The Rosicrucian Quest Part 5

The third chapter of the Apocalypse of Thomas was particularly interesting to C.R.C. Its ontological vision goes against traditional Christian eschatology, expressing the idea that the material world is fundamentally imperfect, not because it was created by an imperfect Demiurge, but because, as C.R.C. wrote in his journal : Per medium coruſcans imperfecte ſpiritum Dei eſt. (It exists through a medium which imperfectly reflects the soul of God.)

3.1 I saw that the matter of the world is like a reflection on the water, and wickedness is like ripples on the reflection from the spirit ; but in the substance of the light there are no ripples.

3.2 For the Powers were moving through all things long before the beginning of aeons, and all that is not of the third body will pass away.

3.3 I saw a place with mountains of silver and of gold, and the rivers which flowed from those mountains were of pure water and honey.

3.4 And there were great sages whose spirits were occupied with investigation and learning, studying the emerald tablets of the Powers[continued on next page] and perfecting their knowledge of creation.

3.5 But this was the spiritual image.
3.6 As we have see Christ with spiritual eyes, even so I saw these things.