Essential Gnostic Scriptures by Marvin Meyer

Author:Marvin Meyer
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shambhala Publications

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THE SONGS OF SOLOMON

The Songs of Solomon, or the Odes of Solomon,1 also derive from the Syrian religious heritage, and a few of the wisdom poems in this rich poetic collection are added here. While scholars disagree about how gnostic the Songs of Solomon are, their haunting beauty and mystical imagery contribute to an appreciation of the central place of wisdom and knowledge in the world of Jewish, Christian, and gnostic mysticism.

Song 15

As the sun is joy to those who seek daybreak, my joy is the lord.

He is my sun and his rays have lifted me up

and chased all darkness from my face.

I have acquired eyes and heard his truth.

I have acquired knowledge, and he made me happy.

I left the way of error, went to him, and he saved me.

According to his bounty, he gave me;

according to his beauty, he made me.

I found purity through his name.

I shed corruption through his grace.

Death has died before my countenance.

Hell is abolished by my word.

A deathless life appears in the land of the lord,

known to those with belief, and lasts unceasingly.

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