Gospel of Philip

 

Analogue 42: The Practice of Resurrection In this world, one can exist either in the realm of resurrection, or in a domain between them. May it be that I am not found in the latter place! Both good and evil exist here, but the good is not an unmixed good, nor the evil pure evil. Yet in that region, which is death, pure evil does exist. So while we are here in this world, it is to our advantage to be born into the resurrection, so that when the flesh is finally stripped away and we are naked, we shall find ourselves in the place of rest, and not wandering about in limbo. But on their earthly pilgrimage many do indeed go astray. Thus it is good to come out of this world’s system into that place where humankind existed before it became lost. There are those, of course, who neither long for this, nor are they capable of accomplishing it. And still others who, though they wish for it, can never achieve it because they have no sustained practice. For it is “desire” itself, then, that tur...

Analogue 41 Images

Analogue 41: The Mystery of Iconic Balance There are both male and female spirits, which at heart are unclean or impure. Males spirits seek to mate with souls that inhabit a female form, and female spirits seek an unequal relationship with a male form. So no one, then, is able to escape being seized by their compulsions if they have not received both the power of the male and the female in equal balance. It is in the iconic Bridal Chamber, where the bride is united with the bridegroom that this balance is attained. Outside that union, unwisely, females see a lone male and begin to flirt with him until they are engaged in sexual relations. Likewise, males who see a beautiful female by themselves will, out of lust, try to seduce and then sexually coerce her. Yet when the male and female sit side-by-side together in mutuality, neither will coerce the other nor be coerced. This only occurs when the image and the Archetype are united in mutuality. And so in this world, even where the forces...