September 25-29, 2017
"The following is an attempt to decipher the sayings of Jesus in the Gospel of Thomas by means of utilizing the Thoth Tarot deck designed by occultist Aleister Crowley. I originally tried this in 2006. It is said that he who deciphers the meaning of the sayings in this Gospel “will not taste death.” I utilized the Tarot as a means to exegesis, I drew a card for each one of the sayings and noted the result. The Gospel is in bold italics, input from the Thoth Tarot in [square brackets], my comments in standard script." - Miguel Angel Torres
Learn more about the Gospel of Thomas at the Early Christian Writings website.
Academic expert commentary on the Gospel of Thomas is available HERE.
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The Gospel of Thomas
Related to saying number 101. The synthesis of two principles, physical and metaphysical.
The Gospel of Thomas
“These are the secret sayings that the living Jesus spoke and Didymos Judas Thomas recorded.”
There is a dispute among scholars as to whether Thomas is a Gnostic gospel. A majority affirms this to be true because of the gospel's emphasis on these being “secret sayings” of an esoteric nature; but a dissenting minority maintains that the gospel is not Gnostic due to the fact that it was probably written prior to the advent of second century Gnosticism. There is no evidence that Thomas the Apostle wrote this gospel.
“1. And he said, "Whoever discovers the interpretation of these sayings will not taste death."”
[Thoth Tarot: Thought has gone through every possible stage and has reached an intellectual dead end.]
These sayings are the key to transcend that state. “Death” might mean intellectual and spiritual stagnation. To decipher these sayings is to go beyond predetermined limits. The Tarot as a means to exegesis might yield different results to different persons.
“2. Jesus said, "Those who seek should not stop seeking until they find. When they find, they will be disturbed. When they are disturbed, they will marvel, and will reign over all. And after they have reigned they will rest."”
Justice cannot be attained in the intellectual world. The truth of a form is found in its anti-thesis. This is the primal duality. This insight suggests the Hegelian Dialectic.
“3. Jesus said, "If your leaders say to you, 'Look, the Father's kingdom is in the sky,' then the birds of the sky will precede you. If they say to you, 'It is in the sea,' then the fish will precede you. Rather, the [Father's] kingdom is within you and it is outside you. When you know yourselves, then you will be known, and you will understand that you are children of the living Father. But if you do not know yourselves, then you live in poverty, and you are the poverty."”
[Thoth Tarot: The idea of love comes to fruition. The reception of the feeling “to be loved by somebody else” and thus returning a corresponding feeling; it is joy as well as healing from the inside.]
Truth is Justice. Justice is Love. Know Thyself. The maxim of the Western esoteric tradition.
“4. Jesus said, "The person old in days won't hesitate to ask a little child seven days old about the place of life, and that person will live. For many of the first will be last, and will become a single one."”
[Thoth Tarot: Ace of Cups. Represents the essential form of the Holy Grail. The root of emotion and faith is evoked by a deep inclination from the very beginning of man. Water in its most secret and original form.]
“5. Jesus said, "Know what is in front of your face, and what is hidden from you will be disclosed to you. For there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed.[And there is nothing buried that will not be raised."”
[Thoth Tarot: Virtue emerges when the idea of will and dominion (of Justice) becomes interpreted in character. Virtue is a dynamic.]
The Truth will be revealed to those who achieve a spiritual and intellectual transformation. Awareness and perception of The Truth will come as a byproduct of achieving the said transformation of self. To know oneself is the first step.
“6. His disciples asked him and said to him, "Do you want us to fast? How should we pray? Should we give to charity? What diet should we observe?" Jesus said, "Don't lie, and don't do what you hate, because all things are disclosed before heaven. After all, there is nothing hidden that will not be revealed, and there is nothing covered up that will remain undisclosed."”
[Thoth Tarot: Ace of Discs. The old conception of earth (matter) as passive, immobile, 'dead' or 'evil' has to go. There is no indivisible 'Particle of Dalton'. The earth (matter) is a whirling sphere. The root of matter manifests itself as a form of energy whose physical aspect is measurable.]
“7. Jesus said, "Lucky is the lion that the human will eat, so that the lion becomes human. And foul is the human that the lion will eat, and the lion still will become human."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Lord of Dominion. Represents the energy of fire in its best and brightest form. Action by deliberate plan.]
Blessed is the man who becomes an archangel when possessed by an archangel.
“8. And He said, "The Kingdom is like a wise fisherman who cast his net into the sea and drew it up from the sea full of little fish. Among them the wise fisherman discovered a fine large fish. He threw all the little fish back into the sea, and easily chose the large fish. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."”
[Thoth Tarot: Love. The Lord of Love, which performs a similar office for water. Harmony; Love and mutual understanding synthesized.]
“9. Jesus said, "Look, the sower went out, took a handful (of seeds), and scattered (them). Some fell on the road, and the birds came and gathered them. Others fell on rock, and they didn't take root in the soil and didn't produce heads of grain. Others fell on thorns, and they choked the seeds and worms ate them. And others fell on good soil, and it produced a good crop: it yielded sixty per measure and one hundred twenty per measure."”
[Thoth Tarot: (Numerology 60/6, 120/3) Instinct and intuition. The watery part of matter, the function of that element as Mother. Rules from the 21st degree of Sagittarius to the 20th degree of Capricorn.]
Associated with The Ram, Aries/Ares. Mars.
“10. Jesus said, "I have cast fire upon the world, and look, I'm guarding it until it blazes."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Oracle of the Gods is the child voice of Love in thine own Soul; hear thou it. Heed not the siren voice of sense, or the phantom voice of reason, rest in simplicity and listen to the silence.]
“11. Jesus said, "This heaven will pass away, and the one above it will pass away. The dead are not alive, and the living will not die. During the days when you ate what is dead, you made it come alive. When you are in the light, what will you do? On the day when you were one, you became two. But when you become two, what will you do?"
[Thoth Tarot: The economic system has broken down, there is no balance between the social orders. There is no sense in looking back or preserving former conditions.]
“12. The disciples said to Jesus, "We know that you are going to leave us. Who will be our leader?" Jesus said to them, "No matter where you are you are to go to James the Just, for whose sake heaven and earth came into being."”
[Thoth Tarot: Let the illusion of the World pass over thee, unheeded, as thou goest from midnight to morning. The darkest hour before dawn.]
“13. Jesus said to his disciples, "Compare me to something and tell me what I am like." Simon Peter said to him, "You are like a just messenger." (Another translation: Simon Peter said to him, "You are like a righteous Angel'') Matthew said to him, "You are like a wise philosopher." Thomas said to him, "Teacher, my mouth is utterly unable to say what you are like." Jesus said, "I am not your teacher. (Another translation: I am not your master) Because you have drunk, you have become intoxicated from the bubbling spring that I have tended." And he took him, and withdrew, and spoke three sayings to him. When Thomas came back to his friends they asked him, "What did Jesus say to you?" Thomas said to them, "If I tell you one of the sayings he spoke to me, you will pick up rocks and stone me, and fire will come from the rocks and devour you."”
[Thoth Tarot: (1) The earthly part of Earth. On the brink of transfiguration. About to become aware of secret wonder. Attributes that are pure in themselves. The extraction of one number does not predict the outcome of subsequent operations. (2) Break down the fortress of thine individual self, and thy truth may spring free from the ruins.]
Suggests Manicheanism, specifically the concepts of “two principles” and “three moments”.
“14. Jesus said to them, "If you fast, you will bring sin upon yourselves, and if you pray, you will be condemned, and if you give to charity, you will harm your spirits. When you go into any region and walk about in the countryside, when people take you in, eat what they serve you and heal the sick among them. After all, what goes into your mouth will not defile you; rather, it's what comes out of your mouth that will defile you."”
[Thoth Tarot: The fiery part of Air; He is the wind, the storm. The violent power of motion applied to an apparently manageable element. He rules from the 21st degree of Taurus to the 20th degree of Gemini.]
“15. Jesus said, "When you see one who was not born of woman, fall on your faces and worship. That one is your Father."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Tower. The fuel of Fire. Combustible substance. Once lit, the fire consumes all that comes into its sphere. This entity its feminine.]
“16. Jesus said, "Perhaps people think that I have come to cast peace upon the world. They do not know that I have come to cast conflicts (Another translation: dissension) upon the earth: fire, sword, war. For there will be five in a house: there will be three against two and two against three, father against son and son against father, and they will stand alone.”
[Thoth Tarot: Ace of Pentacles. Associated with Science. Before intelligence can act to turn away from the idea of division and quarrel; the division and the quarrel must exist. New and uncommon ideas.]
“17. Jesus said, "I will give you what no eye has seen, what no ear has heard, what no hand has touched, what has not arisen in the human heart."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Magician. Death. Associated with fundamental transformation. The universe is change, every change is the effect of an act of love. All acts of Joy contain pure Joy. DIE DAILY. Metamorphosis.]
“18. The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us, how will our end come?" Jesus said, "Have you found the beginning, then, that you are looking for the end? You see, the end will be where the beginning is. "Congratulations to the one who stands at the beginning: that one will know the end and will not taste death."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Devil. The Lord of Change. Earth is the throne of Spirit. Having gone to the bottom, one immediately comes out again on top. Constant flow and change; always returned to the flux of matter.]
“19. Jesus said, "Congratulations to the one (Another translation: Blessed is he) who came into being before coming into being. If you become my disciples and pay attention to my sayings, these stones will serve you (Another translation: These stones will minister to you). For there are five trees in Paradise for you; they do not change, summer or winter, and their leaves do not fall. Whoever knows them will not taste death."”
[Thoth Tarot: Queen of Cups. (Related to saying number 15) “Break down the fortress of thine individual self, that the truth may spring forth from the ruins”. Obliteration of The Self, Spirit over Matter. Asceticism.]
“20. The disciples said to Jesus, "Tell us what Heaven's kingdom is like." He said to them, " It's like a mustard seed, the smallest of all seeds, but when it falls on prepared soil, it produces a large plant and becomes a shelter for birds of the sky."”
[Thoth Tarot: 9 of Disks. “Use all thine energy to rule by thought: burn up thy thought like the phoenix.” It is a place of hope, clearness of vision, where possibilities are realized, infinite spiritual insight.]
“21. Mary said to Jesus, "What are your disciples like?" He said, "They are like little children living (Another translation: have settled) in a field that is not theirs, when the owners of the field come, they will say, 'Give us back our field.' They take off their clothes in front of them in order to give it back to them, and they return their field to them. For this reason I say, if the owners of a house know that a thief is coming, they will be on guard before the thief arrives and will not let the thief break into their house (Another translation: their domain) and steal their possessions (Another translation: to carry away his goods). As for you, then, be on guard against the world. Prepare yourselves with great strength, so the robbers can't find a way to get to you, for the trouble you expect will come. Let there be among you a person who understands (Another translation: a man of understanding). When the crop ripened, he came quickly carrying a sickle and harvested it. Whoever has ears to hear, let him hear."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Empress. (1) The fiery part of water; when Gabriel meets Michael. Rules the heavens from the 21st degree of Aquarius to the 20th degree of Pisces. (2) The Oracle of the Gods is the child voice of Love in thine own soul; hear thou it. (Related to saying number 10; guarding a fire.)] (3) No power to maintain the armed peace of the four. The quarrel has actually broken out. The original idea of the sword was the manifestation of the result of the Love between the wand and the cup.]
“22. Jesus saw some babies nursing. He said to his disciples, "These nursing babies are like those who enter the Father's kingdom. They said to him, "Then shall we enter the Father's kingdom as babies?"Jesus said to them, "When you make the two into one, and when you make the inner like the outer and the outer like the inner, and the upper like the lower, and when you make male and female into a single one, so that the male will not be male nor the female be female, when you make eyes in place of an eye, a hand in place of a hand, a foot in place of a foot, an image in place of an image, then you will enter the kingdom."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 10. (1) Access to The Kingdom is derived from a thought. In the case of Buddha (Yoga); the thought that negates itself is Truth. In Western dialectics, the negation of the negation produces the synthesis. (2) So what is antagonism? “Change is Stability”, continuous activity. Steady transformation. No “solidity”, no “moments”, only eternal movement down to the quantum level. No “indivisible particles”. Ceasing to be and becoming as an eternal cycle of existence.]
“Above” negates “below” and “below” negates “above”; when they become like each other they become a synthesis.
“23. Jesus said, "I shall choose you, one from a thousand and two from ten thousand, and they will stand as a single one."”
[Thoth Tarot: (Numerology: 5 is the number of union). Pour thyself freely from the vase in thy right hand and lose no drop. Hath not thy left hand a vase? Transmute all wholly into the image of thy will; bringing into its true token of perfection. Dissolve the pearl in the wine cup, drink and make manifest the virtue of the pearl.]
“24. His disciples said, "Show us the place where you are, for we must seek it." He said to them, "Whoever has ears let him hear. There is light within a person of light (Another translation: man of light), and it (or he) shines on the whole world. If it (or he) does not shine, it is dark. (Another translation: he is in darkness)"
[Thoth Tarot: Greater is He that is in you, than He who is in the world. The idea of mutability, of division, of non-solidity of matter (at a quantum level). Darkness is where grief overwhelms the conscious thought.]
Suggests the Gnostic belief that the soul (divine spark) must be liberated from its bodily prison.
“25. Jesus said, "Love your friends (Another translation: your brother) like your own soul, protect (or guard) them (or him) like the pupil of your eye."”
[Thoth Tarot: The one principle that encapsulates the greater good. The Golden Rule. Applied it leads to new shores.]
“26. Jesus said, "You see the sliver (or splinter) in your friend's (or brother's) eye, but you don't see the timber (or rod) in your own eye. When you take the timber (or rod) out of your own eye, then you will see well enough to remove the sliver (or splinter) from your friend's (or brothers) eye."”
[Thoth Tarot: The secret to peace. The ideas of passibity, immobility, solidity and that matter is “evil” and false.]
I do not agree with the Gnostic that matter is inherently evil. Matter (the natural universe) is what it is.
“27. Jesus said, "If you do not fast from the world, you will not find the [Father's] kingdom. If you do not observe the sabbath as a sabbath you will not see the Father."
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 6. There is a kind of love and of a certain kind of murtual understanding, as well regarded as harmony. This is the basis of happiness.]
“28. Jesus said, "I took my stand in the midst of the world, and in flesh I appeared to them. I found them all drunk, and I did not find any of them thirsty. My soul ached for the children of humanity, (Another translation: My soul became afflicted for the sons of men) because they are blind in their hearts and do not see, for they came into the world empty, and they also seek to depart from the world empty."But meanwhile they are drunk. When they shake off their wine, then they will change their ways (Another translation: they will repent)."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Wheel of Fortune. Follow thy fortune, careless where it lead thee. The axle does not move, attain thou that. If there is no further satisfaction possible then stagnation and boredom will arise. The wheel must move even if the axle stays always the same.]
“29. Jesus said, "If the flesh came into being because of spirit, that is a marvel, but if spirit came into being because of the body, that is a marvel of marvels."Yet I marvel at how this great wealth has come to dwell in this poverty."”
[Thoth Tarot: Offer thyself virgin to the knowledge and conversation of your holy guardian angel. All else is snare. Be thou athlete with the eight limbs of Yoga: for without these thou are not disciplined for any fight.]
When one arrives at Faith and Spirit through Intellect.
“30. Jesus said, "Where there are three deities (Another translation: three Gods), they are divine. Where there are two or one, I am with that one (Another translation: I am with him)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Extreme purity and beauty. To see this truth is hardly possible for it reflects the nature of the observer in great perfection]
“31. Jesus said, "No prophet is welcome on his home turf (Another translation: accepted in his own village); doctors (Another translation: physicians) don't cure those who know them."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Hanged Man. Death. In fact He will be crucified. The universe is change, every change is in effect an act of Love, all acts of Love contain pure joy. We must die daily.]
“It” is there if one wants to see “it”.
“32. Jesus said, "A city built on a high hill (Another translation: mountain) and fortified cannot fall, nor can it be hidden."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 27. The City is in fact The Kingdom. Love and Happiness. Complete satiety; yet in this realm there is always dynamism and challenge. This is the nature of Heaven and The New Jerusalem.]
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[Saying found in the Greek text that does not appear in the Coptic text]
“--. Jesus said, ''Thou hearest with one ear, but the other thou has closed.”
[Thoth Tarot: The revenge of Horus. Apocalyptic. Counsels vigilance and retrat into solitude.]
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“33. Jesus said, "What you will hear in your ear, in the other ear proclaim from your rooftops. (Another translation: Preach from the house tops that which you will hear in your ear and in the other ear)"After all, no one (Another translation: For no one) lights a lamp and puts it under a basket (or bushel), nor does one put it in a hidden place. Rather, one puts it on a lamp stand so that all who come and go will see its light."
[Thoth Tarot: Represents the earthly part of air, the fixation of the volatile. Brings about the actual materialization of Idea. The logic is firm but also destructive. Materialization implies the transformation of the context.]
“34. Jesus said, "If a blind person leads a bind person (Another translation: If a blind man leads a blind man), both of them will fall into a hole (or pit)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with sorrow and a sword (the word). The idea of mutability, of division, of the un-solidity of matter. Perhaps it means the fate of the absolute materialist who is lead by another absolute materialist into a “dark pit” (oblivion). “Hell” is No Exit.]
“35. Jesus said, "One can't enter a strong person's house and take it by force without tying his hands. Then one can loot his house." (Another translation: It is not possible for anyone to enter the house of a strong man and take if by force unless he binds his hands)”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with happiness. The strong man is perhaps The Devil; the force of darkness that Lucifer became. The house is actually ours. We take it back by binding him. The first step towards salvation is to seek The Light.]
“36. Jesus said, "Do not fret, from morning to evening and from evening to morning, about your food; what you're going to eat, or about your clothing what you are going to wear. (Another translation: Do not be concerned from morning until evening and from evening until morning about what you will wear.) You're much better than the lilies, which neither card nor spin."As for you, when you have no garment, what will you put on? Who might add to your stature? That very one will give you your garment."”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with The Ram, Aries, Mars. Pour water on thyself; thus shall you be a fountain of the universe. Find thou thyself on every star. Achieve thou every possibility.]
“37. His disciples said, "When will you appear (Another translation: become revealed) to us, and when will we see you?" Jesus said, "When you strip without being ashamed, and you take your clothes and put them under your feet like little children and trample then, then you will see the son of the living one and you will not be afraid."”
[Thoth Tarot: Purity is somehow lost in the process of satisfaction. To return to purity (the condition required to see The Son of the Living One), it is necessary to abandon that which brings the satisfaction of “fleshly lusts”.]
“38. Jesus said, "Often (or many times) you have desired to hear these sayings that I am speaking to you, and you have no one else from whom to hear them. There will be days when you will seek me and you will not find me."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to sayings number 6, 8 and 27. This is the lord of Love, which performs a similar office of water.]
“39. Jesus said, "The Pharisees and the scholars (or scribes) have taken the keys of knowledge and have hidden them. They have not entered nor have they allowed those who want to enter to do so. "As for you, be as sly as snakes and as simple as doves (Another translation: be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves)."
[Thoth Tarot: False churches are the modern equivalent to the Pharisees. Fire requires fuel to burn without fuel in the form of mystical knowledge, without this the fire of Spirit cannot burn. Pour water on thyself, thus shall thou be a fountain of the universe. Find thou thyself in every star. Achieve thou every possibility.]
“40. Jesus said, "A grapevine has been planted apart from the Father. Since it is not strong, it will be pulled up by its root and will perish."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 22. A reference to the false churches and their ultimate fate, alongside all falsity.]
“41. Jesus said, "Whoever has something in hand will be given more, and whoever has nothing will be deprived of even the little they have."”
[Thoth Tarot: An apocalyptic reference. Socrates, “Know naught!” All ways are lawful to innocence. Pure folly is the key to initiative. Silence breathes into rapture. Be neither man nor woman, but both in one. Be silent...that thou can grow to bear the lance and the grail. Wander along and sing. In the kings palace his daughter awaits thee.]
“42. Jesus said, "Be passersby (Another translation: Become passers-by)."
[Thoth Tarot: The fiery part of earth. Phenomena of nature and of gravitation. The activity of earth as producer of life. Mitigate energy with Love, but let Love devour all things. Worship the name YHVH, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, and the name of His house 418.]
“43. His disciples said to him, "Who are you to say these things to us?" "You don't understand who I am from what I say to you (Another translation: You do not realize who I am from what I say to you). "Rather, you have become like the Jews, for they (either) love the tree but hate its fruit, or they love the fruit but hate the tree."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to sayings number 10 and 21. The Oracle of the Gods is the child-voice of Love in thine own soul, hear thou it. Hear not the siren-voice of sense, or the phantom voice of reason, rest in simplicity and listen to the silence.]
“44. Jesus said, "Whoever blasphemes against the Father will be forgiven, and whoever blasphemes against the son will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the holy spirit will not be forgiven, either on earth or in heaven."”
[Thoth Tarot: The wind, the storm. The power of motion applied to element. The idea of attack. This is a clear and unequivocal warning.]
“45. Jesus said, "Grapes are not harvested from thorn trees, nor are figs gathered from thistles, for they yield no fruit. "Good persons produce good from what they've stored up; bad persons produce evil from the wickedness they've stored up in their hearts, and say evil things (Another translation: A good man brings forth good from his storehouse; an evil man brings forth evil things from his evil storehouse). For from the overflow of the heart they produce evil."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 43. If one loves an evil man one cannot love God. If one loves God one cannot love an evil man.]
“46. Jesus said, "From Adam to John the Baptist, among those born of women, no one is so much greater than John the Baptist that his eyes should not be averted (Another translation: lowered before him). "But I have said that whoever among you becomes a child will recognize the Father's kingdom (or be acquainted with the Kingdom) and will become greater than (or superior to) John."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to sayings number 20 and 22. A balanced system is only balanced temporarily. Change always comes upon it (an eventuality). Flux (in dialectic terms), is the fundamental law of the universe.]
“47. Jesus said, "A person cannot mount two horses or bend two bows (Another translation: It is impossible for a man to mount two horses or stretch two bows). "And a slave cannot serve two masters (Another translation: And it is impossible for a servant to serve two masters), otherwise that slave (or servant) will honor the one and offend the other (or treat the other contemptuously). "Nobody drinks aged wine and immediately wants to drink young wine (Another translation: No man drinks old wine and immediately wants to drink new wine). Young (or new) wine is not poured into old wine skins, or they might break (or lest they burst), and aged (or old) wine is not poured into a new wineskin, or it might spoil. "An old patch is not sewn onto a new garment, since it would create a tear."”
[Thoth Tarot: It is a struggle to set forth Truth. This is why choices must be made and actions must be congruent with the ends desired. To not do this would only interrupt the process.]
“48. Jesus said, "If two make peace with each other in a single house (Another translation: in this one house), they will say to the mountain, 'Move Away!' and it will move away."”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with evolutionary changes. Earth is the throne of Spirit. In all processes off cyclical change the flow always returns to its origins. The Paraclete.]
“49. Jesus said, "Congratulations to those who are alone and chosen, for you will find the kingdom. For you have come from it, and you will return there again. (Another translation: Blessed are the solitary and elect, for you will find the Kingdom. For you are from it and to it you will return)"”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with duality and magical arts. The way to the Kingdom (the way to scape the cycle of Samara) is to follow your own path.]
“50. Jesus said, "If they say to you, 'Where have you come from?' say to them, 'We have come from the light, from the place where the light came into being by itself, established itself, and appeared (or became manifest) in their image.' "If they say to you, 'Is it you?' say, 'We are its children, and we are the chosen (or the elect) of the living Father.' "If they ask you, 'What is the evidence of your Father in you?' say to them, 'It is motion and rest (or movement and repose).'"”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 7. Elohim evolved as executive consciousness of nous. Fire in its best and brightest form. The path forward is already set what matters is to find it. It is a narrow path.]
“51. His disciples said to him, "When will the rest for the dead take place, and when will the new world come?" He said to them, "What you are looking forward to has (already) come, but you don't know it."”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with sayings number 18 and 48. Where the beginning is, there the end will also be. The process is cyclical.]
“52. His disciples said to him, "Twenty-four prophets have spoken in Israel, and they all spoke of you. He said to them, "You have disregarded the living one (Another translation: omitted the one living) who is in your presence, and have spoken (only) of the dead."”
[Thoth Tarot: Failure to understand. The flaw of relying on human intellect alone. The human brain is matter, and all matter is imperfect. There is no positive virtue in relying on intellect without faith.]
The past has no objective existence.
“53. His disciples said to him, "Is circumcision useful (Another translation: beneficial) or not?" He said to them, "If it were useful (or beneficial), their father would produce children already circumcised (or beget them already circumcised) from their mother. Rather, the true circumcision in spirit has become profitable in every respect."”
[Thoth Tarot: When wealth accumulates beyond a certain point it must call on the aid of intelligence to be used rightly. True wealth is for the person to be transformed into a better condition of being.]
“54. Jesus said, "Blessings to the poor, for to you belongs Heaven's kingdom (Another translation: Blessed are the poor, for yours is the Kingdom of Heaven)."”
[Thoth Tarot: For the poor it will be like a festivity or fete where loving couples find one another.]
“55. Jesus said, "Whoever does not hate father and mother cannot be my disciple, and whoever does not hate brothers and sisters, and carry the cross (Another translation: take up his cross) as I do, will not be worthy of me."”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with a firestorm.]
The Christian must be willing to take up his cross in order to truly follow Christ. Taking up the cross might mean a different set of challenges to different people. Taking up the cross is a personal matter.
“56. Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered a carcass (Another translation: corpse), and whoever has discovered a carcass (or corpse), of that person the world is not worthy (or is superior to the world)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Rules from the 21st degree of Libra to the 20th degree of Scorpio. True Art involves intense secrecy. True Art is self referential, it follows its own path.]
“57. Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom (Another translation: The Kingdom of my Father) is like a person (or man) who has good seed. His enemy came during the night and sowed weeds among the good seed. The person (or man) did not let the workers pull up the weeds, but said to them, "No, otherwise you might go to pull up the weeds and pull up the wheat along with them." For on the day of the harvest the weeds will be conspicuous (or plainly visible), and will be pulled up and burned.”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with saying number 47. The Apocalypse.]
Clearly describes the fate of those who chose to not heed the message of Christ. The enemy is Lucifer.
“58. Jesus said, "Blessings to the person (Another translation: Blessed is the man) who has toiled (or suffered) and has found life."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 42. Mitigate thy energy with Love but let Love devour all things. Worship the name YHVH, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, and the name of His house 418.]
“59 Jesus said, "Look to the Living One as long as you live (Another translation: Take heed of the Living One while you are alive), otherwise you might die (or lest you die) and then try to see the Living One, and you will be unable to see (or and seek to see Him and be unable to do so)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Ace of Cups. The reference to seeking the Living One is related to the quest for the Holy Grail.]
We must seek the Living One in life, while we are being tested; for after death there is no chance.
“60. He saw a Samaritan carrying a lamb and going to Judea. He said to his disciples, "that person...around the lamb." (Another translation: why does the man carry the lamb around) They said to him, "So that he may kill it and eat it." He said to them, "He will not eat it while it is alive, but only after he has killed it and it has become a carcass (or corpse)." They said, "Otherwise he can't do it (or he cannot do so otherwise)." He said to them, "So also with you, seek for yourselves a place for rest, or you might become a carcass and be eaten."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Chariot. Associated with sayings number 10 and 21. Saying 62 below: “It is those who are worthy of my mysteries that I tell my mysteries”. The issue of the vulture, two in one, conveyed, this is the chariot of power. The last oracle. The place of repose is Christ. He is the oracle.]
“61. Jesus said, "Two will recline on a couch; one will die, one will live (Another translation: Two will rest on a bed: one will die, and the other will live)." Salome said, "Who are you man? You have climbed onto my couch and eaten from my table as if you are from someone (or that You, as though from the one, have come up on my couch and eaten from my table)." Jesus said to her, "I am the one who comes from what is whole (or I am He who exists from the undivided). I was granted from the things of my Father (or I was given some of the things of my Father). Salome said, "I am your disciple. Jesus said to her, "For this reason I say, if one is whole (or if he is undivided), one (or he) will be filled with light, but if one (or he) is divided, one (or he) will be filled with darkness."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Undivided is Elohim (who nevertheless has a divine body and a divine consciousness). The Seven Powers of God. The substance of the element of fire in its inception. The primordial energy of the Divine manifesting in Matter, at so early a stage that it is not yet definitely formulated as Will. The beginning.]
“62. Jesus said, "I disclose my mysteries to those who are worthy of my mysteries (Another translation: It is those who are worthy of my mysteries that I tell my mysteries). "Do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 60. This saying is associated with victorious advance.]
“63. Jesus said, "There was a rich person (Another translation: rich man) who had a great deal of money. He said, 'I shall invest my money so that I may sow, reap, plant, and fill my storehouses with produce, that I may lack nothing.' These were the things he was thinking in his heart, but that very night he died. Let him who has two ears hear.”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 37. Liquidity threatens purity. This is an admonition to store spiritual treasure in heaven rather than material treasure on earth.]
The future has no objective existence.
“64. Jesus said, "A person was receiving guests. When he had prepared the dinner, he sent his slave (Another translation: his servant) to invite the guests. The slave (or servant) went to the first and said to that one, 'My master invites you.' That one said, 'Some merchants owe me money; they are coming to me tonight. I have to go and give them instructions. Please excuse me from dinner.' The slave (or servant) went to another and said to that one, 'My master has invited you.' That one said to the slave (or servant), 'I have bought a house, and I have been called away for a day. I shall have no time.' The slave (or servant) went to another and said to that one, 'My master invites you.' That one said to the slave (or servant), 'My friend is to be married, and I am to arrange the banquet. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse me from dinner.' The slave (or servant) went to another and said to that one, 'My master invites you.' That one said to the slave (or servant), 'I have bought an estate, and I am going to collect the rent. I shall not be able to come. Please excuse me.' The slave (or servant) returned and said to his master, 'Those whom you invited to dinner have asked to be excused.' The master said to his slave (or servant), 'Go out on the streets and bring back whomever you find (or those whom you happen to meet) to have dinner (or so that they may dine).' Buyers (or businessmen) and merchants will not enter the places of my Father."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to sayings number 10, 21 and 48. Dialectic change. The eternal cycle of ceasing to be and becoming. We only have the chance to accept Christ while alive. The choice must be made in this lifetime. The Oracle of the Gods is the child-voice of Love in thine own soul; hear thou it.]
A short parable about men who are so focused on the comings and goings of business and of materialism that they rebuke invitation from God.
“65. He said, "There was a person (Another translation: A good man) who owned a vineyard and rented it to some farmers, so they could work it and he could collect its crop from them. He sent his slave (or servant) so the farmers would give him the vineyard's crop. They grabbed him, beat him, and almost killed him, and the slave (or servant) returned and told his master. His master said, 'Perhaps he didn't know them.' He sent another slave (or servant), and the farmers beat that one as well. Then the master sent his son and said, 'Perhaps they'll show my son some respect.' Because the farmers knew that he was the heir to the vineyard, they grabbed him and killed him. Let him who has two ears hear."”
[Thoth Tarot: To see The Truth it is necessary the person know him or herself, for The Truth in question reflects the nature of the observer in great perfection.]
A parable that illustrates the mission of Jesus and the prophets before Him. Suggestive of the admonition to never “swing your pearls before swine”. In esoteric terms this passage is about perception and message reception.
“66. Jesus said, "Show me the stone that the builders rejected: that is the keystone (Another translation: Show me the stone which the builders have rejected. That one is the cornerstone)."
[Thoth Tarot: Break down the fortress of thine individual self that thy truth may spring free from the ruins.]
A reference to Gospels declared apocryphal and those condemned of heresy by the religious establishment.
“67. Jesus said, "Those who know all, but are lacking in themselves, are utterly lacking (Another translation: Whoever believes that the All itself is deficient is himself completely deficient)."”
[Thoth Tarot: The True Self is the meaning of the True Will: know thyself this way, calculate well the formula of thy way. Create freely, absorb joyously, divide intently, consolidate completely. Work thou omniscient, omniscient, omnipresent, in and for eternity.]
“68. Jesus said, "Blessed are you when you are hated and persecuted; and no place will be found, wherever you have been persecuted (Another translation: Wherever you have been persecuted they will find no place)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Apocalyptic. See Revelation of John 17:5, 17:9-10. Mitigate energy with Love, but let Love devour all things. Worship the name YHVH, foursquare, mystic, wonderful, and the name of His house 418.]
“69. Jesus said, "Blessed are to those who have been persecuted in their hearts (Another translation: within themselves): they are the ones (or it is they) who have truly come to know the Father. "Blessed are those who go hungry, so the stomach of the one in want may be filled (or Blessed are the hungry, for the belly of him who desires will be filled)."”
[Thoth Tarot: The cycle of ceasing to be and becoming. Follow thy fortune, careless where it lead thee. The axle does not move, attain thou that.]
“The hungry” is a reference to seekers of Truth.
“70. Jesus said, "If you bring forth what is within you, what you have will save you. If you do not bring forth was is within you, what you do not have within you will kill you (Another translation: If you bring forth was is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you)."”
[Thoth Tarot: “What is within you” is a reference to the Spiritual Self, the rest is self explanatory: the precondition for enlightenment is to Know Thyself.]
“71. Jesus said, "I will destroy this house, and no one will be able to rebuild it."”
[Thoth Tarot: Treat time and all conditions of event as servants of thy will, appointed to present the Universe to thee in the form of thy plan. Blessing and worship to the prophet of the lovely star.]
“72 A person (Another translation: A man) said to him, "Tell my brothers to divide my father's possessions with me." He said to the person (or man), "O man, who has made me a divider?" He turned to his disciples and said to them, "I'm not a divider, am I?"”
[Thoth Tarot: Ace of Swords. The primordial energy of Air. Represents the consciousness of mankind as counterpoised to that of the Divine. The Sword, The Word.]
“73. Jesus said, "The crop (Another translation: The harvest) is great but the workers are few, so beg the harvest boss (or beseech the Lord therefore) to dispatch workers to the fields."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Oracle of the Gods is the child-voice of Love in thine own soul; hear thou it. Heed not the siren-song of sense, or the phantom voice of reason; rest in simplicity and listen to the silence.]
“74. He said, "Lord, there are many around the drinking trough, but there is nothing in the well (Another translation: in the cistern)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Death. The Universe is change, every change is the effect of an act of Love. All acts of Love contain pure joy. Die daily. Death is the apex of one curve of the snake of life, behold all opposites as necessary complements and rejoice.]
“75. Jesus said, "There are many standing at the door, but those who are alone will enter the bridal suite (Another translation: Many are standing at the door, but it is the solitary who will enter the bridal chamber)."”
The path to enlightenment is narrow and personal.
“76. Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom is like a merchant who had a supply of merchandise and found a pearl. That merchant was prudent; he sold the merchandise and bought the single pearl for himself. "So also with you, seek his treasure that is unfailing, that is enduring, where no moth comes to eat and no worm destroys."
The Christian is encouraged to store spiritual treasure in heaven, not material wealth while on earth.
“77. Jesus said, "I am the light that is over all things. I am all: from me all came forth, and to me all attained. "Split a piece of wood; I am there. "Lift up the stone, and you will find me there (Another translation: It is I who am the light which is above them all. It is I who am the All extend. From Me did All come forth, and unto Me did All extend. Split a piece of wood, and I am there. Lift up the stone, and you will find Me there)"”
[Thoth Tarot: Water in its most secret and original form. This represents the essential form of the Holy Grail. The liquid is shown as water but it can be transformed into wine or blood as it may be required. It is a virtue of this saying to conceive and to produce the second form of its nature.]
“78. Jesus said, "Why have you come out to the countryside (Another translation: the desert)? To see a reed shaken by the wind? And to see a person dressed in soft clothes (or fine garments), like your rulers (or kings) and your powerful ones (or great men)? They are dressed in soft clothes (or upon them are the fine garments), and they cannot understand truth (or unable to discern the truth)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Offer thyself virgin to the knowledge and conversation of thine Holy Guardian Angel. All else is a snare. Be thou athlete with the eight limbs of Yoga, for without these thou are not disciplined for any fight.]
“79. A woman in the crowd said to him, "Lucky (Another translation: Blessed) are the womb that bore You and the breasts that fed (or which nourished) You." He said to [her], "Lucky (or Blessed) are those who have heard the word of the Father and have truly kept it. For there will be days when you will say, 'Lucky (or Blessed) are the womb that has not conceived and the breasts that have not given milk.'"
[Thoth Tarot: Suit of Cups. Love. There is a feeling of Love and a certain kind of mutual understanding as well regarded as harmony.]
“80. Jesus said, "Whoever has come to know the world has discovered the body, and whoever has discovered the body, of that one the world is not worthy (Another translation: He who has recognized the world has found the body, but he who has found the body is superior to the world)."”
[Thoth Tarot: The world (matter) does not know itself. To find wisdom one must work without harness or restraint. Wisdom is to know what the world does not know about itself.]
“81. Jesus said, "Let one who has become wealthy reign, and let one who has power renounce it. (Another translation: Let him who has grown rich be king, and let him who possesses power renounce it.)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with saying number 4. The Eucharist of the Holy Grail. Water can be transformed into wine or blood as may be required.]
“82. Jesus said, "Whoever is near me is near the fire, and whoever is far from me is far from the Father's kingdom (Another translation: He who is near Me is near the fire, and he wgho is far from Me is far from The Kingdom)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with sayings number 10 and 21. To be loved by somebody else and thus returning a corresponding feeling. It is joy as well as healing from inside.]
“83. Jesus said, "Images are visible to people, but the light within them is hidden in the image of the Father's light. He will be disclosed, but his image is hidden by his light (Another translation: The images are manifest to man, but the light in them remains concealed by the image of The Father. He will become manifest, but His image will remain concealed by His light)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with saying number 79. The Paraclete. “The Light of The Father”; an unseen force that nevertheless manifests itself.]
“84. Jesus said, "When you see your likeness, you are happy (Another translation: you rejoice). But when you see your images that came into being before you and that neither die nor become visible (or manifest), how much will you have to bear!"”
[Thoth Tarot: Purity threatened. Who we truly are is our soul.]
“85. Jesus said, "Adam came from great power and great wealth (Another translation: Adam came into being from a great power and a great wealth), but he was not (or he did not become) worthy of you. For had he been worthy, he would not have tasted death."”
Related to saying number 2. Adam chose to sin out of free will. He failed to keep the word of The Father.
“86. Jesus said, "Foxes have their dens and birds have their nests, but human beings have no place to lay down and rest (Another translation: The foxes have their holes and the birds have their nests, but The Son of Man has no place to lay His head and rest)."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Archangel Gabriel. The power of water to serve as mirror with power of reception and reflection. The Truth reflects itself perfectly.]
“87. Jesus said, "How miserable is the body that depends on a body, and how miserable is the soul that depends on these two (Another translation: Wretched is the body that is dependent upon a body, and wretched is the soul that is dependent on these two)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 82. The soul (spirit) must never be dominated by the body (matter). The body must be dominated by the soul.]
“88. Jesus said, "The messengers (Another translation: the angels) and the prophets will come to you and give you what belongs to you (or give you what you already have). You, in turn, give them what you have (or and you too, give them those things which you have), and say to yourselves, 'When will they come and take what belongs to them (or what is theirs)?'"”
[Thoth Tarot: Associated with saying number 80. They simply illuminate what one already knows.]
“89. Jesus said, "Why do you wash the outside of the cup? Don't you understand (Another translation: Do you not realize) that the one (or He) who made the inside is also the one who made the outside?"”
[Thoth Tarot: The faculty of crystallization. The power of water to give substance to the idea, to support life, and to form the basis of chemical combination.]
“90. Jesus said, "Come to me, for my yoke is comfortable (Another translation: for my yoke is easy) and my lordship is gentle (or mild), and you will find rest (or repose) for yourselves."”
Associated with sayings number 80 and 88. The nearest to Jesus Christ, the closer to The Truth.
“91. They said to him, "Tell us who you are so that we may believe in you." He said to them, "You examine the face of heaven and earth (Another translation: You read the face of the sky and of the earth), but you have not come to know the one who is in your presence (or but you have not recognized the one who is before you), and you do not know how to examine (or read) the present moment.”
The realization of this truth: the omnipresent, although not omnipotent nature of Jesus Christ as Logos.
“92. Jesus said, "Seek and you will find. "In the past, however, I did not tell you the things about which you asked me then. Now I am willing to tell them, but you are not seeking them (Another translation: Yet, what you asked Me about in former times and which I did not tell you then, now I do desire to tell you, but you do not inquire after it)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to saying number 84. The pre-existent nature of The Soul. Communion with God can only occur if we face ourselves as Spirit. This is what we seek.]
Jesus Christ as Logos is omnipresent and omniscient but not omnipotent. Only The Father (YHVH) is all three. Jesus Christ is not God, only Messiah.
“93. "Do not give what is holy to dogs, for they might throw them upon the manure pile (Another translation: lest they throw them on the dung heap). Don't throw pearls to pigs, or they might might grind it to bits."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Holy is separate as such it becomes sacred. The pursuit of pleasure when crowned with perfect success, at this point it is discovered that having go everything that one wanted, one did not want it after all. After the longing for an ultimate quest to be fulfilled all that is left behind is emptiness.]
“94. Jesus said, "One who seeks will find, and for one who knocks it will be opened (Another translation: He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in)."”
[Thoth Tarot: Faith is the foundation. Sacraments establish and renew the covenant. Knowledge is necessary to understand faith and sacraments; and to discern Truth.]
“95. Jesus said, "If you have money, do not lend it at interest. Rather, give it to someone from whom you won't get it back."”
Those who engage in usury are not of God, only those who give without seeking repayment.
“96. Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom is like a woman. She took a little leaven, hid it in dough, and made it into large loaves of bread. Let him who has ears hear.”
Buddha, Socrates, Jesus and Mani are the leaven; their followers the large loaves. Humanity as an example of matter becoming progressively councious.
“97. Jesus said, "The Father's Kingdom (Another translation: The Kingdom of The Father) is like a (certain) woman who was carrying a jar full of meal. While she was walking along a distant road (or While she was walking on a road, still some distance from home), the handle of the jar broke and the meal spilled behind her along the road. She didn't know it; she hadn't noticed a problem. When she reached her house, she put the jar down and discovered that it was empty.”
[Thoth Tarot: Attainment of the State of Brahmin implies an evolution from materialist to spiritual consciousness; placing the spiritual self in command, for greater is he that is in you.]
“98. Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom is like a person who wanted to kill someone powerful (Another translation: The Kingdom of The Father is like a certain man who wanted to kill a powerful man). While still at home he drew his sword and thrust it into the wall to find out whether his hand would go in. Then he killed the powerful one (or in his own house he drew his sword and stuck it into the wall in order to find out whether his hand could carry through. Then he slew the powerful man).”
[Thoth Tarot: Contentment and safety based on the solid state of ones own faculties. Becoming solid. Faith is a choice, an act of the will. This is the beginning.]
“99. The disciples said to him, "Your brothers and your mother are standing outside." He said to them, "Those here who do what my Father wants (Another translation: Those here who do the will of my Father) are my brothers and my mother. They are the ones (or it is they) who will enter my Father's kingdom."”
[Thoth Tarot: Related to the second part of saying number 98. After faith comes submission of the will to God. To be able to submit to God one must know what God expects of us so that we may enter The Kingdom.]
“100. They showed Jesus a gold coin and said to him, "The Roman emperor's people (Another translation: Caesars men) demand taxes from us." He said to them, "Give the emperor (or Caesar) what belongs to the emperor (or Caesar), give God what belongs to God, and give me what is mine."”
The relationship between Man, The State and God. Each principle has its own sphere. Each principle is distinct.
“101. "Whoever does not hate father and mother as I do cannot be my disciple, and whoever does not love father and mother as I do cannot be my disciple. For my mother gave me falsehood, but my true mother gave me life."”
[Thoth Tarot: The Empress. Between black and white is gray. The shadow self must be acknowledged. The Goddess; the function of the element as mother.]
“102. Jesus said, "Damn the Pharisees! They are like a dog sleeping in the cattle manger: the dog neither eats nor lets the cattle eat (Another translation: Woe to the Pharisees, for they are like a dog sleeping in a manger of oxen, for neither does he eat nor let the oxen eat)."”
The Pharisees are those who seek to obstruct seekers from higher knowledge.
“103. Jesus said, "Fortunate are those who know where the rebels are going to attack. They can get going, collect their imperial resources, and be prepared before the rebels arrive (Another translation: Fortunate is the man who knows where the brigands will enter, so that he may get up, muster his domain and arm himself before they invade)."”
We must be on guard against Lucifer and his daemons. We must always be in tune with The Light.
“104. They said to Jesus, "Come, let us pray today, and let us fast." Jesus said, "What sin have I committed, or how have I been undone (Another translation: wherein have I been defeated)? Rather, when the groom leaves the bridal suite, then let people fast and pray (or but when the bridegroom leaves the bridal chamber, let them fast and pray)."”
We do not pray to expurgate sins, we pray to allow the Holy Spirit to not let us sin as we do so always.
“105. Jesus said, "Whoever knows the father and the mother will be called the child of a whore (Another translation: He who knows the father and mother will be called son of a harlot)."”
Prophets will always be crucified. The Father is Ra, The Mother is Hathor.
“106. Jesus said, "When you make the two into one, you will become children of Adam (Another translation: the Sons of Man), and when you say, 'Mountain, move from here (or move away)!' it will move (away)."”
“107. Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom is like a shepherd who had a hundred sheep. One of them, the largest, went astray. He left the ninety- nine sheep and looked for the one until he found it. After he had toiled, he said to the sheep, 'I love you more than the ninety-nine.'”
[Thoth Tarot: An apocalyptic passage. The largest sheep went astray, it is picture of the mind as such. Praxis is unity of thought and action. Ideals must be applied through practical effort.]
“108. Jesus said, "Whoever drinks from my mouth will become like me; I myself shall become that person, and the hidden things will be revealed to him."”
[Thoth Tarot: It is agony of mind. Thought has gone through every possible stage and the conclusion is despair. No hope.]
“109. Jesus said, "The Father's kingdom is like a person (Another translation: like a man) who had a treasure hidden in his field but did not know it. And when he died he left it to his son. The son did not know about it either (or the son did not know about the treasure). He took over the field and sold it. The buyer (or and the one who bought it) went plowing, discovered the treasure, and began to lend money at interest to whomever he wished.”
[Thoth Tarot: The Universe. Libra. Justice. Her movements will be graceful and her ability in dancing and balancing exceptional.]
“110. Jesus said, "Let one who has found the world, and has become wealthy, renounce the world (Another translation: Whoever finds the world and becomes rich, let him renounce the world)."
[Thoth Tarot: Insufficient power to maintain the armed peace; the quarrel actually breaks out.]
“111. Jesus said, "The heavens and the earth will roll up in your presence, and whoever is living from the living one will not see death (Another translation: And one who lives from the Living One will not see death)." Does not Jesus say, "Those who have found themselves, of them the world is not worthy (or whoever finds himself is superior to the world)"?”
[Thoth Tarot: Inspiration without reflection. Inadequate effort spells futility.An omen of doom.]
“112. Jesus said, "Damn (or woe to) the flesh that depends on the soul. Damn (or woe to) the soul that depends on the flesh."”
The Two Principles. The soul must depend on the soul itself. The flesh must depend on the flesh.
“113. His disciples said to him, "When will the kingdom come?" Jesus said, "It will not come by watching for it. It will not be said, 'Look, here!' or 'Look, there!' Rather, the Father's kingdom is spread out upon the earth, and people don't see it."”
Related to saying number 107. We do not see The Kingdom because we choose to not see it. To avoid death one must choose to see it.
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[Saying added to the original collection at a later date:]
“114. Simon Peter said to them, "Make Mary leave us, for females don't deserve (or are not worthy of) life." Jesus said, "Look, I will guide her to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you males. For every female who makes herself male will enter the kingdom of Heaven (or I myself shall lead her in order to make her male, so that she too may become a living spirit resembling you nales. For every woman who will make herself male will enter the Kingdom of Heaven)."”
Related to saying number 109. Entry into The Kingdom implies a fundamental transformation akin to female becoming male.
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(C) Miguel Angel Torres, Emmanuel Goldstein
