15 Each sage in turn shall form a postulate; and these shall be the basis of the creeds of men until the perfect age shall come.
16 Then Meng-ste wrote the first:
17 All things are thought; all life is thought activity. The multitude of beings are but phases of the one great thought made manifest. Lo, God is Thought, and Thought is God.
18 Then Vidyapati wrote the second postulate:
19 Eternal Thought is one; in essence it is two—Intelligence and Force; and when they breathe a child is born; this child is Love.
20 And thus the Triune God stands forth, whom men call Father-Mother-Child.
21 This Triune God is one; but like the one of light, in essence he is seven.
22 And when the Triune God breathes forth, lo, seven Spirits stand before his face; these are creative attributes.
23 Men call them lesser gods, and in their image they made man.
24 And Kaspar wrote the third: