Prologue
(reprinted with kind Permission from the Barbelo at
www.gnosticus.org)
In the Beginning was the Word & the Word was Good.
Woe, Woe, Woe to the World of Envy & Sorrow &
Death.
Yea Verily, One hath Come to Restore Man to
Paradise Forevermore.
I
Now it Came to Pass in the Twentieth Year in the Third
Month, on the Thirtieth Day of the Month, whereby I was in
the Trials of the Lord, of Tribulation & Calamity, with a
Stream of Tears upon my Cheeks, the Heavens were Opened
before my Eyes & an Angel Appeared upon a White Plate of
Clouds. And from a Pillar in the Midst of the Clouds the
Angel Spoke & Said thus: "O Son of Man, Weep & Lament
no more, as Henceforth the Lord hath Revoked thy Burden &
Yoke & so hath the Lord Spoken. O Son of Man, I have
come to Show thee the Things which are to Pass & the
Things which have Passed & the Understanding thereof."
And I Spoke & Said to the Angel in Reverence &
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