Gospel of Philip

 

Analogue 48  Spiritual Work within the Inner Temple At the temple in Jerusalem there are three chambers to which one can bring an offering. One opens to the West called the Holy Place. The second opens to the South and is called the Holy of Holies, and the third opens to the East, which is the Holiest of all where only the High Priest may enter. Immersion or baptism brings one into the Holy Place. Restoration to fullness of being is the Holy of Holies, and the Holiest Place is the Bridal Chamber. Immersion leads to resurrection, resurrection leads to the great restoration, and restoration leads to union in the Bridal Chamber, which transcends everything else, for nothing can be compared to it. Those who pray over Jerusalem, loving her because they already dwell within her, behold her as she now is. These are called the holiest of the Holy Ones. The veil in the Temple was torn in two to reveal the Bridal Chamber, which is nothing other than the image of the heavenly Temple. The cu