Gospel of Philip

 

Analogue 68  Secrets of the Hidden Realms Abraham rejoiced to see what he saw, and as a sign, he cut off the flesh of his foreskin to show us what it means to put away the fleshly system of this world. In this world when any living entity holds their inner reality in secret, they live; when it is exposed, they die. For example, when the inner parts of a human are enclosed within the body, the person lives, but if they should become exposed to the external world, the person dies. So it is with a tree, if it sprouts in a normal manner it will bud out and thrive as long as its roots are covered, but if it is uprooted and they are exposed, the tree withers and dies. This is true for everything brought into existence in this world, whether external and manifest, or internal and unmanifest. If, for example, the roots of evil are hidden they remain strong, but as soon as they are recognized openly for what they are, they perish. It is because of this that the Logos says, “The axe ha...