COLLECTS OF THE GNOSTIC MASS 
 
Lord visible and sensible of whom this earth is but a frozen 
spark turning about thee with annual and diurnal motion, 
source of light, source of life, let thy perpetual radiance 
hearten us to continual labour and enjoyment ;  so that as 
we are constant partakers of thy bounty we may in our 
particular orbit give out light and life, sustenance and joy 
to them that revolve about us without diminution of 
substance or effulgence for ever. 
 
Lord secret and most holy, source of light, source of life, 
source of love, source of liberty, be thou ever constant 
and mighty within us, force of energy, fire of motion ;  with 
diligence let us ever labour with thee, that we may remain 
in thine abundant joy. 
 
Lady of night, that turning ever about us art now visible 
and now invisible in thy season, be thou favourable to 
hunters, and lovers, and to all men that toil upon the earth, 
and to all mariners upon the sea. 
 
Lord of Life and Joy, that art the might of man, that art the 
essence of every true god that is upon the surface of the 
Earth, continuing knowledge from generation to generation, 
thou adored of us upon heaths and in woods, on mountains 
and in caves, openly in the market places and secretly in 
the chambers of our houses, in temples of gold and ivory 
and marble as in the temples of our bodies, we worthily 
commemorate them worthy that did of old adore thee and 
manifest thy glory unto men.  Oh Sons of the Lion and the 
Snake ! with all thy saints we worthily commemorate them 
worthy that were and are and are to come.  May their 
essence be here present, potent, puissant, and paternal to 
perfect this feast !