The seven powers of wrath

And desire said, I did not see you descending, but now I see you ascending. Why do you lie since you belong to me?

The soul answered and said: “I saw you. You did not see me nor recognize me. I served you as a garment and you did not know me.”"

When it said this, it (the soul) went away rejoicing greatly.

Again it came to the third power, which is called ignorance.

The power questioned the soul, saying: “Where are you going? In wickedness are you bound. But you are bound; do not judge!”

And the soul said: “Why do you judge me, although I have not judged?”

I was bound, though I have not bound.

I was not recognized. But I have recognized that the All is being dissolved, both the earthly things and the heavenly.

When the soul had overcome the third power, it went upwards and saw the fourth power, which took seven forms.

The seven powers of wrath are:

They asked the soul: “Whence do you come slayer of men, or where are you going, conqueror of space?”

The soul answered: “What binds me has been slain, and what turns me about has been overcome,

and my desire has been ended, and ignorance has died.

In a aeon I was released from a world, and in a Type from a type, and from the fetter of oblivion which is transient.

From this time on will I attain to the rest of the time, of the season, of the aeon, in silence.”