268 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM
His sister and mother and companion
were Mary.THE HOLY SPIRIT
Father and son are single names.
Holy spirit is a double name and everywhere:
above and below, hidden and revealed.
The holy spirit lives in the revealed.
It is concealed below. It is above.BLINDERS
Even evil powers serve the saints.
The holy spirit blinds the powers
who suppose they are treating a simple man
when they are treating saints.ASK YOUR MOTHER
A student once asked the lord for something
from the world, and he said, "Ask your mother,
and she will give you something
from another realm."SOPHIA AND SALT
The messengers said to the students,
"Let our offering all be for obtaining salt."
Salt is what they called Sophia.
Without salt no offering is acceptable.^23
But Sophia is barren. She has no child,
and so she is called a trace of salt.
Yet wherever others are will be the holy spirit.^24
Her children are many.- On salt and offering, see Leviticus 2:13; Mark 9:49 (variant reading: "every sacrifice will be
salted with salt"); Colossians 4:6. - Partially restored.