The Mary Magdalen Gospel Manuscript


Discovering the Mary Magdalen Gospel - from page 7 of the few remaining pages: "This is why the Good has come into your midst. It acts together with the elements of your nature so as to reunite it with its roots."

My friend Hal Richman, at Online Educa 2004 in Berlin last week, suggested seeing the papyrus manuscript of the Mary Magdalen gospel at the Egyptian Museum. Turned out they had it but don't show it. Later, at the WiFi equipped Café Maibach, I was completely knocked out when I read the text (just 161 lines remain). Hal loaned me his copy of Jean-Yves Leloup's The Gospel of Mary Magdalen, which has the following translation of page 7 of the root text:

[...] "What is matter?
Will it last forever?"
The Teacher answered:
"All that is born, all that is created,
all the elements of nature
are interwoven and united with each other.
All that is composed shall be decomposed;
everything returns to its roots;
matter returns to the origins of matter.
Those who have ears, let them hear."
Peter said to him: "Since you have become the interpreter
of the elements and the events of the world, tell us:
What is the sin of the world?"
The Teacher answered:
"There is no sin.
It is you who make sin exist,
when you act according to the habits
of your corrupted nature;
this is where sin lies.
This is why the Good has come into your midst.
It acts together with the elements of your nature
so as to reunite it with its roots."
Then he continued:
"This is why you become sick,
and why you die:
it is the result of your actions;
what you do takes you further away.
Those who have ears, let them hear."

Posted: Wed - December 8, 2004 at 09:57 PM      

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