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73 lines
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u80icLiber 27
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Here is Nothing under its three forms. It is not, yet informeth all
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things.
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Now cometh the glory of the Single One, as an imperfection and stain.
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But by the Weak One the Mother was it equilibrated.
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Also the purity was divided by Strength, the force of the Demiurge.
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And the Cross was formulated in the Universe that as yet was not.
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But now the Imperfection became manifest, presiding over the fading of
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perfection.
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Also the Woman arose, and veiled the Upper Heaven with her body of
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stars.
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Now then a giant arose, of terrible strength; and asserted the Spirit in
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a secret rite.
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And the Master of the Temple balancing all things arose; his stature was
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above the Heaven and below Earth and Hell.
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Against him the Brothers of the Left-hand Path, confusing the symbols.
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They concealed their horror in this symbol; for in truth they were
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The master flamed forth as a star and set a guard of Water in every
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Abyss.
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Also certain secret ones concealed the Light of Purity in themselves,
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protecting it from the Persecutions.
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Likewise also did certain sons and daughters of Hermes and of Aphrodite,
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more openly
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But the Enemy confused them. They pretended to conceal that Light, that
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they might betray it, and profane it.
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Yet certain holy nuns concealed the secret in songs upon the lyre.
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Now did the Horror of Time pervert all things, hiding the Purity with a
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loathsome thing, a thing unnameable.
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Yea, and there arose sensualists upon the firmament, as a foul stain of
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storm upon the sky.
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And the Black Brothers raised their heads; yea, they unveiled themselves
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without shame or fear.
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Also there rose up a soul of filth and of weakness, and it corrupted all
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the rule of the Tao.
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Then only was Heaven established to bear sway; for only in the lowest
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corruption is form manifest.
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Also did Heaven manifest in violent light,
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And in soft light.
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Then were the waters gathered together from the heaven,
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And a crust of earth concealed the core of flame.
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Around the globe gathered the wide air,
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And men began to light fires upon the earth.
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Therefore was the end of it sorrow; yet in that sorrow a sixfold star of
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glory whereby they might see to return unto the stainless Abode; yea, unto the
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Stainless Abode.
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