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Metalogos The Gospels of Thomas & Philip & Truth

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64. This is how it is when one exists in<br />

a mystery: the Sacrament° <strong>of</strong> Marriage<br />

is grand. For the world is complex—<br />

[the system] is based upon mankind,<br />

yet [mankind is] based upon<br />

matrimony.¹ (<strong>The</strong>refore) contemplate<br />

the Pure Mating, for it has [great]<br />

power! Its imagery consists in a<br />

defiling² [<strong>of</strong> bodies]. (Th 61b, Ph 79;<br />

¹matrimony ↔ patrimony°, human rather than<br />

divine generation and inheritance: see<br />

‘<strong>The</strong>ogenesis’; ²Lev 15:18!!)<br />

65. (Among) the unclean spirits there<br />

are essentially male and female. <strong>The</strong><br />

males indeed are those who mate with<br />

the souls inhabiting a female form, yet<br />

the females are those who unite° with a<br />

male form— thru an inequality°. (Ph 46)<br />

And no one will be able to escape from<br />

these (once¹) they seize him (unless¹) he<br />

receives both male and female power—<br />

which is the Bridegroom with the Bride.<br />

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