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	Pearl (disambiguation) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nine Pearls, a group of sacred gemstones described in the Vedic text known as the Garuda Purana.
		The Hymn of the Pearl, a passage of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas
		Pearl Harbor, the harbor in Oahu, Hawaii which was bombed by Japan on December 7, 1941
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Pearl (341 words)

	The Hymn of the Pearl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Hymn of the Pearl (also The Hymn of the Soul or The Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle) is a passage of the apocryphal Acts of Thomas.
		The hymn tells the story of a boy, "the son of the king of kings", who is sent to Egypt to retrieve a pearl from a serpent.
		The hymn is commonly interpreted as a Gnostic view of the human condition, that we are lost in a world of matter and do not remember our true origin, but God sends a message, by way of Jesus, to make us remember through gnosis.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Hymn_of_the_Pearl (270 words)

	Hymn of the Pearl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		In fact chapter 5 is the text and commentary on the Hymn.
		Be mindful of the Pearl for whose sake thou didst depart into Egypt.
		And I remembered the Pearl for which I was sent into Egypt, and I began to enchant the dragon, which I charmed to sleep, by the power of my Father's name.
	www.gnosis.org /~gnosis/hymn.pearl.html (457 words)

	Pearl of Great Price - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Parable of the Pearl or the Pearl of Great Price is a parable told by Jesus in explaining the value of the Kingdom of Heaven.
		Pearl, a 14th century Middle English alliterative poem written by the Pearl Poet, makes allusion to the parable in describing the narrator's dead daughter, Pearl.
		The Pearl of Great Price, one of the four books of scripture in Mormonism, whose title is an allusion to the parable.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pearl_of_Great_Price (164 words)

	The Hymn of the “Pearl”
		The “Hymn of the Pearl” is called a “hymn” quite properly, having been written in the strophic form that is often found in Semitic verse structures, even though it lacks rhyme or other typical indicia of lyrical composition.
		From these observations, Jonas argues that either both the “Hymn of the Pearl” and the “Parable of the Pearl” are reflections of a “fuller symbolism already abroad at the time” or that the similarity may be a “mere coincidence of metaphor, seeing that the pearl is after all a thing of prized value and beauty”.
		In his exegesis of the Hymn, the point of the story is the individual soul, as the narrator, who being embodied and enmeshed in matter, thereby forgets its true nature, until awakened by a personified message – which acts as a savior, awakening the narrator.
	members.fortunecity.com /geitner/Hymn.of.the.'Pearl'.htm (1847 words)

	CHURCH FATHERS: The Pearl (Ephraim)
		Very glistening are the pearls of Ethiopia, as it is written, Who gave thee to Ethiopia[the land] of fl men.(3) He that gave light to the Gentiles, both to the Ethiopians and unto the Indians did His bright beams reach.
		Pearls have I gathered together that I might make a crown for the Son in the place of stains which are in my members.
		HYMN VI Would that the memory of the fathers would exhale from the tombs; who were very simple as being wise, and reverend as believing.
	www.newadvent.org /fathers/3705.htm (4584 words)

	Land of Pepper (Southwest India)
		In the hymn, the King of Kings and Queen of the East send out their young son to search in Egypt for a pearl, which is protected by a huge serpent.
		The geographical setting of the "Hymn of the Pearl" is the expanse of land stretching from the Nile to the Indus.
		After reciting the Hymn of the Pearl, the apostle frees himself miraculously from prison, encounters Mygdonia on the street, and at her entreaty gives her "the seal" --anointing her with oil, baptizing her in a nearby fountain, and giving her the eucharist of bread.
	members.aol.com /didymus5/ch15.html (2378 words)

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		I forget that I was a son of kings, and I served their king; and I forgot the pearl, for which my parents had sent me, and because of the burden of their oppressions I lay in a deep sleep.
		I remembered the pearl, for which I had been sent to Egypt, and I began to charm him, the terrible loud breathing serpent.
		The hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle, which he spoke in prison, is ended.
	www.metalog.org /files/hymn-pearl.txt (724 words)

	Illuminism; The Way of St. Thomas the Apostle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Hymn of the Pearl; The Wicked Ones of the Labyrinth
		The “Hymn of the Pearl,” also known as “The Hymn of the Robe of Glory” or “The Hymn of the Soul” was found within Acts of Judas Thomas.
		The Hymn of the Pearl is an obvious allegory and is the ultimate masterpiece of esoteric poetry.
	illuminism.blogspot.com (3973 words)

	The Gospel of Thomas Collection -- The Gnostic Society Library
		Hymn of the Pearl (from the Acts of Thomas) This beautiful text, excerpted from the Acts, is highly recommended reading.
		The Hymn of the Pearl: A Gnostic Tale of the Soul's Exile and Redemption Despite efforts of the evolving orthodoxy to destroy all Gnostic scriptures and documents, a few texts did survive which contained extensive sections of clearly Gnostic character and provenance.
		The Hymn of the Pearl from the Acts of Thomas.
	www.webcom.com /~gnosis/naghamm/nhl_thomas.htm (2471 words)

	Other Scriptures : Other Ancient Scripture: LDSFAQ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Hymn of the Pearl is an early text quoted in the apocryphal book The Acts of the Apostle Thomas.
		The original was probably written in Syriac in the first or second century AD Narrated in first person, it tells of a young boy being reared in the primeval house of his parents, the King of Kings and the Queen of the East.
		John W. Welch and James V. Garrison explain the significance of the many elements of the Hymn of the Pearl that are consistent with Latter-day Saint doctrine on the plan of salvation.
	ldsfaq.byu.edu /view.asp?q=449 (293 words)

	In Quest of the Priceless Pearl
		If you go down to Egypt and bring back the priceless pearl which is in the sea, in the home of the fire breathing serpent, you will again wear these Garments of Light covered by the Red Coat.
		Then I snatched the pearl from him and started for home where my Parents awaited me. Stripping off the filthy rags, which I had put on, I left them behind before crossing the border, and I headed directly toward the Light of our home in the East.
		When you acquired the pearl, we were filled with its luster, and we have come to regain our appropriate place with you.
	www.thepearl.org /In_Quest_of_the_Priceless_Pearl.htm (1263 words)

	Gospel of Thomas Saying 76 - GospelThomas.com
		This merchant is a wise man: he sold the bundle and bought the pearl alone.
		Instead, the aphorism about the treasure which Thomas has preserved as the application (76.2) of The Pearl (76.1) is a version of an independent unit of tradition.
		Although that arrangement may be attributed to the editorial activity of Matthew himself, the secondary collocation of 'pearl' and 'treasure' in GThom 76 betrays no earmarks of the author's own redaction.
	www.gospelthomas.com /gospelthomas76.html (943 words)

	Article 3
		The hymn exists in two versions, Syriac and Greek, each represented by a single manuscript only dating from the 10th and 11th centuries respectively; it is a matter of dispute in which language it was originally written.
		It is not unthinkable that the hymn may have played a similar role (a sort of soteriological charm) in other contexts as well, as it merges the triumph of the individual soul with that of the resurrected saviour.
		In this sense the pearl parallels the Tablet of Destinies appropriated by Anzu and the cedar forest guarded by Humbaba in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
	www.insideassyria.com /rkvsf/wwwboard/msgs/Article_3-zdMb.html (5697 words)

	The Invisible Basilica: Bardesanes
		Most modern scholars have abandoned the theory that Bardesanes was the author of that masterpiece of religious poetry, the "Hymn of the Pearl," also known as "The Hymn of the Soul" or "The Hymn of the Robe of Glory", which was included in the apocryphal Acts of Judas Thomas.
		They promised him that if he would bring to them from Egypt the "Pearl that lies in the Sea, hard by the loud-breathing Serpent," that he would again wear his Robe of Glory and the Purple Mantle, and would be Heir to their Kingdom.
		This Gnostic hymn appeared later, slightly modified, as a Sufi teaching story titled "The King's Son", attributed to Amir Sultan, Sheikh of Bokhara, who taught in Istanbul and died in 1429 e.v.
	www.hermetic.com /sabazius/bardesanes.htm (1019 words)

	Encyclopedia of the Jewish Story - New Books
		The pearl itself is a universal symbol of light or enlightenment In the given configuration, it is the snake that acquires different connotations in the different cultures.
		The text is fairly close to the gnostic hymn in that the pearl symbolizes light in the midst of dark isolation from God.
		The pearl is associated with the beloved woman emerging from the sea and she, in turn, is reminiscent of Aphrodite rising from the depths (Hesiod's Theogony), later to be identified with the pearl and pictured with her feet resting on a shell (so beautifully captured in Boticelli's painting).
	www.biu.ac.il /js/thematology/abs.html (2156 words)

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		I forgot the Pearl for which my parents had sent me. Through the heaviness of their nourishment I sank into deep slumber.
		Be mindful of the Pearl, for whose sake thou hast departed into Egypt.
		I remembered the Pearl for which I had been sent down to Egypt, and I began to enchant the terrible and snoring serpent.
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	Before taking a look at the issue of "Other Gospels in Early Christianity" ñ i (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		However, this hymn is found in only two of the 81 mss that have survived of "The Acts of Thomas," and so may well have been an independent poem that some scribe inserted into those two copies.
		Call to mind the pearl for which you were sent on the mission to Egypt.
		In fact, it is quite possible that "their king" is identical with the dragon the soul must do battle with to recover the pearl.
	hum.lss.wisc.edu /~rltroxel/ECLIntro/OtherGospels.html (5085 words)

	hymnsoul
		HYMN of the SOUL (or HYMN of the PEARL), translated from the Greek by M.R.James, Apocryphal NT (1924), Acts of Thomas, modernized by R.A.Kraft and with some revisions based on B. Layton's ET in The Gnostic Scriptures (1987) 371-375, and other sources (February 2005).
		We have it in Greek in one manuscript, the Vallicellian, and in a paraphrase by Nicetas of Thessalonica, found and edited by Bonnet.
		{007} and stones, chalcedonies [lit "chalcedony jewels"; "rubies" Syr] from the Indians and pearls from the Kosani (Kushan).
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /humm/Rs/rak/courses/535/Texts/hymnsoul.html (2153 words)

	The Pesher of Christ: Hymn of the Pearl
		The beautiful Hymn of the Pearl, previously obscured among the Apocrypha, is rightly becoming well loved as an expression of the finest spirituality.
		In the form of a parable, it captures the awareness of people who feel themselves to be alienated from ordinary contemporary society, yet know that there is a higher kind of humanity in which they can participate through their creative gifts.
		I remembered the Pearl for which I had been sent down to Egypt, and I began to enchant the terrible and snorting serpent.
	www.pesherofchrist.infinitesoulutions.com /The_Other_Gospels/Hymn_of_the_Pearl.html (990 words)

	United States Navy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Japan unsuccessfully attempted to allay this strategic threat with a late-1941 surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Pearl Harbor, Hawaii — Located on the south end of the island of Oahu, Pearl Harbor is the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet and a large number of its subordinate commands.
		United States naval aviation fully came of age in World War II, when it became clear following the Attack on Pearl Harbor, the Battle of the Coral Sea, and the Battle of Midway that aircraft carriers and the planes that they carried had replaced the battleship as the greatest weapon on the seas.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/United_States_Navy (7725 words)

	Hymnology: Gnostic Hymnody
		The Hymn of Jesus and The Mystery of the Cross (from The Acts of John)
		Hymn in honor of the Dominions of Light (Manichaean Hymn in Persian)
		Hymn exhorting the soul to remembrance (Manichaean Hymn in Parthian)
	www.smithcreekmusic.com /Hymnology/Greek.Hymnody/Gnostic.Hymnody.html (320 words)

	Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series II, Vol. XIII
		Hymn I. On a certain day a pearl did I take up, my brethren; I saw in it mysteries pertaining to the Kingdom; semblances and types of the Majesty; it became a fountain, and I drank out of it mysteries of the Son.
		Very glistening are the pearls of Ethiopia, as it is written, Who gave thee to Ethiopia [the land] of fl men.
		Hands fixed thee, when thou wast embodied, into thy receptacles; for thou art in the crown as upon a cross, and in a coronet as in a victory; thou art upon the ears, as if to fill up what was lacking; thou extendest over all.
	www.ccel.org /fathers2/NPNF2-13/Npnf2-13-31.htm (4581 words)

	Monograph Series
		The Hymn of the Pearl: The Syriac and Greek Texts with Introduction, Translations, and Notes
		This volume on the Hymn of the Pearl, an early Syriac hymn preserved in the Acts of Thomas, contains an illuminating introduction, fresh translations, copious notes and facsimiles of the original Syriac and Greek texts, published here in convenient format for the first time.
		The study explores the significance of the hymn for understanding Gnosticism and Manichaeism and argues that the hymn is one of the best examples of the basic Gnostic soteriological myth.
	www.cecs.acu.edu.au /monographseries.htm (843 words)

	The Hymn of the Pearl: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		The Hymn of the Pearl (also The Hymn of the Soul or The Hymn of Judas Thomas the Apostle) is a passage of the apocryphal apocrypha quick summary:
		(the Apostle Thomas[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject] sings the hymn while praying for himself and fellow prisoners.
		(the Hymn of the Pearl was long admired by orthodox Christian thinkers.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_hymn_of_the_pearl.htm (804 words)

	remember
		I was a stranger there and wished not to be recognized as a foreigner, there only to take the pearl from within the sea of the serpent-dragon.
		Remember your pearl for whose sake you have journeyed into Khem, 'remember the lost pearl' with its scattered sparks of light 'for which you have been sent.' Remember your glittering robe, your royal mantle of stature 'which you shall once again wear and with which you shall be adorned' on your return.
		The Hymn of the Judas Thomas the Apostle in the country of India.
	www.dawneagle.com /remember.html (2151 words)

	Spiritual Awakening Radio - Visions of Allah by James Bean
		The Persian tale called "The Hymn of the Pearl" chronicles the journey of one soul who incarnates and ends up in a typical human society with the usual package of prejudice, myopia and agnosis, helplessly trapped in it's own dreams and nightmares, seemingly unable to ever wake up.
		I put on a robe like theirs lest they suspect me as an outsider who had come to steal the pearl of great price; lest they arouse the serpent against me. But somehow they learned I was not their countryman, and they dealt with me cunningly.
		I forgot the pearl for which my parents had sent me. Through the heaviness of their food I fell into a deep, deep sleep.
	www.spiritualawakeningradio.com /visions.html (1763 words)

	Advances in the Kenning Game
		Knowledge is the Pearl of the Earth, when perceived in terms of the Sea (in the "Hymn of the Pearl").
		Thus the pearl might be better seen as knowledge of the material world, what one can gain on Earth: the lessons we were sent here to learn, involutionary knowledge as opposed to evolutionary knowledge or gnosis.
		Perhaps the dragon in the Hymn is the Serpent that winds up the Thirty-Two Paths of the Tree in the Qabalistic diagram.
	kennexions.ludism.org /old/advkenning.html (1932 words)

	Greg Mogenson's Book Review of The Mythological Unconscious
		In "The Hymn of the Pearl," an ancient Manichaean document with gnostic features, the protagonist, Mani, is challenged by his royal parents with the coming-of-age task of descending into Egypt to retrieve a lost pearl.
		And along with this it has lost its pearl - the notion of the archetype, the collective unconscious, and the objective psyche - in the bargain.
		Had Mani simply gotten down to the task of fetching back the pearl, or had Perceval simply asked the question he should have asked when he first came into the presence of the Grail, their myths would have failed because there would have been no story.
	www.jungnewyork.com /bookreview_mu.shtml (1741 words)

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