12 HERMES TRISMEGISTUS. 



f unto life again." 1 These things Poemandres said. "But,. 

 further," said I, " tell me how shall I pass unto life, O 

 Mind ? " Mind, The God, saith, " The man of mind (a), let 



I him recognise himself." " Not all men then," I say,, 



I "have mind." 



22. " Say well, Thou ! speaking such things. I my- 

 self, The Mind, am present with the holy and good, and 

 pure and merciful, with those living piously ; and my 



-, presence becomes a help ; 2 and forthwith they are cog- 

 nizant of all things, 3 and lovingly propitiate the Father,, 

 and give thanks, praising, and sing hymns to Him in 

 ranks (&), from affection ; and before delivering over the 

 body to its own death, they detest (c) the senses, knowing 

 their operations (d)-, or rather I, The Mind, will not suffer 

 the operations of the body which happen (e), to be accom- 

 plished ; for being doorkeeper, I will shut out the incom- 

 ings of the evil and base operations, cutting off the desires. 



23. But from the fools and evil, depraved, and envious,. 

 and covetous, and murderers, and impious, I am afar off,. 



f delivering them to the avenging demon, who, applying the 

 sharpness of the fire, attacks them sensibly (/), and pre- 

 pares (g) them still more for wickednesses, that they may 





(d) 5 svvovg. (6) TSTotyfAtvoi. (c) f^vaoirrovroii. (d) 



(e) rpoaTrivrovTot. (/) dia6^nx,ug. (g) oVTu^W. 



1 " In Him was Life, and the Life was the Light of (the) men." 

 " But as many as received Him, to them gave He the right to become 

 children of God " (Revised Version, John i. 4, 12). 



2 "Thus saith the High and Holy One that inhabiteth eternity,. 

 whose Name is Holy : I dwell in the high and holy place, with him 

 also that is of an humble and contrite spirit" (Isaiah Ivii. 15). 

 "Thus saith The Lord, the Heaven is my throne, and the earth is 

 my footstool . . ., but to this man will I look, even to him that is 

 poor and of a contrite spirit (ravsti/ov xai fovxtov, Septuagint), and 

 that trembleth at my word" (ibid. Ixvi. 1, 3). "He that loveth 

 me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him and will mani- 

 fest myself unto him." " If a man love me he will keep my word ; 

 and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him and make 

 our abode with him" (John xiv. 21, 23). 



3 "If any man loveth God, the same is known of Him" (1 COIY. 

 viii. 3). " Then shall we know, even as we are known." 



