1. The Souls who come up and discover the holy Assembly, for the sake of the Hope, abandon everything; it is the Reflection that inspires them.

2. They raise themselves up to the Column of Glory, which is the Intellect; they lift themselves up to the Insight, which is the First Man who dwelt in the Ship of the Night; from the Insight they raise themselves up to Thought, which is the Messenger dwelling in the Ship of the Day.

3. And he, the great glorious Thought, brings them into the Mind of all the Aeons of Glory.

4. There the Souls of the Righteous are garlanded and they ascend gloriously on high with the Angels, the Father will not, from that time on, hide from them.

5. So then your Souls must embark on those Ships of Light, singing: “Rejoice, O Perfect Man, the holy Path leading up on high, the clear Air, the Mooring-harbour of everyone who trusts in Him!

6. Open to me Your secrets, and take me to Yourself from the affliction! Let me be worthy of my three Gifts: the Likeness or Light-Form which the Elect and the Hearers assume when they bid farewell to the world, Love and the Spirit of Holiness!”