20

he led the deceived astray, the wretched man being supposed to be a corrector of the aforementioned deceivers, being most experienced in magical trickery. And having deceived all the aforementioned men and women to pay attention to him, as to one most knowledgeable, and the greatest power from the invisible and unnameable places Another of their teachers, Marcus, experienced in magic, partly through trickery of gifts and incantations, and partly through demons, deceived many. This man said that in him was the greatest power from the invisible and unnameable places. And indeed often taking a cup ... etc. having, he has been shown to be truly a forerunner of the Antichrist. For having mixed the tricks of Anaxilaus with the villainy of the so-called magi, and through them creating illusions and practicing magic, he enveloped in astonishment those who saw and were persuaded by him. ...... But those seeing the things from curiosity think that some powers are performed by his hands ..... For they themselves, having lost their minds, not knowing how to test, do not see that the constitution of his trick, so to speak, is performed by magic. 1.7.2 Pretending to give thanks over cups mixed with wine, and extending the word of the invocation to great length, he makes them appear purple and red; so that it seems that the Grace from the regions above all things drips her own blood into that cup through his invocation, and that those present greatly desire to taste of that drink, so that upon them also might be showered the Grace that is invoked by this magician. Again, giving mixed cups to women, he commands them to give thanks while he stands by. And when this is done, he himself, bringing forth Int. προενεγκών. Hipp. another cup much larger than that one over which the deceived woman gave thanks, holding and pouring from the smaller one, which had been consecrated by the woman, into the one prepared by him Int. κεκομισμένον, at the same time saying thus: May the Grace which is before all things, the inconceivable and ineffable one, fill your inner man, and multiply in you her knowledge, sowing the grain of mustard seed into the good earth. And having said some such things, and having driven the wretched woman out of her mind ἐκστήσας Hippol., he appeared a wonder-worker, the large cup having been filled from the small one, so that it even overflowed from it. And doing some other similar things, he deceived many, and led them away after him. It is likely that he also has a familiar spirit, by means of which he both seems to prophesy, and makes to prophesy as many as he deems worthy to be partakers of his grace. For he is especially occupied with women, and of these, especially those with fine robes, and dressed in purple, and the wealthiest, whom he often attempts to lead astray, saying to them with flattery: I wish to impart to you of my grace, since the Father of all always sees your angel before his face; but the place of greatness is in us, for us to establish l. δεῖ ἡμᾶς ἓν καταστῆσαι. Receive first from me, and through me, the grace. Prepare yourself, as a bride awaiting her bridegroom, that you may be what I am, and I what you are. Establish in your bridal chamber the seed of light. Receive the bridegroom from me, and contain him, and be contained in him. Behold, grace has descended upon you; open your mouth, and prophesy. But when the woman answers, "I have never prophesied, and I do not know how to prophesy," making some invocations a second time to the astonishment of the deceived woman, he says to her: Open your mouth, speak whatever comes, and you shall prophesy. But she, puffed up and gulled by the aforesaid things, her soul being heated by the expectation that she is about to prophesy, her heart beating more than is necessary, dares to speak Int. καὶ λαλεῖ nonsensical and random things vainly and rashly, as one heated by an empty spirit; (as one better than us said concerning such things, that a rash and shameless soul is heated by empty air,) and from this point forward she regards herself as a prophetess,

20

πεπλανημένους ἐπηγάγετο, ὑποληφθεὶς ὁ ἐλεεινὸς διορθωτὴς εἶναι τῶν προειρημένων ἀπατεώνων, μαγικῆς ὑπάρχων κυβείας ἐμπειρότατος. Ἀπατήσας δὲ τοὺς προειρημένους πάντας καὶ τὰς προειρημένας προσέχειν αὐτῷ, ὡς γνωστικωτάτῳ, καὶ δύναμιν τὴν μεγίστην ἀπὸ τῶν ἀοράτων καὶ ἀκατονομάστων τόπων Ἄλλος δέ τις διδάσκαλος αὐτῶν Μάρκος μαγικῆς ἔμπειρος, ἃ μὲν διὰ κυβείας δώρων καὶ ἐπῳδῶν, ἃ δὲ καὶ διὰ δαιμόνων ἠπάτα πολλούς. Οὗτος ἔλεγεν ἐν αὐτῷ τὴν μεγίστην ἀπὸ τῶν ἀοράτων καὶ ἀκατονομάστων τόπων εἶναι δύναμιν. Καὶ δὴ πολλάκις λαμβάνων ποτήριον ... κ.τ.λ. ἔχοντι, ὡς πρόδρομος ὢν ἀληθῶς τοῦ Ἀντιχρίστου ἀποδέδεικται. Τὰ γὰρ Ἀναξιλάου παίγνια τῇ τῶν λεγομένων μάγων πανουργίᾳ, συμμίξας, δι' αὐτῶν φαντάζων τε καὶ μαγεύων, εἰς ἔκπληξιν τοὺς ὅρωντάς τε καὶ πειθομένους αὐτῷ περιέβαλεν. ...... Οἱ δὲ τὰ ἀπὸ περιεργίας ὁρῶντες δοκοῦσι δυνάμεις τινὰς ἐν χερσὶν αὐτοῦ ἐπιτελεῖσθαι ..... Τὸν γὰρ νοῦν καὶ αὐτοὶ ἀπολέσαντες οὐχ ὁρῶσι μὴ γινώσκοντες δοκιμάσαι, ὅτι ἀπὸ μαγείας ἡ σύστασις τοῦ παρ' αὐτοῦ παιγνίου, ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, ἐπιτελεῖται. 1.7.2 Ποτήρια οἴνῳ κεκραμένα προσποιούμενος εὐχαριστεῖν, καὶ ἐπὶ πλέον ἐκτείνων τὸν λόγον τῆς ἐπικλήσεως, πορφύρεα καὶ ἐρυθρὰ ἀναφαίνεσθαι ποιεῖ· ὡς δοκεῖν τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν ὑπὲρ τὰ ὅλα Χάριν τὸ αἷμα τὸ ἑαυτῆς στάζειν ἐν ἐκείνῳ τῷ ποτηρίῳ διὰ τῆς ἐπικλήσεως αὐτοῦ, καὶ ὑπεριμείρεσθαι τοὺς παρόντας ἐξ ἐκείνου γεύσασθαι τοῦ πόματος, ἵνα καὶ εἰς αὐτοὺς ἐπομβρήσῃ ἡ διὰ τοῦ μάγου τούτου κληϊζομένη Χάρις. Πάλιν δὲ γυναιξὶν ἐπιδοὺς ἐκπώματα κεκραμένα, αὐτὰς εὐχαρι στεῖν ἐγκελεύεται παρεστῶτος αὐτοῦ. Καὶ τούτου γενομένου, αὐτὸς ἄλλο ποτήριον πολλῷ μεῖζον ἐκείνου, οὗ ἡ ἐξηπατημένη εὐχαρίστησε, προσενεγκὼν, Int. προενεγκών. Hipp. κρατῶν καὶ μετακενώσας ἀπὸ τοῦ μικροτέρου, τοῦ ὑπὸ τῆς γυναικὸς ηὐχαριστημένου, εἰς τὸ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ κεκοσμημένον Int. κεκομισμένον, ἐπιλέγων ἅμα οὕτως· Ἡ πρὸ τῶν ὅλων, ἡ ἀνεννόητος καὶ ἄῤῥητος Χάρις πληρώσαι σου τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον, καὶ πληθύναι ἐν σοὶ τὴν γνῶσιν αὐτῆς, ἐγκατασπείρουσα τὸν κόκκον τοῦ σινάπεως εἰς τὴν ἀγαθὴν γῆν. Καὶ τοιαῦτά τινα εἰπὼν, καὶ ἐξοιστρήσας ἐκστήσας Hippol. τὴν ταλαίπωρον, θαυματοποιὸς ἀνεφάνη, τοῦ μεγάλου πληρωθέντος ἐκ τοῦ μικροῦ ποτηρίου, ὥστε καὶ ὑπερεκχεῖσθαι ἐξ αὐτοῦ. Καὶ ἄλλα τινα τούτοις παραπλήσια ποιῶν ἐξηπάτησε πολλοὺς, καὶ ἀπαγήοχεν ὀπίσω αὑτοῦ. Εἰκὸς δὲ αὐτὸν καὶ δαίμονά τινα πάρεδρον ἔχειν, δι' οὗ αὐτός τε προφητεύειν δοκεῖ, καὶ ὅσας ἀξίας ἡγεῖται μετόχους τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, προφητεύειν ποιεῖ. Μάλιστα γὰρ περὶ γυναῖκας ἀσχολεῖται, καὶ τούτων τοῦτο τὰς εὐπαρύφους, καὶ περιπορφύρους, καὶ πλουσιωτάτας, ἃς πολλάκις ὑπάγεσθαι πειρώμενος, κολακεύων φησὶν αὐταῖς· Μεταδοῦναί σοι θέλω τῆς ἐμῆς χάριτος, ἐπειδὴ ὁ Πατὴρ τῶν ὅλων τὸν ἄγγελόν σου διαπαντὸς βλέπει πρὸ προσώπου αὑτοῦ· ὁ δὲ τόπος τοῦ μεγέθους ἐν ἡμῖν ἐστι δι' ἡμᾶς ἐγκαταστῆσαι l. δεῖ ἡμᾶς ἓν καταστῆσαι. Λάμβανε πρῶτον ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, καὶ δι' ἐμοῦ τὴν χάριν. Εὐτρέπισον σεαυτὴν, ὡς νύμφη ἐκδεχομένη τὸν νυμφίον ἑαυτῆς, ἵνα ἔσῃ ὃ ἐγὼ, καὶ ἐγὼ ὃ σύ. Καθίδρυσον ἐν τῷ νυμφῶνί σου τὸ σπέρμα τοῦ φωτός. Λάβε παρ' ἐμοῦ τὸν νυμφίον, καὶ χώρησον αὐτὸν, καὶ χωρήθητι ἐν αὐτῷ. Ἰδοὺ ἡ χάρις κατῆλθεν ἐπί σε· ἄνοιξον τὸ στόμα σου, καὶ προφήτευσον. Τῆς δὲ γυναικὸς ἀποκρινομένης, οὐ προεφήτευσα πώποτε, καὶ οὐκ οἶδα προφητεύειν· ἐπικλήσεις τινὰς ποιούμενος ἐκ δευτέρου εἰς κατάπληξιν τῆς ἀπατωμένης, φησὶν αὐτῇ· Ἄνοιξον τὸ στόμα σου, λάλησον ὅ τι δήποτε, καὶ προφητεύσεις. Ἡ δὲ χαυνωθεῖσα, καὶ κεπφωθεῖσα ὑπὸ τῶν προειρημένων, διαθερμανθεῖσα τὴν ψυχὴν ὑπὸ τῆς προσδοκίας τοῦ μέλλειν αὐτὴν προφητεύειν, τῆς καρδίας πλέον τοῦ δέοντος παλλούσης, ἀποτολμᾷ λαλεῖν Int. καὶ λαλεῖ ληρώδη καὶ τὰ τυχόντα πάντα κενῶς καὶ τολμηρῶς, ἅτε ὑπὸ κενοῦ τεθερμαμένη πνεύματος· (καθὼς ὁ κρείσσων ἡμῶν ἔφη περὶ τῶν τοιούτων, ὅτι τολμηρὸν καὶ ἀναιδὲς ψυχὴ κενῷ ἀέρι θερμαινομένη,) καὶ ἀπὸ τούτου λοιπὸν προφήτιδα ἑαυτὴν μεταλαμβάνει,