[16] [The Teacher said,] “There where is the nous (discriminating awareness), lies the treasure.”
[17-21] Then I said to him: “Lord, when someone meets you in a Moment of Vision, is it through the soul [psychē] that they see, or is it through the spirit [pneuma]?”
[22-25] The Teacher answered: “It is neither through the soul nor the spirit, but the nous between the two which sees the vision…
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[7-9] “All that is composed shall be decomposed; everything returns to its roots; matter returns to the origin of matter.”
[10] “Those who have ears, let them hear.”
– The Gospel of Mary Magdalene