Reunion

The Reunion of the Soul and the Body

 designed by William Blake, as an illustration
for Robert Blair's poem, The Grave.

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After the day of rest, Sophia sent Zoe, her daughter, who is called "Eve (of life)" as an instructor to raise up Adam, in whom there was no soul, so that those whom he would beget might become vessels of the light. When Eve saw her co-likeness cast down, she pitied him and she said, "Adam, live! Rise up on the earth!" Immediately her word became a deed. For when Adam rose up, immediately he opened his eyes. When he saw her, he said, "You will be called 'the mother of the living' because you are the one who gave me life."
from On the Origin of the World, in The Nag Hammadi Library, James M. Robinson, General Editor. A collection of Gnostic texts.