Gospel of Mary Eight
Knowledge then therefore had came for the soul, and all that there on the whole.
Knowledge then therefore had came for the soul, and all that there on the whole.
To whatever retained to whatever peace had there claimed.
It came first for the rest and then demanded the best.
For a banquet set for the soul was not too much on the whole nor for forgiveness was sure what we needed (and more) therefore
Then knowledge there came and demanded his Name.
Not knowing what (it had) attained all at once it demanded his Name.
For without a knowledge there sure you would not have entered this world.
For asking there sure you (certainly) needest therefore the knowledge for sure for what you would not like to have attained (retained) there peace would have claimed
9 for though while you knew it you did not desire it.
10) And desire said, I did not see you descending, but now I see you ascending. Why do you lie since you belong to me?
11) The soul answered and said, I saw you. You did not see me nor recognize me. I served you as a garment and you did not know me.
12) When it said this, it (the soul) went away rejoicing greatly.
13) Again it came to the third power, which is called ignorance.
14) The power questioned the soul, saying, Where are you going? In wickedness are you bound. But you are bound; do not judge!
15) And the soul said, Why do you judge me, although I have not judged?
16) I was bound, though I have not bound.
17) I was not recognized. But I have recognized that the All is being dissolved, both the earthly things and the heavenly.
18) When the soul had overcome the third power, it went upwards and saw the fourth power, which took seven forms.
19) The first form is darkness, the second desire, the third ignorance, the fourth is the excitement of death, the fifth is the kingdom of the flesh, the sixth is the foolish wisdom of flesh, the seventh is the wrathful wisdom. These are the seven powers of wrath.
20) They asked the soul, Whence do you come slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?
21) The soul answered and said, What binds me has been slain, and what turns me about has been overcome,
22) and my desire has been ended, and ignorance has died.
23) In a aeon I was released from a world, and in a Type from a type, and from the fetter of oblivion which is transient.
24) From this time on will I attain to the rest of the time, of the season, of the aeon, in silence.