xymox #21137

I was sent from power
and I have come to those who think upon me
and I have been found among those who seek after me
look at me, you who think upon me
and you hearers, hear me!
you who are waiting for me, take me to yourselves
and do not pursue me from your vision
and do not make your sound hate me, nor your hearing
do not be ignorant of me at any place or any time

be on thy guard
do not be ignorant of me

for I am the first and the last
I am the honored and the scorned
I am the harlot and the holy one
I am the wife and the virgin
I am the mother and the daughter
I am the members of my mother.

I am the barren one and the one with many children
I am she whose marriage is multiple, and I have not taken a bridegroom

I am the midwife and she who does not give birth
I am the solace of my labor pains

I am the bride and the bridegroom
It is my husband who begot me
I am the mother of my father and the sister of my husband
and he is my offspring
I am the servant of him who prepared me and I am the lord of my offspring
but he is the one who begot me before time on a day of birth and he is my offspring in time, and my power is from him
I am the staff of his power in his youth and he is the rod of my old age
and whatever he wills happens to me

I am the incomprehensible silence and the much-remembered thought
I am the voice of many sounds and the utterance (logos) of many forms
I am the utterance of my name

why, you who hate me, do you love me?

and hate those who love me? 
you who deny me, confess me and you who confess me, deny me
you who speak the truth about me tell lies about me,
and you who have told lies about me speak the truth about me
you who know me, become ignorant of me

and may those who have been ignorant of me come to know me

for I am knowledge and ignorance
I am shame and shamelessness
I am shameless, I am ashamed
I am strength and I am fear
I am war and peace

give heed to me