A circle of robed figures dancing slowly around a central point of golden light against a deep cosmic blue background, contemplative atmospheric style, painterly composition

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The Hymn of Jesus

A Gnostic liturgical hymn from the Acts of John, with G. R. S. Mead's commentary

Translator: G. R. S. Mead (1863–1933), 1907.

Source: Theosophical Publishing Society, London and Benares

Licence: Public Domain. G. R. S. Mead's translation and commentary, originally published in the Echoes from the Gnosis pamphlet series (London and Benares: Theosophical Publishing Society, 1907). Strict public domain. Lightly modernised by Soul Spirit Self.

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A short Gnostic liturgical hymn embedded in the second-century Acts of John, in which Christ leads the disciples in a circular dance and a series of paradoxical ritual exclamations on the night before the Passion. G. R. S. Mead's translation in the Echoes from the Gnosis series, with his preamble and comments situating the text in the Gnostic mystery tradition.