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Codex VI
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Texts
Asclepius 21-29The Coptic translation of a portion of the Hermetic dialogue Asclepius, in which Hermes Trismegistus teaches Asclepius about the nature of God, the cosmos, humanity, and the coming destruction and ren...Authoritative TeachingA Gnostic allegory of the soul’s descent into matter and her struggle to return to the Father, cast as a battle between the invisible soul and the merchants of the body. Nag Hammadi Codex VI, pages 22...Plato, Republic 588A–589BA Coptic translation of Plato’s parable of the composite soul from Republic IX: the human being imagined as a many-headed beast, a lion, and a man inside a human shell. The only Platonic text in the N...The Acts of Peter and the Twelve ApostlesAn allegorical narrative in which Peter and the apostles encounter a mysterious pearl-seller named Lithargoel, who leads them through renunciation and endurance to his city, reveals himself as the sav...The Concept of Our Great PowerAn apocalyptic history of the world divided into three aeons — Flesh, Psyche, and Spirit — culminating in the destruction of the archons and the triumph of the imperishable thought. Nag Hammadi Codex...The Discourse on the Eighth and NinthA Hermetic initiation dialogue in which Hermes Trismegistus guides his disciple through mystical ascent to the Eighth and Ninth celestial spheres, encountering Mind, angels, and the speechless hymn of...The Prayer of ThanksgivingA brief Hermetic prayer of thanksgiving spoken after initiation, addressed to the Father of all things. Follows the Discourse on the Eighth and Ninth in the codex. Nag Hammadi Codex VI, pages 63–65.The Thunder, Perfect MindA revelation discourse spoken by a divine feminine voice through cascading paradoxes — she is the first and the last, the honoured and the scorned, the wife and the virgin. Nag Hammadi Codex VI, pages...