Gabriel Michael Pistis Sophia Zeus Aphrodite Cronus Mars Ares.docx

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The rulers hate her for ceasing in their mystery ... 44

Arrogant uniteth himself with the rulers of the twelve seons

and emanateth a lion-faced power to plague Sophia . . 45

Sophia taketh the lion-faced power of Arrogant for the true

light 46

She descendeth to the twelve aeons and thence into chaos

The emanations of Arrogant squeeze the light-powers out of

I found Mary, who Mar y-

is called my mother, after the material body ; I

spoke to her also in the form of Gabriel Adamas, being in sedition, have per-

BOOKS OF THE SAVIOUR. 361

sisted in congress and procreated rulers, and arch-

angels, and angels, and workmen and decans. [So]

leou, the father of my father, came forth from theright, arid bound them to the fate of the sphere.

" For there are twelve aeons, Sabaoth Adamas

ruling over six of them and his brother labraoth

ruling over the remaining six. But labraoth and

his rulers have believed in the mysteries of the

light, and practising the mysteries of the light

they have abandoned the mystery of congress.

Whereas Sabaoth Adamas and his rulers have

continued to practise [the mystery of] congress.

" Arid when leou, the father of my father, saw

that labraoth had believed, he took him up with

all the rulers that had believed with him. Re-

ceiving [his soul] in the sphere, he brought him

unto a pure atmosphere, near the light of the

sun, between the regions of them of the midst

and the regions of the invisible god. Thus he

set him with the rulers that had believed.

" But he took Sabaoth Adamas with his rulers,

who had riot practised the mysteries of the light,

but had persisted in practising the mysteries of

congress, and bound them to the sphere.

" He bound eighteen hundred rulers in every

saeon, and set three hundred and sixty Of tho

\ -i r/ i n r> hierarchies

over them, (361) and [further] set five of the

, 111 rulers and

other great rulers to rule over the three the names

hundredand sixty and all the other rulers regents.


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362 PISTIS SOPHIA.

that are bound. The [five] they call in the

world of human kind by these names : the first

is called Kronuos ; the second, Ares ; the third,

Hermes ; the fourth, Aphrodite ; the fifth, Zeus."

And Jesus continued in his conversation and

Ofth , said: k ' Hearken further, that I may

powers that J

leou infused e }} y ou their mystery. It came to pass,

five regents, therefore, when leou had thus bound

them, that lie drew forth a mighty power from

the great invisible, and bound it to him that

is called Kronos ; and he drew another power

out of Ipsantachoundiuinrhoucheoch, who is one

of the three triple-powered gods, arid bound itto Ares ; and he drew u power out of (Jhai'n-

cliooodi, who is also one of the three triple-

powered gods, and bound it to Hermes ; and

again he drew a power out of Pistis Sophia,

daughter of Barbelo, and bound it to Aphrodite.

" Moreover, reflecting that they had need of a

of the f unc- helm to steer the world and the reons

tions of

Zeus, the of the spheres, that they might not

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gent. wreck them through their iniquity, he

ascended into the midst, and drew out a power

from the little Sabaoth, the good, who is in the

midst, and bound it to Zeus, for he is good, so

that he might direct them by his goodness.

And he set the revolution of his order, (362) so

that he passeth three months in each [of the

remaining four aeons], establishing it, so that

BOOKS OF THE SAVIOUR. 363

every ruler into which he cometh is freed from

the evil of his iniquity. And he [leou] gave

him [Zeus] two peons for his habitation, near

those of Hermes.

" I have first told you the names of these five

great rulers, which the men of the world Tho mys .

employ. Hearken further, I will now ^ r { h ^ ames


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tell you their incorruptible names also : re s enU

Orimouth is [the name] of Kronos; Mouniclioua-

phor, of Ares ; Tarpetunouph, of Hermes ; Uhosi,

of Aphrodite ; Chonbal, of Zeus. These are

their incorruptible names."

When the disciples had heard these things,

they bowed down, and worshipped Jesus, saying:

"Blessed are we beyond all men, for thou hast

revealed unto us these mighty wonders."

They continued further, and besought him,

saying : " We beseech thoe, reveal unto us why

these ways exist."

And Mary came unto him, she bowed herself,

and worshipped his feet, and kissed J^ t U6B "

his hands, say in 5- ; -'Yea, Master, fcsuson

' J & ' ' the ways of

reveal unto us the need for the ways the midst.

of the midst ; for we have heard thee say that

they are set over great torments. How, then,

Master, shall we go forth from them, or how

shall we escape from them? (363) Or how do

they seize hold of souls ? And how long are

[souls] in their torments ? Have mercy upon

364 PISTIS SOPHIA.

us, Master and saviour, lest the receivers carry

off our souls to the judgments of the ways of the

midst, and lest we be condemned in their evil

torments, that we, too, may inherit the light of

thy father, and may not be wretched and starv-

ing without thee."

And when Mary had spoken these words in

Ofthemys- tears, Jesus answered in great com-

which passion and said unto them : "Of very

Jesus will

give unto truth, my brethren and well-beloved,

ye who have left father and mother

for my name's sake, unto you will I give all the

mysteries arid every gnosis.

" I will give unto you the mystery of the

twelve aeons of the rulers, their seals, their

numbers, and the manner of invocation to enter


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into their regions.

" I will give unto you, moreover, the mys-

tery of the thirteenth aeon, and the manner of

invocation to enter into their regions ; I will

give unto you their seals and their numbers.

"And I will give unto you the mystery of

the baptism of them of the midst, and the

manner of invocation to enter into their regions ;

and I will teach you their numbers and their seals.

" And I will give unto you the baptism of them

of the right, its numbers and its seals, and the

manner of invocation to enter into its region.

" And I will give unto you the great mystery

146 PISTIS SOPHIA.

" And the word which thy light-power uttered

through David, ' He will give commandment to

his messengers concerning thee, to keep thee in

all thy ways, to bear thee in their hands, lest

thou dash thy foot against a stone ' ; that is to

say also, thou hast given commandment to

Gabriel and Michael to guide Pistis Sophia in

all the regions of chaos, to bear her in their

hands until they had helped her rise up, so that

her feet should not touch the lower darkness,

and they of the lower darkness should not seize

hold of her.

" And the word which thy light-power spake

through David, c Thou shalt trample on the

serpent and the basilisk, and thou shalt tread

under foot the lion and the dragon ; because he

hath had trust in me, I will save him, and I will

shelter him, because he hath known my name 7 ;

that is to say, when Pistis Sophia was just

leaving chaos, she trod under foot the emana-

tions of Arrogant ; she trampled on them that

had serpent heads, and basilisk heads, and seven

heads ; and she trod under foot that lion-faced

power, and that dragon-headed one, because she

had trusted in the light, and it had saved her

from them all.

" This, Master, is the interpretation of the

words which thou hast said."

It came to pass, when the first mystery had

SECOND BOOK. 147


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heard these words, that he said: "Well said,

James, thou well beloved/'

(148) And the first mystery again continued

in his conversation, and said to his disciples :

" It came to pass, when I had led Pistis Sophia

out of chaos, that she cried out anew, say-

ing :

" ' I have been rescued from chaos ; I have

been loosed from the bonds of dark- Sophia

ness. I have come unto thee, light, |^S*

for thou hast been for me light on all praise -

sides, preserving and helping me. And the ema-

nations of Arrogant, which fought against me,

thou hast kept therefrom by thy light, and they

have not been able to draw nigh unto me ; for

thy light was with me and preserved me through

thy light-stream, because the emanations of

Arrogant constrained me, they took away mypower, and cast me into chaos deprived of my

light, and I became as gross matter before them.

Then came forth the power of the light-stream

unto me from thee to save me ; it shone on my

left and on my right, surrounding me on all

sides, so that no part of my being was without

light, and thou didst hide me in the light of thy

stream. Thou didst purge in me all my evil

matters, and I rose superior to all my matters,

because of thy light and of thy light-stream,

which hath raised me up, and hath kept far from

148 PISTIS SOPHIA.

me the emanations of Arrogant which constrained

me. (149) I became stout of heart in thy light,

and in the pure light of thy stream. And the

emanations of Arrogant which constrained me

withdrew themselves from me, and I became

radiant in thy great power. Thou hast saved

me and hast preserved me for ever/

"This is the repentance which Pistis Sophia

uttered, when she came forth from chaos and

was freed from the bonds of chaos. Now,therefore, he that hath ears to hear, let him

hear."

It came to pass, therefore, when the first

mystery had finished saying these words unto

his disciples, that Thomas came forward, and

said : " Master, my light-dweller hath ears, and

my spirit understandeth the words which thou

hast said. Now, therefore, give commandment


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unto me to expound clearly the interpretation of

the words."

The first mystery answered, and said unto

Thomas : " I give thee commandment to expound

the interpretation of the song which Pistis

Sophia sang in my honour."

Thomas answered, and said : " My Master,

concerning the song which Pistis Sophia uttered,

because she was preserved from chaos, thy light-

power prophesied of old concerning thee, through

Solomon, the son of David, in his Odes, saying :

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