Divine Pymander. Asclepius

...contention Completing the sentence from the previous page: "the contention..." is of one against two, while it flies away, and they strive to hold and detain it.

10. But the victory of both is not the same; for the one hurries toward that which is Good, but the other is a neighbor to things that are Evil. That which is Good desires to be set at Liberty; but the things that are Evil love Bondage and Slavery.

11. And if the two parts are overcome, they become quiet and are content to accept it as their Ruler; but if the one is overcome by the two, it is led and carried by them to be punished by its existence and stay here original: "pupunished by its being and continuance here"; referring to the soul being trapped in the material world as a form of punishment.

12. This, O Son, is the guide on the path that leads there; for you must first forsake the Body before your end meaning before death, and gain the victory in this Contention and Strife-filled life; and when you have... catchword: hast (modern: have)