Seven Sermons to the Dead

At first sight this seems to be a sort of Genesis story, but IMHO it describes more the emergence of consciousness, or the-understanding-of-the-world, than the beginning of the world itself. It also contains a lot of parallels with the Tao Teh Ching and I Ching.

THE SEVEN SERMONS TO THE DEAD
WRITTEN BY BASILIDES IN ALEXANDRIA,
THE CITY WHERE THE EAST TOUCHETH THE WEST.

SERMO I
SERMO II
SERMO III
SERMO IV
SERMO V
SERMO VI
SERMO VII

ANAGRAMMA: GAHINNEVERAHTUNIN ZEHGESSURKLACH ZUNNUS.

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