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Lux Absconditum.

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You, unquenchable spark,
[…] eye of heaven and voice of light.

— THE PARAPHRASE OF SHEM ⚜️ The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts (Ed. Marvin Meyer), transl. by Michel Roberge, (2009)

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To you, Sophia,
and to you, Saphaia,
and to you, Saphaina,
and to you, righteous spark.

— THE PARAPHRASE OF SHEM ⚜️ The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts (Ed. Marvin Meyer), transl. by Michel Roberge, (2009)

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It was the light of silence that gave rest to the flame of fire.
It pressed down the dark womb.

— THE PARAPHRASE OF SHEM ⚜️ The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts (Ed. Marvin Meyer), transl. by Michel Roberge, (2009)

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To go down to Tartaros, to the light of the Spirit that was weighed down, so that I might protect it from the evil of the burden.

— THE PARAPHRASE OF SHEM ⚜️ The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts (Ed. Marvin Meyer), transl. by Michel Roberge, (2009)

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The Mind that appeared in dark Nature, that was the eye of the heart of Darkness.

— THE PARAPHRASE OF SHEM ⚜️ The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts (Ed. Marvin Meyer), transl. by Michel Roberge, (2009)

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Darkness had a Mind wrapped in restless fire. […] And His Light becomes entangled with the Mind of Darkness.

— THE PARAPHRASE OF SHEM ⚜️ The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts (Ed. Marvin Meyer), transl. by Michel Roberge, (2009)

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And bestow upon me
your beloved, chosen,
blessed majesty.

— THE PRAYER OF THE APOSTLE PAUL ⚜️ The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts (Ed. Marvin Meyer), transl. by Marvin Meyer, (2009)

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Clothe yourself with wisdom like a robe, put knowledge on yourself like a crown, and be seated upon a throne of perception.

— THE TEACHINGS OF SILVANUS ⚜️ The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts (Ed. Marvin Meyer), (2009)

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You are One, of the One,
and you are from its shadow.
You are Kalyptos, a Hidden One.

— THE THREE STELES OF SETH ⚜️ The Nag Hammadi Scriptures: The Revised and Updated Translation of Sacred Gnostic Texts (Ed. Marvin Meyer), transl. by John D. Turner, (2009)

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