked her, “How should we worship God?” Mary said, “With
tears and with laughter, and in all that you do, and with song and
dance, and in every way the Spirit inspires. Worship in the Spirit
of Truth, with your heart and your soul, your mind and your body;
live in the presence of Yahweh always.”
66. Mary said, “Do
not mistake the rites performed outwardly for the true sacred rite,
for unless the sacred rites transpire inwardly, the outward rites
are only husks of darkness.”
67. Mary said, “Receiving
the baptism of water, seek also the baptism of fire and the Spirit,
for only when you are baptized with fire and the Spirit is your baptism
complete.”
68. Mary said, “The
Anointed has sown seeds of light; you are the secret garden of the
Anointed, and in due season the harvest shall come. Tend to your growth
now so that you may be ripe and mature when the harvest comes.”
69. Mary said, “The
mystery of the bridal chamber is private, it can only be spoken in
the presence of one, and only if it is known to that one already.
Do not speak in public about things that are private, but be wise
in your speech.”
70. Mary taught, “Many
have followed their heart, and it led them astray. Yet, it was not
their heart that they followed, but some other spirit. The Lord is
seated there, in your heart, and you must know your heart to know
the Lord. There is a husk of darkness surrounding the heart; when
that husk is broken and falls away, then you will know your heart
and know the Lord. Let your heart be circumcised so that you might
enter into the fullness of love and be intimately acquainted.”
71. Mary said, “To
gain recognition is to become what you see, for no one sees anything
he or she has not become. If a person is not able to recognize the
Anointed, or one whom the Anointed sends, it is because the Anointed
does not indwell that person. When there is recognition rejoice, therefore,
for your salvation is near and you have entered the kingdom.”
72. Mary said, “Unless
you know the kingdom in you, you will not see it outside of you; unless
the Anointed indwells you, you will not find the Anointed in the world.”
73. Mary said, “We
are Christ-like until we become Christ, and the Lord has promised
every true Christ-like person will become Christ. This is our spiritual
hope.”
74. The disciples inquired
of Mary about the World of Supernal Light. She said to them, “It
is above and below, within you and beyond you, and all around you,
but few are they who have eyes to see it, and fewer still who dwell
in it.”
75. A disciple asked Mary,
“When will the Second Coming occur?” Mary said, “It
can happen at any time, anywhere, when you least expect it. It is
the mystery of the Perfect Aeon known only to the Living Father, which
he will reveal in the Mother in due season. Therefore, be ready and
live without regrets, so that when it transpires you will be among
the living.”
76. Mary said, “Only
one who is passionate for truth will discover the truth.”
77. A man asked Mary, “Who
is greater, you or Yeshua?” Mary said to him, “Truly I
tell you, the Anointed is the Anointed, whether male or female, and
the Anointed is exalted above every head, even the highest among the
angels in heaven and Aeons of Light. As for Yeshua, he is greater
than I, for I received everything from him. And so it is for every
disciple, he or she is never greater than the teacher.”
78. Mary was teaching in
the assembly, and a woman exclaimed, “Now is the hour of the
Holy Bride!” Mary said, “No, before the Bride is received,
she must be rejected, and before the Second Coming there must come
a great darkness. Until the Second Coming of Christ, the Wisdom of
God shall not be received. When the Bride is received, know the Second
Coming is near.”
79. Mary said, “If
you know what the world is, you will no longer desire it, for you
will see what is beyond the world. When you see what is beyond the
world, in that day it will be in the world.”
80. A young disciple asked
Mary, “How can I come to know the Lord?” Mary said, “Become
empty, like a cup, and let the Mother Spirit pour the Lord and her
presence into you.”
81. Mary said, “Seek
to commune with the angels of our Heavenly Father and the angels of
our Earthly Mother, and cleaving to the Lord in your heart, let the
heavens and earth be joined.”
82. Mary said, “All
things exist in and with one another, and while they exist they depend
on one another, but when the time of dissolution comes, all things
will return to their own root and essence. What has come from above
returns to the abode from which it has come, and what comes from below
returns to its origin. What is in between has never existed, and will
return to the Great Void.”
83. Mary said, “Is
it not written, ‘In the beginning was void and chaos?’
Yet, did not God exist before the beginning? If order and light came
into being, surely these are of God. As for the void and chaos, these
are the primordial ground from which God has created; and the one
creating is the demiurge. For in truth, what God creates is emanation,
and the emanations of God create. Therefore, Yahweh emanated and Elohim
created. There is no beginning to this, nor is there an end. Consider
this when you meditate on the End-Of-Days.”
84. Mary said, “Did
God give birth to creation without a womb? No, indeed! For creation
is in God’s womb, and until it is complete it shall not emerge.”
85. Mary said, “When
the soul departs this world it must travel through many realms in
between, and it must pass through the realms of the archons, and the
heavens, and the great abyss. Powers will arise to prevent the soul’s
ascent, and guardians will seek to bind it to their realms, yet those
who cleave to the Anointed, in whom the Holy Spirit dwells, they will
be invisible to the powers and guardians. Already, they are free!”
86. Mary said, “From
the purity of space, air arose, and from air, fire arose, and from
fire, water, and from these the earth came into being. When you depart
the world, let the elements dissolve into one another, and let the
Mother and Father Essences be joined; then wait upon the Spirit of
the Lord, abiding in the Transparent Light of the Supernal Abode.
In this way you will attain repose.”
87. A woman said to Mary,
“I am dying and wish to go to God. What should I do?”
Mary said, “Gather yourself as a sun in your heart, and envision
the Risen Savior come for you. When the Savior appears, as light rise
up to meet him in the air and the Anointed will receive you in God.”
88. Mary said, “Labor
while you are in the field, and rest when you are called home. Do
not be idle while you live, lest you depart the world in poverty.”
89. Mary said, “Because
of the power of the demiurgos, you have forgotten yourself. You believe
you are a child of darkness, yet you are a child of light. Indeed!
Truly, I say to you, you are a person of light who has come from the
light, and if you remember yourself you will know where your home
is. This is the remembrance of the wedding feast, regarding which
the Lord instructed us, “Do this in remembrance of me.”
90. Mary said, “What
the Anointed is, I am and you are; for this reason the Anointed has
come, to remind those caught in the spell of forgetfulness.”
91. Mary said, “Beware!
If you blaspheme the Mother Spirit there will be no one to save you,
for she is the Spirit of salvation and your very life.”
92. Mary said, “Weave
for yourselves garments of light, so that when you go before the Queen
of Heaven to be received you do not appear naked. With faith and the
fullness of knowledge, do good works and love one another, and in
the Spirit of the Lord you will have garments of light.”
93. Mary once said, “Blessed
is one who knows sorrow and suffering, for that person will know life.”
94. Mary said, “You
cannot destroy the evil inclination, but if you bring it into the
service of the good it will no longer be evil.”
95. Mary said, “When
the saint receives the Anointed it is good, but when the sinner receives
the Anointed it is better, for entering into the light the sinner
is more powerful than the saint.”
96. Mary said to her disciples,
“You are midwives of the Mother Spirit, and you are meant to
labor with her in the harvest of souls. Yet do not grasp on to the
fruit of your labors, for it is she who accomplishes everything and
to whom all good fruits belong.”
97. Mary said, “No
one will know the Living Father apart from the Mother, for it is she
who shows us the face of our Father.”
98. Mary spoke, and she
said, “Having awakened, remain awake, and keep vigil, ever waiting
upon the Lord.”
99. Mary said to her companions,
“Preach the Gospel to all good creatures, and bear forth the
light into all realms. If the wind will listen, teach the wind. If
a ghost seeks redemption, then bless the ghost. Speak the truth to
all spirits and creatures, for in the Human One all are blessed and
all are received.”
100. Mary said, “Know
when to retreat and when to live. When you retreat be silent and die
to yourself, so that you might be alive in the Spirit. When you live,
be alive and vibrant, and rejoice each day in the presence of God.”
101. Mary said to her disciples,
“The Human One is the divinity in the holy Shabbat and the Shekinah
is the companion of all who remember and keep it. The Lord has ordained
the Shabbat as a blessing for all who desire to draw near. It is a
great blessing.”
102. Mary said, “The
Anointed is the Lord of the Shabbat, and it is the day of the Beloved.
In it is the mystery of the bridal chamber, and those who honor it
shall gain knowledge of the mystery.”
103. Mary said, “In
heaven men and women who have love and knowledge of God are fully
received in the light, but below only men of God are fully received,
for there is an abode of falsehood and darkness, and the archons favor
the male. Yet, the image of the Human One in the bridal chamber is
male and female joined together in one body of light, like unto the
holy angels. When the image below is as the image above, then the
Gospel will be fulfilled.”
104. Mary said to her disciples,
“All aeons are not divine, but many are brought in by the demiurgos
and archons and bear the taint of falsehood. The aeons are thoughts
in the Perfect Intelligence of God, fashioned by Wisdom and Understanding,
yet under the influence of the demiurge they are corrupted. Only the
pure emanation of the Aeon of Light is free of taint or corruption,
for it is the body of the Risen Savior whom the archons could not
hold in bondage. And it shall come to pass that a false aeon shall
replace the Aeon of Truth, for already the image in the bridal chamber
is partial in the minds of men.”
105. Mary said, “The
Perfect Aeon is called Eternal Shabbat, and the soul of the Perfect
Aeon is called the Christ, and it is Light and Truth. The seed of
the Perfect Aeon has been sown in the world, in the human mind and
heart, and it shall bear good fruit in due season. Until that time
there are many aeons in conflict below the great abyss, and the world
is a play of shadows and shades and dim glows. Therefore, do not be
deceived, but cleave to the True Light, and pray for the Aeon of the
Holy Spirit in which all aeons will be rectified and the revelation
of the Perfect Aeon complete.”
106. Mary said, “The
Anointed was joined by the Living Father to the Light-Emanations so
that when he appeared to us their radiant holy breath and power was
in him. This is the power of the Holy Spirit that he breathed upon
us, akin to the Spirit of God moving upon the surface of the deep
in the beginning. Yet, this Spirit which the Anointed breathed on
us moved on the surface and the deep. On account of this breath of
the Savior a new creation has come into being which is the purity
of emanation.”
107. Mary said to her companions,
“There is light and fire in your breath, and if you cleave to
the Risen Savior and breathe as the Savior breathes, you will discover
it. When you discover it your whole body will become filled with fire
and light and you will be transformed into the image of the Living
One.”
108. Mary said, “The
aeons are perfect and eternal above, but their images below are inherently
flawed. Seek to look and see them above so that you might join soul
and image and rectify them.”
109. Mary spoke these words
in private. She said, “The body and blood of the Lord is fire
and light, and the power of the Mother Spirit is in it. There is fire
in the bread and light in the wine, and the Holy Spirit passes in
between them and joins them. So are the Bride and Bridegroom joined,
and it is for this reason it is called a wedding feast. Understand,
the body and blood are not the image on the cross, but they are the
image of the Risen Savior, so that consecrated, the power of the Risen
Savior is in the bread and wine. What is the image of the Risen Savior?
It is the image of the Groom and Bride united called the Second Adam.
This is the image of the Great Seth.”
110. Mary said to her disciples,
“Kali Kallah appears black to those who do not know her, yet
to those who love her and who draw near she is white brilliance. Her
image is as the starry night sky, and the light of the heavens and
Supernal Abode are in her. To pass beyond you must enter her embrace,
even as the Lord embraced her. Then, through Daughter Sophia you will
acquire knowledge of Mother Sophia, the Queen of Heaven.”
111. Mary said, “There
is wisdom and there is wisdom, and the wisdom of the world is not
the Wisdom of God. Seek, therefore, the truth of wisdom, that knowing
the Wisdom of God all wisdom might be redeemed in you.”
112. Mary said, “The
Logos emanated into the world for the redemption of Sophia. If the
redemption of Sophia is not received in the world, then the world
is not redeemed. Sophia received the Logos, and those who cleave to
Sophia have received the Logos, and they are redeemed. It is Sophia
in you that receives the Logos and is saved.”
113. Mary was speaking
to her companions. She said, “Everything that is above is in
you here below. The light of the heavens and Supernal Abode is in
you, and the essence of the Perfect Aeon. Let Logos and Sophia embrace
in you and you will behold great wonders, and nothing will be impossible
to you, for what is above will be brought down below and what is below
will be lifted above. Praise the Lord!”
114. Mary said, “Logos
is the name of the Lord and Sophia is the name of the Bride. In the
bridal chamber their name is Christos.”
115. Mary said to her disciples,
“You have heard of the ascension of Enoch. When he ascended
he became male and female, and the male entered into repose and the
female moved to run and return; thus Metatron appeared in the height
and Sandalphon in the depths. This is the Great Angel of the Lord,
male and female, the image of Bride and Bridegroom. And it is the
Supernal Image of our perfection.”
116. Mary said, “God
the Father entered in through the image of the Son, but the world
was overwhelmed by the great supernal glory. Therefore, the Son imparted
the Mother Spirit and God the Mother has entered in through the image
of the Daughter to nurture the little ones until they grow wise. The
light entered but was too bright, and so now the fire comes to purify
so that all might be sanctified to receive the True Light. Everything
shall be accomplished in due season, and it is the Mother Spirit that
will accomplish everything.”
117. Mary said, “We
have Father and we have Mother, for God is our Father and our Mother,
though, indeed, the Most High is beyond Father or Mother. There is
no knowledge of the Father apart from the Mother, for it is Mother
Spirit who gives birth to the image of the Son in whom the Living
Father is revealed. So also shall Mother Spirit give birth to the
image of the Daughter, so that the image of the Son will be perfect
and the revelation of God Most High made complete. Truly I say to
you, there is a holier Gospel yet to be spoken.”
118. Mary said, “Under
the law and old covenant the circumcision applied only to men, but
in the new covenant women are also circumcised; likewise, under the
old covenant only men were called as priests, but under the new covenant
there are also women called as priestesses. The old covenant fell
to the dominion of the demiurgos. It remains to be seen whether the
new covenant shall stand or fall. If it falls, then another shall
arise. Therefore, labor always for the perfection of the covenant,
so that you are awake when the Aeon of the Holy Spirit enters in.”
119. A woman said to Mary,
“I have heard that the Lord walked on water.” Mary said,
“Indeed! The Lord did walk on water, and he walked on the firmaments
of the heavens when he ascended to the Supernal Abode. Tell me, which
is the greater wonder?”
120. Mary said to her disciples,
“I was water, but the Lord made me wine. Now I may bring passion
and joy to the hearts of human ones and a force of fire against the
Great Beast.”
121. Mary said, “In
the Lord men have an image of their perfection, and in the Bride women
have an image of their perfection, and it is a single perfection.
Unless there is perfection in man and woman, the perfection of the
Human One is incomplete. And so the Lord said to us, ‘Be perfect
as your Father in heaven is perfect.’ For truly, the Father
is not the Father, and the Mother is not the Mother, for the image
of the Human One, which is the likeness and image of the Most High,
is male and female joined together – the Androgynous and Self-Begetting
One. This is the truth of the Anointed.”
122. Mary said, “Three
days passed from the crucifixion to the resurrection, and so shall
three days pass from the resurrection to the Second Coming. Let those
who have ears listen and hear what the Spirit is speaking!”
123. Mary said, “If
Christos can appear as a male, then surely Christos can appear as
a female. Those who deny holiness in womanhood do not understand holiness
in manhood or womanhood but are sorely bound to ignorance. Do not
believe the father-of-lies, but believe in the Mother Spirit whose
name is the Spirit of Truth and Comforter!”
124. Mary said, “The
beast of the field receives by grace, and the faithful receive by
faith and grace; but it is the elect who receive by faith and knowledge
and grace, and for this reason are called ‘the perfect.’”
125. Mary said, “Where
darkness abides, the light cannot enter. When the light enters all
darkness vanishes. To enter into the light you must banish the darkness
that is in you, and when you enter the light you must join the light
and darkness to gain the acquaintance of the True Light. Unless you
first let go of the darkness and cleave to the light, the light cannot
enter, but once the light enters all darkness shall be transformed
and you will know the Truth beyond light or darkness. This is the
Truth that will set you free!”
126. Mary said to her companions,
“I tell you, there is a superior intelligence that shall come
to those who wait upon the Spirit of the Lord, and it is like thunder
and lightning, and it will illuminate you.”
127. Mary said, “If
you seek knowledge of the Risen Savior, open yourself to the light
that comes from above. It will awaken a fire in you and bring you
into the fullness of knowledge, understanding and wisdom, and you
will lack nothing.”
128. Mary said, “Where
there is peace God’s Spirit abides. Therefore, make peace and
you will know great joy.”
129. Mary said, “If
you cannot love, you cannot be united. One who is divided is destined
for destruction. Therefore the Savior taught us to love so that we
might have life.”
130. A woman said to Mary,
“It is not my destiny to attain salvation, for it is not in
the stars for me. The stars of my birth are ill-fated.” Mary
said, “It is not the stars that determine your fate, my sister,
but it is the Mother Spirit. According to the stars of her birth,
Sarah was not destined to have a son, yet the Mother Spirit blessed
Sarah and she gave birth to Isaac. If you have faith and seek true
knowledge, you will not be bound by the fates sin and the archons
dictate, for in the Risen Savior your soul is exalted beyond the domains
of the archons and the celestial regions. Believe in God, not in the
abodes of the archons, and the Mother Spirit will fulfill your heart’s
desire. Your destiny is with Christ in God.”
131. Mary said, “When
you pray join yourself to the Anointed by the power of the Name, and
cleave to the Light-Emanations. Let your heart pray and use few words,
and learn the delight of the prayer of silence. For it is in silence
you will hear the Spirit of Yahweh speaking. This is how the Savior
taught us to pray.”
132. Mary said, “It
is with passion that one must cleave, and all passions must be cleaving.
Then you will experience the perfection of cleaving which is divine
rapture.”
133. Mary said, “When
you have one thought and one desire, in that instant you will be fulfilled.”
134. Mary said, “Abide
where you are, there the Anointed is.”
135. Mary said to her companions,
“If you do not know your heart, you cannot know the Lord. For,
there, in your heart, is the indwelling Christ, and your inmost heart’s
desire is Christ. Therefore, knowing your heart you will know Christ
and in Christ all your desires will be fulfilled.”
136. Mary said, “Knowledge,
understanding and wisdom are not superior to love, for these come
from union and it is love that unites. One who has love will have
knowledge, understanding and wisdom, but without love no one is wise.
If there is power apart from love, it is evil and will give birth
to evil, but where there is love power is exercised in wisdom. All
good things come by way of love.”
137. Mary said to her disciples,
“If you desire to be free, set others free. Be forgiving and
you will be forgiven.”
138. Mary said to her disciples,
“Of all things I wish you to have the Sacred Heart of Christ,
which is compassion. For compassion is the womb of the Mother in which
Christ is conceived, and in this Christ will be born in you. Pray
to the Mother Spirit to have her womb and to conceive and birth the
Anointed in you. I will pray for you also.”
139. Mary said, “Do
not think the kingdom of the Anointed is of this world, for it is
not of this world. Yet do not think that you must depart this world
to enter into the kingdom, for it has come near unto you this day
and it is in you.”
140. Mary said to her companions,
“The Lord ascended to repose in the Father, but the Holy Bride
remains with you. Invite her and welcome her. She will come to you
and reveal herself to you. In her shall all mysteries of the Anointed
be revealed and in her you will know the perfection of the Mother
Spirit. You need only open your mind and heart and life to her, and
she will come and enter, and the Spirit of the Anointed will come
with her. She will bring you into the bridal chamber.”
141. Mary said, “If
anything is written it is dead apart from the Spirit, but if something
is written and the Spirit is in you, it will be black fire on while
fire that you will see, and there will be neither black nor white.”
142. Mary said, “The
Lord spoke with authority because the Living Father granted it to
him and the Mother Spirit spoke in him. He was the presence and power
of which he was speaking. You also seek this divine authority, so
that you might also speak Truth.”
143. Mary said, “There
is no place among us for the undecided, for they have not yet received
the call.”
144. Mary said to her disciples,
“The Lord has said that the Holy Spirit will reveal what has
not been revealed, and that she will lead us into All-Truth. When
her hour comes, this will come to pass, even as the Lord spoke it.
Already it is coming to pass, though when she will move freely no
one knows.”
145. Mary said, “If
God were not alien there would be no need for the divine revelation,
for God would be known among humankind. Because, as yet, God is alien,
revealers come and the revelation is on-going.”
146. Mary said, “You
say I am a woman, but see, I am a man, and I am a woman, and I am
neither man nor woman. You go looking for the anointed, but do not
see. So long as you are looking, you will not see. When your seeking
comes to an end, you will find.”
147. Mary said, “Pray
with your heart, not your head, for your head will lead you astray.”
148. Mary said to her companions,
“Here you are, and here I am, and here the Lord is also.”
149. Mary said, “I
looked into the eyes of the Anointed and found no beginning, and so
also I found no end. Everything is in the Anointed, the Father, the
Mother and the entirety; therefore the whole of crucified and raised
up with him. Yet, unless one acquires the knowledge of this, it has
not transpired.”
150. Mary spoke, and she
said, “Do you not know that the True Light has been her from
the very beginning, only it was not activated? Now that it is activated
greater wonders then you have seen shall come to pass, and you will
be among the wonders.”
151. Mary said, “Pray
the Holy Spirit moves so that you might recognize her, for then she
can lead you into perfect repose, even as she lead the Son to repose
in the Living Father.”
152. Salome said, “When
the Lord spoke of the first being the last, and the last being the
first, he was speaking of the Bridegroom and Holy Bride.”
153. Mary said, “If
the being is separate from the becoming, then there is no life in
the becoming; and if the becoming is separate from the being, then
the being does not exist. Being and becoming are one, for it is written:
“The LORD and His Name are One.”
154. Mary said, “If
you believe in a multiplicity of gods, it is inferior; yet if you
do not recognize the many powers superior knowledge is impossible.”
155. Some young women among
the disciples asked Mary, “When you knew the Lord, what was
it like?” Mary said, “Why do you ask of what has passed
away when this knowledge is in your presence?”
156. Mary said, “When
new life comes to you do not cling to the old.”
157. Mary said, “An
angel lead lot’s wife to life, but she turned to gaze at destruction
and became what is dead. When the angel leads you out of the corruption
of the world, do not turn towards the world again as she did.”
158. Mary said to her disciples,
“Do not be deceived by the name ‘Comforter’ that
is give to the Holy Spirit, for before she is the Comforter her name
of Deep Trouble, and she will seem as an angel of wrath before appearing
as an angel of mercy.”
159. Mary said, “To
fear death is to fear life, and those who fear death are not alive,
it is for this reason they fear death – they fear to know who
and what they are.”
160. Mary said, “There
is heart and soul, mind and life, and there is Light; let all of these
be united in the Light and they will become the Light – the
Living Yeshua is proof of this.”
161. Mary said, “Those
who say Christ was crucified do not know what they are saying, and
those who say Christ was not crucified also do not know what they
are saying. Those who have many words concerning the crucifixion are
ignorant of the Anointed, for the truth of the Anointed is the Risen
Savior, the Bornless One.”
162. Mary said, "There
are twelve gates through which souls enter into the world, but one
gate through which all depart. Yet that one gate is many, for it opens
above and below and again into the world. When you pass through it
remember to gather yourself and rise up, and join yourself to what
appears. Do not fear white brilliance, for it will deliver you."
163. Mary said, “No
one will explain the Lord to another person, but the Spirit will explain
everything and the Lord will speak to those who have ears to hear.”
164. Mary said to her disciples,
“Do not speak of deep things until you know the simple, and
when you know the simple do not neglect the things of depth.”
165. Mary said, “The
archons thought that they killed the Christ, just as they thought
by their own power they created the world and humanity. But they were
self-deluded, for they crushed only an empty husk, like themselves,
and they began their own end in so doing!”
166. Mary said, “The
Anointed is the Light-presence above the cross and in the cross, and
if the Light was in the image it did not shine forth until the resurrection.
You also have the Light above you and in you, though it is concealed.
Seek to bring it forth and let is shine, so that your image above
and below might be complete. Then you will be free forever and ever.”
167. Mary said to her companions,
“This I am, of which the Lord spoke, this is You and the Kingdom
and the Power and the Glory; it is everyone and everything. And so
it is!”
168. Mary said, “When
the wind blows, listen, the Spirit is speaking; let your prayers be
set upon the four winds in Spirit so that they should be a blessing
to the whole earth. If you pray in this way the Supreme Spirit above
will receive your prayer.”
169. Mary said, “If
you have all knowledge, but lack love, then you lack knowledge altogether.”
170. Mary said, “We
speak in the tongues of angels and beasts and the ancient ones, yet
only human beings hear and understand our wisdom.”
171. Mary said, “If
the Truth is in you, but you do not speak it, how can you be true?
When will your perfection come?”
172. Mary said, “Guard
your intention, and be willful in love; for it is the intention of
any activity which is its truth. Many do the right things with wrong
intentions and are taken down into the infernal abodes, and there
are those who appear to do what is wrong but have entered into the
Great Ascension.”
173. Mary said, “There
are Great and Shinning Ones who come among you. Be careful in your
dealings with others, for truly, you may not know that one who comes
before you is among these Divine powers. Live as one among the righteous
ones and angels, for it may be you do not know the Divine power in
you.”
174. Mary said, “Beware
of those who glorify and bear witness of themselves, for all who are
true have heralds and the Holy Spirit is the True Witness.”
175. Mary said, “If
a person says, ‘I found it,’ know that they do not have
it; yet if a person does not believe they have it, they will never
find it.”
176. Mary said, “Be
careful with the names, for there is great power in them. Yet, unless
the great power is in you they are nothing.”
177. Mary said, “Seventy-two
angels compose the Name, yet even the angels did not know how to speak
it until the Logos came to be below.”
178. Mary said to some
of her disciples, “No one was alive until the Anointed came,
now there are the dead and there are the living ones.”
179. Mary said, “If
you desire Truth, it will be disclosed to you, but if it is not disclosed
then you do not desire it. If you desire Truth, then your desire is
the manifestation of the Spirit of Truth you seeks, and that desire
is self-fulfilling and self-generating, and one who has it will become
the Self-begotten One.”
180. Mary said, “There
is death everywhere below, but there is life above. Bring down your
life that you might have the power to raise the dead, even as the
Lord raise our brother.”
181. A disciple asked Mary,
“When the Lord raise Lazarus, where did Lazarus go?” Like
the Baptist, he is a secretive and wild spirit, only the Holy Spirit
knows where he went, for she hides him as the Witness for the End-Of-Days.
And so he lives and shall live to bear witness to everything, even
as the Lord spoke of him.”
182. Mary was speaking
to her disciples and they were marveling at the mysteries pouring
forth from her. She said to them, “If anyone speaks and mystery
and reveals it, it is not the person who has spoken, but the Spirit
in the person.”
183. Mary said, “One
who has life can give life, but one who is dead cannot even help him
or herself. Acquire life so that you have life to give.”
184. Mary said, “Everything
that is the Lord’s belongs to me and everything that is mine
belongs to him. It is this way with all who love the Lord.”
185. Mary said, “Considering
all things that have transpired, do not grasp at answers but live
in holy awe and wonder. In this way all things are made known.”
186. Mary said, “There
was no life in this body until I met the Lord, but then I received
my life. And now I rejoice in the Lord of Life, the Holy One who dances
with me and I with him.”
187. Some disciples asked
Mary, “Should we be celibate?” Mary said, “Be what
you are, and inwardly be like unto the holy angels.”
188. A woman said to Mary,
“I do not wish to have a child, so as not to give birth to a
slave.” Mary said to her, “Blessed are you when you do
not do so!” Another woman hearing this became troubled, and
she said to Mary, “But Mary, I long to have a child who might
labor for the kingdom.” Mary said to her, “Blessed are
you when you have such a child in your arms!”
189. Mary said, “Many
are concerned with unreal things, but as for you, pay attention to
the real. What is real is in your heart, and therein you will know
it. What is on the outside is unreal, but what is on the inside is
real. When you join the inside and outside, above and below, then
the whole is real.”
190. Mary said, “Stay
always with the zeal and love you had at first, and you will not error,
for such is the way of a child of God.”
191. Mary said, “Even
when the Lord laid himself down he did not sleep nor cease from his
labor, and even now he labors in you in the Spirit. So labor continually
with him and you shall savor the fruits of this divine labor.”
192. Mary spoke with her
disciples, and she said, “Men think that the Lord came to save
the world, but he did not come to save the world. The Anointed has
comes as a force of Fire and Light to shatter and burn the world utterly
away, until only Truth remains in it.”
193. Some disciples inquired
of Mary about the end of time. Mary said, “It is the Day of
Understanding. In that time there will be holy apostles who bring
the knowledge of the covenant of the Mother Spirit, and there will
be many false prophets in the world. A great Light and great Darkness
shall enter into the world, and great conflict and confusion will
follow. The Bride will be with the holy ones and she will bring with
her two witnesses, and there will be many signs in the matrix of the
world, and also there will be wonders, though hidden. If peace is
attained before that time, then all shall come to pass by way of pure
grace, yet these days if peace is not attained shall surely appears
as woes and wrath. On account of the archons it is unlikely peace
shall be attained before that day. But the holy shall be set apart,
and though they die yet shall they live to enter the bridal chamber.”
194. Mary said, “In
the day of the coming of the Anointed many shall look and see, and
among them many will be unwilling to enter the Light, for they shall
not recognize the Light in the Daughter sent among them.”
195. Mary said, “One
who knows the Mother is near to the Father, but one who denies the
Mother is far from the Father. There is not two, but only one God,
and God is both Father and Mother.”
196. Mary said, “The
name of the Anointed is not the name men speak, but it is a name sealed
in the heart of the elect, and because they are holy when they speak
it no one hears it, save for those who are elect.”
197. Mary said, “Listen!
The Holy Spirit is Supernal, yet she is everywhere here below. She
is the Light of the heavens and the fire of Gehenna, and she is the
Life-power in all creatures in heaven, and earth and beneath the earth
– she is the All-In-All. If anyone is ignorant of her, then
they are surely not alive.”
198. Mary said, “The
Way is narrow, for there is but one Path for each soul, and the unique
essence of the soul is the Way, Truth and Light. Save that one lives
by way of this, one will not come into life.”
199. Mary said, “Let
divine passion play upon you, and let the Spirit carry you where she
will, then you will know what divine rapture is.”
200. Mary said to her disciples,
“At the dawn of the End-Of-Days many wisdom treasuries shall
be discovered, and there will be many who receive the Light of those
days; yet, on account of the great darkness, there will be a multitude
of false lights and all manner of deceptions. Before the greater joy,
I tell you, great sorrow and suffering will engulf the world. Yet,
all shall be as it is to be, and all things shall be accomplished.”
201. Mary said, “Live
as though the Lord is coming tomorrow and you will not go wrong.”
202. Mary said, “The
meaning of repentance is this: If you miss the mark, a just your aim.
A baptism is given for the remission of sin, so that the soul might
be loosed from the bow aimed at the Supernal Abode.”
203. Mary said, “God
Most High became Mother and Father to conceive and give birth to the
Son and Holy Spirit. And so God formed the primordial womb from give
birth to the image and likeness of Godself. Those who know the Virgin
Mother will also experience the conception of Christ, and the Holy
Spirit will manifest as them.”
204. Mary said, “I
said to the Lord, ‘Let me know you,’ and the Lord said
to me, ‘As you wish, know yourself.’”
205. Mary said, “If
you do not know yourself, how will you propose to know God?”
206. Mary said, “I
am the aura of flames dancing about him, and he is the center of Light
– I am everywhere, but he is nowhere; I am he and he is me.
There is no difference from beginning to end. Know the Lord, the One
Anointed with the Supernal Light of God and you will come into the
acquaintance of Holy Fire.”
207. Mary said, “Moses
saw a burning bush; but I tell you, in the Spirit of the Anointed
we have beheld the entirety on fire!”
208. Mary said, “All
were in the bondage of slavery, under the dominion of Pharaoh, until
the Anointed came. But since the Anointed came we have become free
men and women, and we have been set over the taskmasters. The law
if prophecy, the Gospel is the fulfillment of prophecy. Yet, to the
Aeon of the Bride and Mother Spirit the Gospel that is with us is
prophecy. Let those who have ears, listen and hear the Word and Wisdom
of the Almighty!”
209. Mary said, “If
you know how to cast the circle, then you will know how to deliver
the spirits; for the secret of deliverance lies in the circle ascending.”
210. Mary said, “The
spark must become a flame, and the flame must become a blazing fire.
When you shine like the sun you will be complete.”
211. Mary said, “The
Supernal Light has not been seen in the world before the Anointed
brought it down. Now there is a seed of Light and the fruition is
forthcoming.”
212. Mary said to her companions,
“The ages and all that appears will pass away, but the Aeon
of Perfect Light will remain. It is eternal.”
213. Mary said, “Look!
You are a shadow in the Light. Cleave to the Light and let the shadow
pass away.”
214. A woman asked Mary,
“How can a woman be holy?” Mary said, “The man who
is holy knows he is no man, therefore it is the same for a woman.
Those who see male and female see only an appearance, for inwardly
there is neither female nor male. These appearances are like shadows,
and those who grasp at shadows and do not look to the Light miss the
mark of Truth.”
And again, Mary said, “The Mother and the Bride and She-Who-Is-Wise
is within every woman, just as the Father and the Son are within every
man; the human being is holy when in possession of her or his humanity.”
215. Mary said, “Many
are the wisdom treasuries that are hidden, awaiting their discovery.
If you court Wisdom she will give you her dowry and all that is in
her house will become yours.”
216. Mary said, “Wisdom
seeks true lovers and goes to those who seek her. No one will lack
Wisdom if in their heart they yearn for her.”
217. Mary said, “Many
are the false lights. If the True Light had not come and Grace did
not open the way, no one would have escaped deception.”
218. Mary said to her disciples,
“Here something precious is revealed by concealing it, but in
the World-To-Come it will be revealed by revealing it. Look and see!”
219. Mary said, “Many
are they who wander aimless and are bound to missing the mark. It
is unbecoming for a human being to live without purpose. For this
reason the Lord has taught us to live in a purposeful way and given
us an aim, and he is our purpose and our aim – the Risen One.”
220. Mary said, “It
may be that a fool is wiser than an intelligent person, for the fool
is more likely to know that whatever intelligence arises comes from
God.”
221. Mary said, “It
is, indeed, difficult for a wealthy person to enter into the kingdom
of heaven, for the wealthy are like the archons, believing they have
created on their own and that the power is their own though it is
not. Yet, the wealthy person who serves the kingdom with their wealth
shall be rich in the kingdom of heaven.”
222. Mary said, “Every
blessing is received inwardly. If one receives an apostle and is blessed,
one receives the blessings of an apostle. If one receives a prophet
or a righteous person and is blessed, then one receives the blessing
of the prophet or righteous person. And so it is with every blessing
one may receive, one receives inwardly and one is received.”
223. Mary said, “Many say that they have received the Anointed,
but one cannot receive unless one is received. Therefore, seek to
be received to that you might receive and give, and Grace will accomplish
everything within you.”
224. Mary taught her disciples,
saying, “Be certain to acquire your light-image so that you
might be seen in the Living Father and your name may appear in the
Book of Life.”
225. Mary said, “Yahweh
is passing by, therefore Yahweh is seen. Otherwise no one would ever
see the Great Spirit.”
226. Mary said, “This
world is a shadow of the World of Truth, and yet there is a great
blessing in it. Here there is time to recognize error from truth and
to enact the truth, as though a pause to change your heart and mind.
But when death comes and the soul departs the body nothing can be
changed.”
227. Mary said to her chosen
ones, “In the Supernal Realm it is clear who has come into being
and who is unbecoming, for the images of the elect shine brightly
but the beasts of the field do not appear.”
228. Mary said, “Souls
exchange sparks with one another and we carry sparks of one another
and are connected in this way. Be certain to give to everyone what
is theirs and to receive what is yours so that all are complete.”
229. Mary said, “Nothing
here shall remain. See that you also go your way.”
230. Mary said to her companions,
“Do you have money?” They said to her, “Yes, we
have money.” She said to them, “Good! Be certain to pay
the ransom and by a staff for the journey.”
231. Mary spoke, and she
said, “When you pray let your heart abide in its place, and
if it runs, let it return to its abode, which is the Risen Savior.”
232. Mary said, “If
you become empty the Lord will give himself to you in full; if you
loose yourself, you will acquire the Holy Spirit.”
233. Mary said, “Angels
appear in the world along with human beings, but the Perfect Human
Being is superior to all angels. Have you not hear of Enoch who walked
with Yahweh and was taken up in divine rapture? Every true initiate
set above the angels, because she or he has knowledge of the Name
of God.”
234. Mary said, “Today
you are lower than the angels, though some among you are equal to
them. When you are complete you will be above them.”
235. Mary said, “Time
is nothing, eternity is everything. Be clear about this!”
236. Mary said, “Who
has ever heard of a pregnant mother unwilling to give birth in her
time? You also be willing to give birth to your soul when called out
of the body. For you body is the Virgin Mother giving birth to your
soul in the Eternal Abode.”
237. Mary was speaking,
and she said, “Words have no meaning apart from the Mother Spirit,
therefore to know her is meaningful. Words have meaning to the extent
that they invoke knowledge of her, but she is known only in silence.”
238. Mary said, “Be
conscious of your speech, for among human beings it is the greatest
blessing and greatest curse. It binds and it liberates. Be liberating
with your speaking and beware not to bind yourself and others.”
239. Mary said, “There
is a mystery to be played out through manhood and womanhood, yet,
truly I tell you, it is concealed by male and female.”
240. Mary said, “The
Lord of Initiation has passed by. See that you receive initiation
and bring it to fullness.”
241. Mary said, “What
appears divided has never been separated, yet division appears for
the sake of love and the perfection of will, so that in unification
a greater joy should come to pass. If there is sorrow it shall pass
away like the shadows of night on the Day of Be-With-Us.”
242. Mary said, “The
body is a corpse and yet it lives for a while. While it is alive it
is the temple of a great presence, for your soul is in it and the
Anointed indwells your soul.”
243. Mary said, “The
essence of the Light is transparent, it is the Holy Virgin; when you
become transparent you will be united with her and attain the perfection
of your freedom.”
244. Mary said, “The
true elements are hidden by the visible, so also are the true rites
of the Gospel hidden by the visible. Look to see what is hidden and
you will understand.”
245. Mary said, “When
the circle is engraved and the fire is lit and blazing, invoking the
name of the Lord and the shinning ones, offer everything into the
holy fire as into the Shekinah of God.”
246. Mary said. “Many
seek the resurrection of the flesh, but the superior resurrection
is of the Spirit and is eternal. Seek always that which is superior.”
247. Mary said, “If
the body is to be raised up, then the body must be transformed; and
so it is with everything below. But when things below are transformed
they are no longer of the world, though they may appear in it, and
when they disappear they will not appear again.”
248. Mary said, “The
Lord has called us to gather in, not to scatter and disperse.”
249. Mary said to her companions,
“In the Anointed Eve and Lilith are redeemed, for the Logos
entered for the sake of the salvation of Sophia, and she is lifted
up in him to her proper abode. Lilith is the power of Eve and Eve
is the perfection of Lilith so that joined they are True Womanhood.
Eve united in herself and Adam and Eve united in one another is the
image of the Second Adam that appears in the bridal chamber. Therefore,
manhood and womanhood are perfected and made complete in one another
– so it was ordained from the beginning and so it shall be in
the end.”
250. Mary said, “Saint
and sinner are appearances, but the Truth and Light is beyond. In
the Anointed there is neither saint nor sinner, but only the righteous
one. Therefore do what is right according to the soul of light in
you, and you will be counted among the righteous and elect. We will
meet again in the Supernal Abode on the Day of Be-With-Us.”
This is the Gospel
of the Sophia of Ain Sof (One-Without-End), for there is no end to
the divine revelation transpiring through the Holy Bride. Whatever
might be spoken or written, there is always much more to be received.
To all who listen and hear in the Spirit she continues to speak, for
the Gospel of Sophia will only be complete at the time of the Second
Coming – the Reception of the Bride and Age of the Mother Spirit.
Amen.
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