The Gnostic Bible: Gnostic Texts of Mystical Wisdom form the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
(^652) MANICHAEAN LITERATURE Through your insuperable tongue and generosity you gave the jewel of the good law to us the miserab ...
MANICHAEAN LITERATURE They obeyed your commandments. Their good thoughts increased every day and shone like the sun god.^20 The ...
654 MANICHAEAN LITERATURE to gather and meditate. The living had been confused, but when they heard your command, their virtue w ...
PART SIX Islamic Mystical Literature ...
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INTRODUCTION MARVIN MEYER T In the final two parts of this volume we present literary texts of two tradi- tions that are somewha ...
658 ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE Muhammad was a reflective, brooding person of around forty, it is said, when he wandered off to ...
ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE 659 of light, including Seth (Sethel), Noah, Enosh, Enoch, Shem, Abraham, Bud- dha, Aurentes, Zoroas ...
66o ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE Jesus in Christian traditions, particularly in the wisdom traditions and wis- dom gospels discus ...
ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE 66l has rights and rightful owners, so give each what is appropriate." (1.30; compare Matthew 9:12; ...
(^662) ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE Jesus said, "Whoever seeks the world is like one who drinks sea- water. The more he drinks, t ...
ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE 663 "exaggeration," included Abdallah ibn Saba, described by loan Culianu as "the archheretic of Isl ...
664 ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE Azazi'il seems to have developed from a figure of Jewish lore, Azazel, the chief of the fallen a ...
44 The Mother of Books THE ESSENTIAL MYSTERY Jabir rose to his feet, saying, "My lord, tell me the meaning of the holy phrase, B ...
666 ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE uncreated lights, his ears and eyes. As written in the Qur'an, 'He let two great bodies of water ...
ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE 667 "He made the houris,^10 castles, torches, lights, and young men of eternal youth, his pearls sca ...
668 ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE BISMILLAH ALSO MEANS GOD'S THRONE AND GREATNESS "Jabir,^16 Bismillah al-rahman al-rahim is great ...
ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE 669 sin three, mim three, alif three, and lam three, second lam three, ha two. Nineteen letters.^20 ...
(^670) ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE of this book or someone who has learned by hearing words spoken by the believers. "Al-rahman ...
ISLAMIC MYSTICAL LITERATURE 671 "These seven lights made a circle around the faces of the believers and imams.^28 The seven and ...
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