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fifth, Yoel, stationed over the name of the one who will be ordained to
baptize with the holy, incorruptible baptism that surpasses heaven.
But from now on, through the holy, incorruptible Poimael,^11 for those
worthy of baptisms of renunciation and the ineffable seals of their baptism,
they have known those who receive them, as they have been instructed and
have understood, and they will not taste death.
BAPTISMAL CEREMONIAL HYMN
Yesseus
EOEOUOOUA
in truth truly
Yesseus Mazareus Yessedekeus
living water
child of the child
name of all glories
in truth truly
eternal being
IIII
EEEE
EEEE
OOOO
UUUU
OOOO
AAAA,
in truth truly
EIAAAAOOOO^12
being who sees the eternal realms
in truth truly
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EEE- This name resembles the name Poimandres in Hermetic literature.
- Perhaps (from Greek), "You are alpha (four times), omega (four times)." Because alpha and
omega are, respectively, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, they can symbolize the
first and the last, the beginning and the end, as in Revelation i:8, 21:6, 22:13, and other texts. See
Layton, Gnostic Scriptures, p. 118.