One of the most quoted texts from the collection discovered at Nag Hammadi, “Thunder, Perfect Mind” is perhaps the least understood one. The author presents a scripture founded upon a deep knowledge of the two trees from the Garden of Eden: the Tree of Life, which is the science of Kabbalah, and the Tree of Knowledge, which is Daath or Gnosis, the science of Alchemy. Those who have studied this document without such sciences at hand have been left confused. But when illuminated with the wisdom of these two fundamental sciences, this text is revealed as a truly precious and vital teaching. “Thunder, Perfect Mind” contradicts much of the modern, established religious theories and beliefs of Christianity and Judaism. This document emphasizes a divine power that is not only feminine, but it (she) contradicts a whole host of theological dogmas. The view of this text is completely Gnostic: divinity cannot be reduced to belief or theory, it must be experienced to be understood. Those who remain trapped merely within the intellectual (theories, ideas) or sentimental (beliefs) are excluded from the experience of truth. The great value of this document resides in the emphasis it places on this fact: so long as we continue bottled up with dualistic notions (belief and disbelief, theory A vs. theory B) we remain in darkness. |
The awakening of the consciousness is synonymous with the opening of the Inner Mind. This is the child-like mind of the great Initiate, the mind that is free of the cage of reasoning and the battle of the opposites. The Inner Mind is the intuitive mind, and is directly connected with our own Innermost divinity. This mind is symbolized by Homer in his great classic of esoteric wisdom The Iliad, as Helen, the beautiful woman.
Do not be ignorant of me (do not sleep; awaken your consciousness, and seek to know me through knowing yourself: that is Gnosis).




