A Gnostic Ideography

A GNOSTIC IDEOGRAPHY For Knowledge of our origin and our destination, simply uncover the Meanings of these Symbols. 1. An extremely dense, Smoke-colored, Shining Stone. 2. A Lump of dark Brown Soil containing an Earthworm which has been divided into two unequal Segments. 3. A Thunderstorm with a Lightning Bolt which Forks multiple times. 4. A dead Scorpion with a pronounced Stinger. 5. A Tree which has grown through a Wooden Ladder. 6. Five Dogs cavorting under a half Moon. 7. An Egg, cracked open, revealing a single Eye. 8. A Waterfall. 9. A Fish swimming through a Candle’s Flame. 10. Three Towers, the outer two with Signal Fires, the middle in Flames. 11. A Sword, broken into Pieces. 12. A hoary Face adorned with a six-pointed Crown. 13. A hoary Face, bearded. 14. A Stone Well, overgrown, with severed Rope and missing Bucket. 15. A Door, slightly ajar, through which can be seen the Outline of a Tripod. 16. A Serpent, devouring its own Tail. 17. A Princess at a Window, waving a Banner on which is inscribed an unreadable Word. 18. A Bullock with the Head of a Crow, upon which rides a Golden Youth with the same Banner. 19. A Palace in ruins. 20. A Mother, suckling a Babe with hair of Feathers. 21. Two broken Jars surrounded by a Swarm of Flies. 22. A Plain, with diverse Reeds blown about by a Wind. 23. A Serpent with the Head of a Lion, enthroned within a Cloud. 24. A two-Headed Capon in a Chariot, drawn by an Owl. 25. A Viol stringed with Vines. 26. An Hare, inscribing upon a Tablet with a golden Stylus. 27. A Corn Queen. 28. A Merchant, asleep, beset by Apes. 29. Five Imps, cavorting beneath the Sun. 30. A Key, Horned. 31. A Waggon Wheel missing a Spoke. 32. A Mirror reflecting a single Grape on an otherwise empty bunch. 33. The same Mirror, broken.

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34. A Serpent with human Legs holding a wooden rod in its Mouth. 35. A charred Dove, burned, clutching a Lock in its Beak. 36. An empty Boot with six Holes in the front. 37. An Oak in which a Kettle sits near the top. 38. A Youth, weeping in a Field in the Night. 39. A Parchment upon which is Drawn a small Chalice. 40. A Cave with Water dripping from the ceiling, in which can be seen an Ear. 41. An empty Chariot, burnt, beneath a Sea. 42. A Great Fire, above which flies a Banner. 43. A Mound of Shells. 44. A Room, empty except for a single Feather. 45. A Toad bearing a Cross. 46. The Sun and Moon as One Thing. The Aeons scattered these Signs amongst the Archons, who, arranging them found in them the Roots of All Things. The Person who discerns the Nature of these Signs through the Combination and Division Thereof shall Know the answers to all things on Earth and in Heaven.

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