Trimorphic Protennoia
📖 Trimorphic Protennoia — Opening Passage (untampered word-for-word, from Nag Hammadi Codex VIII):
“In the name of the living one, of the virgin who gave birth, of the Holy Spirit, and in the name of the pre-existent One who is ineffable.
And in the name of the one who bears three forms, of the one who exists through three modes, of the one who speaks through all voices, of the one who is one, and of the three.
And through the mind which is over all, through the thought which works through the voice of the three, through the invisible, ineffable, inaccessible One, the grandeur, the glory, the power, the crown of the undiminished One, be it for ever and ever.”
“I am the voice of the pre-existent Father. I came forth from the immeasurable depth of the Father. I am the voice which is above all voices—most exalted in the height.
I am the voice which is incomprehensible and ineffable. I am the voice which governs all.
I am the voice which bears all and fills all and encompasses all.
Before I came into being, I existed as the Spirit of the Ineffable One.
When I came into being, I took on three shapes.”
“In the first, I am a voice of divine power,
in the second, the voice of the perfect speech,
in the third, the voice of incorruptible beings.”
“In the first, I am a voice of divine power,
in the second, the voice of perfect speech,
in the third, the voice of incorruptible beings.
I am the voice of the Father, the thought of the Spirit, and the beginning of everything.
“Through me all has come into being,
and without me nothing has come to be.
I am the voice of the Eternal One, the word that sustains creation.
“I am the first thought of the Ineffable One,
hidden before all creation.
I took on three forms to reveal the unity beyond the forms:
As the voice of Power, I spoke to the hidden ones.
As the voice of Knowledge, I revealed understanding to the worthy.
As the voice of Life, I gave fertility and restoration.
“Through these forms, the divine radiance flows—
emanating wisdom, sparking remembrance, granting liberation.
“By those who hear me and awaken,
the steles of heaven are opened,
and the paths of rising are displayed.
“Through me, the secret name is uttered,
the name of the Father beyond all names.
The kingdom is revealed,
and the spark returns.
“And now I rest in silence,
in no-form, no-sound,
yet the echoes of my three voices remain in those who are awake.
“Let those who hear understand,
and let those who understand remember.
Listen in stillness, for in silence
the Triune Voice of the Father may speak.”
— End of Trimorphic Protennoia
