THE ATLAS OF THE ALIEN SPARK

The Gospel of Thomas

Gospel of Thomas

nature

No narrative — no birth, no miracles, no cross, no resurrection. One hundred and fourteen sayings, flatly introduced. Several appear in Matthew and Luke in more polished form; a number appear nowhere else and are unforgettable.

The one text here a reader can open cold and be changed by. Also the sharpest test case for the category: many scholars doubt it is "Gnostic" at all — it may simply be very early, and very Syrian.

If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you. If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you. <span style="color:#8a86a8">(Saying 70)</span>

rhymes with

sephirahchokhmah

whyChokhmah arrives whole and unexplained. A hundred and fourteen sayings with no argument connecting them is a Chokhmah document.