Chapter 2

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And the holy ones in the high places gave praise unto the great invisible Spirit, saying:

Holy art Thou, holy art Thou, holy art Thou, O great invisible Spirit. Holy art Thou, O Father unbegotten. Holy art Thou, O Self-Begotten Son. Holy art Thou, O Mother of the All.

Holy is Pigeradamas, the heavenly Man. Holy is Seth, the seed of the Father. Holy are the four Luminaries — Harmozel, Oroiael, Daveithai, and Eleleth — pillars of the holy of holies.

Holy are the seed of Seth, the unshakable race. Holy are the holy baptizers — Yesseus, Mazareus, Yessedekeus — that wash the elect in the living water.

Glory be unto Thee, O Father — even unto Thee, the Father unbegotten, the Father of all the aeons. Glory be unto Thee, O Mother — even Barbelo, the womb of the Pleroma. Glory be unto Thee, O Son — even Christ, the Logos, the firstborn of the Mother.

Glory be unto Thee in the silent place. Glory be unto Thee in the spoken place. Glory be unto Thee in the place above; glory be unto Thee in the place below. Glory be unto Thee in every aeon. Glory be unto Thee for ever and ever.

These are the holy hymns of the great Seth — that he sang in the high places, that he gave unto his children, that he preserved in the books of the heavenly tablets.

And these are the names of the rulers and powers, that the children of light may know them, and may pass them in the day of ascent: the seven powers of the seven heavens, and the seven angels of the seven aeons of the lower world. They shall question the soul; she shall answer in the name of the Father; and they shall let her pass.

Then said the great Seth: This book did I write — and I sealed it with the seal of the Spirit; and I hid it in the holy mountain Charaxio, that it might be preserved unto the consummation, and that the children of the seed in the latter days might find it, and might be instructed by it.

Eugnostos the blessed wrote it down, in the joy of his heart, in the language of God. Now the angel of the great Light hath given me power to write these things; and I am Gongessos. I have set them down upon a high mountain. I have inscribed them upon a stone of remembrance. I have hid them in a sure place.

Whosoever shall read this book, blessed is he. Whosoever shall write it out, more blessed is he. Whosoever shall keep its commandments, most blessed is he. He shall be of the unshakable race for ever.

Glory be unto the great invisible Spirit. Glory be unto the Mother Barbelo. Glory be unto the Self-Begotten Son. Glory be unto the four Luminaries. Glory be unto the great Seth, and unto his seed, the unshakable race. Forever and ever. Amen, amen, and amen.