'pathological' ignorance

from Nag Hammadi Librarie:

'Be faithful to death, and I will give you the crown of life. {2:11}'

'He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies.
He who overcomes won't be harmed by the second death.'

The 'first death' refers to the loss of the consciousness of the Knowledge
of Truth and the descent into duality (see, also, "The Gospel of Truth" in
the Nag Hammadi Codices).

The 'second death' refers to the destruction of the normal human
consciousness which occurs prior to the receiving of the Vision of the
"Son of man".

The 'second death' occurs with the opening of the Sixth Seal in the
Revelation of John.

That is, the Knowledge Revealed through the Vision of the "Son of Man"
occurs against the background of the annihilation of the normal human
consciousness.


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