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The ages took no pleasure in me, none of the worlds took pleasure in me. The ages took no pleasure in me ...
... for the letter of Kushta (Truth) that has reached here. They took the letter and laid it in the hand of the Jews. These open it, read in it and see that it does not contain what they wish, that it does not contain what their soul desires. They took the letter and laid it in the hand of Yohana. "Take, Rab Yohana," they say to him, "the letter of Kushta that has reached you from your Lord." Yohana opens it and reads it and sees in it a wondrous writing. He opens it and reads in it and was filled with life. "This," he says, "is what I desire, and this is what my soul wants. Yohana has left his body, his brothers preach, his brothers preach to him on the mountain, on Mount Carmel." They took the letter and brought it to the mountain, Mount Carmel. They read to them from the letter and explain the writing to them: to Jaqif and Beni-Amin and Sumel. They gather on Mount Carmel ...
A messenger, a bearer of the Knowledge of God, says: "I have come to you, O soul, whom God sent into the world. In the garments of the Eight I went into the world. I went in the garment of life and came into the world. I brought the garment of the Seven, and I went to the Eight. I took the garment of the Seven and grasped the Eight with my hand. I have taken them and I take them, I will take them and not let go. I have taken them and hold them fast, and may the evil spirits turn into good ones.
Why do you weep, generations, why do you weep, peoples? Why does your splendour vanish? For you I went into the world."
And God is victorious.