The Book of Ezekiah

Excert of the Codices of Sophia in the Book of Ezekiah, the Prophet and Priest of the Aeons and Sophia

The Five Seals of the Convergence

From the Apocryphon of Sophia and the Gospel of Marach

In the seventh year of the reign of Elenlorithal, King of Arnor, I, Ezekiah, prophet and priest of the Aeon Sophia, came unto the Temple of the Aeons; and there was granted unto me a vision of the Apocryphal Book of Sophia, and of the Gospel of Marach, before they were sealed within the Vault of the Four Luminaries.

And it came to pass, as I read the hidden writings of the Gaeatoic faithful, that the words which were written before me became as visions within my mind; and the things which were yet to be were revealed unto me, even as I beheld them.

And within the book the Apocryphon of Sophia were written Five Seals.
And lo, there stood before me an Angel of the Aeons, a messenger of the Gods, appointed to break the Seals in their seasons.

He stood before me, having six wings and six arms; and his countenance was dreadful to behold, and a burning holiness proceeded forth from him. His eyes were as flames of fire, and his voice was as the sound of many waters.

And he spake unto me, saying,

These are the things which shall come to pass upon this world, and upon the worlds which shall be joined unto it. Behold the Convergence, and marvel.

Then said he,

The First Seal is broken by the Creator of this world, and thereby the Convergence beginneth.

The joining of the worlds hath begun, and it shall not be stayed. Kingdoms shall fall, and kingdoms shall arise; and from their rising shall come forth the great red serpent of the second seal.

And thus shall the Second Seal be broken; and the Red Serpent shall be loosed upon the world, and it shall compass the world round about, and shall bring the Reordering of the Arcane.

And within my spirit I beheld the vision of the First and the Second Seals.

And I saw Azazael, the Great Demon of Creation, and he brake the First Seal, and the Convergence began according to his will. And behold, the great Red Serpent encircled the world, moving upon it as a vast and dreadful coil, and its presence weighed upon all things that were.

And the Angel of the Aeons said unto me,

Behold, Ezekiah, prophet of Sophia, the Third Seal.

And the Third Seal was broken; and a great serpent, dark and terrible, the King of the South, came forth and crept into the Northern lands.

And I read within the apocryphal writing, and it said:

Then shall the king of the South go forth in wrath, and shall contend with the queen of the North; and the king of the South shall prevail. And his host of the dead shall rise up, and they shall overthrow the Temple of Light.

And thus the Temple of Light was cast down.

And the Angel saith unto me,

Behold, O son of the Aeons, the Fourth Seal: the Pale Serpent.

And when the Fourth Seal was broken, the Pale Serpent, even the Serpent of Death, went forth yet farther into the north. And its army was as no army before it, exceeding great, and all its host were of the dead.

And the Pale Serpent drew strength from the Red Serpent, and none were able to withstand it.

And it came to pass that the Pale Serpent overthrew the golden kingdom of man, and its dominion was brought low, but in this, silver becomes greater than gold, and the Pale Serpent is defeated by the armies of the northern kingdoms.

And the Angel of the Aeons said unto me,

Behold the Fifth Seal: the Silence of the Heavens.

And when the Fifth Seal was broken, the heavens were made silent for a season; and in that silence was loosed the Demiurge, creator of the other worlds.

And the Demiurge sought to lay claim unto this world as his own.

And there was war in the heavens and upon the earth: the Demiurge and his Archons against the Gods of this world, the Taurethari.

And the Taurethari prevailed; yet not by strength alone, but by the Four Great Pearls of the Luminaries and by the Heart of Sophia was their victory made sure, which are revealed in the great books.

And these things are written only within the Apocryphon of Sophia and the Gospel of Marach.

And when the visions had ceased, the Angel of the Aeons departed from before me; and the books were sealed away within the Temple of Sophia, to remain hidden until the First Seal should be broken.