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the soul, being a vesture for it and resembling it in every way, being envelope as vesture
outside it.

9. "And the five great rulers of the great Fate of the æons and the ruler of the disk of the
sun and the ruler of the disk of the moon inbreathe within into that soul, and there
cometh forth out of them a portion out of my power which the last Helper hath cast into
the Mixture. And the portion of that power remaineth within in the soul, unloosed and
existing on its own authority for the economy unto which it hath been inset, to give
sense unto the soul, in order that it may seek after the works of the Light of the Height

always.
10. "And that power is like the species of the soul in every form and resembleth it. It cannot
be outside the soul, but remaineth inside it, as I have commanded it from the beginning.
When I willed to cast it into the first Commandment, I gave it commandment to remain

outside [? inside] the souls for the economy of the First Mystery.
11. "And so I will tell you at the expansion of the universe all these words concerning the
power and also concerning the soul, after what type they are fashioned, or what ruler
fashioneth them, or what are the different species of the souls. And so will I tell you at
the expansion of the universe how many fashion the soul. And I will tell you the name of
all of them who fashion the soul. And I will tell you the type, how the counterfeiting

spirit and the destiny have been prepared. And I will tell you the name of the soul
before it is purged, and moreover its name when it hath been purged and become pure.
And I will tell you the name of the counterfeiting spirit; and I will tell you the name of
the destiny. And I will tell you the name of all the bonds with which the rulers bind the

counterfeiting spirit to the soul. And, I will tell you the name of all the decans who
fashion the soul in the bodies of the soul in the world; and I will tell you in what manner
the souls are fashioned. And I will tell you the type of every one of the souls; and I will
tell you the type of the souls of the men and of those of the birds and of those of the
wild beasts and of those of the reptiles. And, I will tell you the type of all the souls and
of those of all the rulers which are sent into the world, in order that ye may be

completed in all gnosis. All this will I tell you at the expansion of the universe. And after
all this I will tell you wherefor all this hath come to pass.
12. "Hearken, therefore, that I may discourse with you concerning the soul according as I
have said: The five great rulers of the great Fate of the æons and the rulers of the disk of
the sun and the rulers of the disk of the moon breathe into that soul, and there cometh

out of them a portion of my power, as I have just said. And the portion of that power
remaineth within the soul, so that the soul can stand. And they put the counterfeiting
spirit outside the soul, watching it and assigned to it; and the rulers bind it to the soul
with their seals and their bonds and seal it to it, that it may compel it always, so that it
continually doeth its mischiefs and all its iniquities, in order that it may be their slave