Commentary on the Johannine prologue

Therefore, I composed within myself a little work, namely man, and made him after my own image and likeness, so that he might work in another medium after my fashion; for my Son was to be clothed in man with a robe of flesh. And I made this work rational from my own rationality and sealed my potential in it, just as human rationality in its skill comprehends all things through names and numbers. For a person discerns nothing except through names, nor does he understand the multiplicity of things except through numbers. And I am an angel of might, for I announce myself through miracles to the angelic hosts, and I show myself in faith to all creatures when they acknowledge me as their Creator. Yet, my name can be perfectly pronounced by none.

Man is indeed that garment in which my Son, clothed in royal power, showed himself as the God of all creation and the life of life. Yet, no one but God can number the host of angels who specially wait upon his royal power; nor can anyone count to the end those who individually declare him to be the God of all creation; nor can any tongue suffice to list those who especially call on him as the life of all life. Therefore, blessed are they who abide with him.

God set his signature on all his work in the human form, as stated above and as demonstrated here by means of examples.

For in the circle of the brain, God reveals his lordship, for the brain governs and rules the whole body. In the hair of the head, God designates his potential, which is his beauty, just as the hair beautifies the head. In the eyebrows, he demonstrates his might, for the brows protect a person's eyes, keep harmful things out of them, and set off the beauty of the face. They are like the wings of the winds that support and sustain them-just as a bird sometimes flies with its wings and sometimes ceases from flight; for the wind blows from the power of God, and the blasts of the wind are its wings. In the eyes, God declares his knowledge, by which he foresees and foreknows all. The eyes display many sights in themselves because they are clear and watery, just as the reflections of other creatures appear in water. For through sight a person recognizes and discerns all things; and if he lacked sight, he would be like a corpse among creatures. And, in the hearing, God discloses all the sounds of praise of the secret mysteries and the angelic hosts, among whom God himself is praised. For it would be unworthy if God were known only by himself, when one human being may be known by another through hearing; and within himself, too, a person understands all things. If he lacked hearing, he would be like a hollow man. In the nostrils, God signifies wisdom, which is the fragrant observance of order in all skills, so that, by its fragrance, a person may recognize what wisdom ordains. For the sense of smell is diffused widely among all creatures, drawing in their scents so that a person may know what they are like. By the mouth, God designates his Word through which he created all things, just as everything is spoken by the mouth with the sound of rationality. For a person utters many things by speaking, just as the Word of God, creating in the embrace of love, arranged that nothing necessary should be lacking to his work. And just as the cheeks and chin surround the mouth, so the beginning of all creation was present to the Word when it sounded, when all things were created; and thus in the beginning was the Word. And the Word was with God. And the Word was God.