come out of body, what will they do to him? Said Jesus, This of this
kind whenever his time should be completed by the Sphere, are wont to
come after him the Receivers of Ariel and take his soul, and they spend
three days going about in the World teaching her the creatures of
[349^b] the World. After these (things) they are wont to take her down
unto Amente, up to Ariel that he may punish her in his punishments for
twenty months. After these (things) they are wont to take her unto the
Chaos up to Ialdabaoth with his forty nine demons, and that he may
punish her with his demons one by one for other twenty months. After
these (things) they are wont to take her up on the road of the Middle,
that each of the Rulers of the road of the Middle may punish her for
other twenty months. And after these (things), they are wont to take her
to the Virgin of the Light that she may judge her. And whenever should
the Sphere turn round, she is wont to give her to her Receivers, that
they may cast her unto Aeons of the Sphere. And are wont the Ministers
of the Sphere to take her out unto water being underneath the Sphere,
that it may become a smoke boiling that it may eat in [350^a] at her
until it purifieth her. And is wont to come Ialouham the Receiver of
Sabaoth, the Adamas, and bringeth the cup of forgetfulness, and he
giveth it to the soul that she may drink it, and she forgetteth every
thing with every Place unto which she went: and they cast her down unto
a body dumb, deformed, that every one may remain despising him. This is
the punishment of the man proud (a) despiser.
Said he, Thomas, A man blasphemer continually, what is his punishment?
Said Jesus, This of this kind whenever should his time be completed by
the Sphere, are wont to come after him the Receivers of Ialdabaoth and
bind him with his tongue to a great demon with face of horse, and they
spend three days going about with him in the World and punish him. After
these (things) they are wont to take him [350^b] out unto the place of
the cold with the snow to punish him for eleven years. After these
(things) they are wont to take him down unto the Chaos (close) to
Ialdabaoth with his forty nine demons, that each of the demons may
punish him other eleven years. After these (things) they are wont to
take him out unto the Darkness which is outer, until the day (in) which
they will judge the great Ruler of face of dragon which goeth round the
Darkness, and is wont that soul, she is wont to be numbed and to waste
away and to be dissolved. This is the judgment of the man blasphemer.
Said Bartholomaios, A man who sleeper with male, What is his punishment?
Said he, Jesus: The man sleeping with male with the man who will sleep
with him (there shall be the same measure) [351^a] as the man
blasphemer: whenever the time therefore should be completed by the
Sphere, are wont to come after their souls the Receivers of Ialdabaoth
that he may punish them with his forty nine demons for eleven (added in
margin) years. After these (things) they are wont to take them out unto
rivers of smoke with seas of pitch boiling, full of demons of face of
swine, they are wont to eat in at them and punish them in the rivers of
smoke for other eleven years. After these (things) they are wont to take
them out in the Darkness which is outer, until the day of the judgment
(in) which they will Judge the great Darkness, they are wont to be
dissolved and perish.
Said Thomas, We heard that there are some upon the earth who are wont to
take away the sperma of the males with the menstruum [351^b] of the
woman and give them unto a (mess of) lentil and eat it, while they say,
We are believing Esau with Iakob. Is it a thing which is right or
otherwise? But Jesus was angry with the World at that hour, and said he
to Thomas, Amen I say that every sin and every unlawfulness—this sin
surpasseth them—these of this kind. They are about to take them
immediately unto the Darkness which is outer, nor shall they throw them
back unto the Sphere again. But they are not about to be wasted away and
destroy them in the Darkness which is outer, the place in which there is
not mercy nor is there light, but the weeping is, and the gnashing of
the teeth is (there). And every soul which they will take unto the
Darkness which is outer, they are not wont to throw them back again, but
they are wont to perish and be dissolved.
Answered Iohannes, Then a man [352^a] having not done sin but being
become good continually, but having not found thy mysteries for him to
pass through the Rulers, whenever he should come out of body, what will
they do to him? Said Jesus, The man of this kind whenever should his
time be completed by the Sphere, are wont to come after his soul the
Receivers of Bainkhoookh, being one among the Triple-powered Gods, that
they may take his soul in a joy with a gladness, and spend three days
going round with her teaching her the creatures of the World in joy with
gladness. After these (things) they are wont to take her down unto
Amente and teach her the punishment-places, those which (are) in Amente,
but they would not be about to punish her in them, but they are about to
teach her only of them. And the steam of the flame of the punishments
[352^b] is wont to become touching her only a little. After these
(things) they take her away up on the road of the Middle, and teach her
the punishments of the roads of the Middle, while the steam of the flame
toucheth her a little. And after these (things) they take her to the
Virgin of the Light, that she may judge her before the little Sabaoth
the good, he of the Middle, until the Sphere should turn round, that
Zeus with Aphrodite may come in the presence of the Virgin of the Light,
that the Kronos with Ares may come behind her. Then she is wont to take
away that righteous soul and deliver her up to her Receivers and cast
her unto the Aeons of the Sphere, that the Ministers of the Sphere may
take her out unto water being underneath the Sphere, that it may become
a smoke [353^a] boiling, that it may eat in at her until it should
purify her entirely. And is wont to come Ialouham the Receiver of
Sabaoth, the Adamas, this who is wont to give the cup of forgetfulness
to the souls. And he is wont to bring the water of forgetfulness, and
give it to the soul and she forgetteth every thing with every Place unto
which she went. Afterwards is wont to come a Receiver of the little
Sabaoth, the good, he of the Middle, he is wont to bring also a cup,
full of the understanding and wiseness and with watchfulness in it, and
giveth it to the soul, and they cast her unto a body, that she will not
be able to sleep nor will she be able to forget, because of the cup of
the watchfulness which they gave to her, but it will become beating her
heart continually, seeking after the mysteries of the Light, [353^b]
until she find them by the precept of the Virgin of the Light, and
inherit the Light eternal (of-unto-age, MS).
Said Mariham, Then a man having done every sin and every unlawfulness,
having not found the mysteries of the Light is he about to receive all
his punishments at one time? Said Jesus, Yea, he is about to receive
them. If also those which he did (were) three he is about to receive
three punishments.
Said Iohannes, Then a man having done every sin and every unlawfulness,
but at the last he found the mysteries of the Light is it possible for
him to be saved? Said Jesus, This of this kind who did every sin and
every unlawfulness, and found the mysteries of the Light, and did them
and completed them, and did not cease, nor did sin, he is about to
inherit the Treasury of the Light.
Said Jesus to his disciples, If should [354^a] the Sphere turn round and
(if) Kronos with Ares should come behind the Virgin of the Light; and
Zeus with the Aphrodite should come in the presence of the Virgin, being
in their own Aeons, they are wont to draw (away) the veils of the
Virgin; she is wont to become cheerful in that hour, seeing these two
stars of light in her presence. And every soul which she will cast unto
the cycle of the Aeons of the Sphere at that hour, for them to come out
unto the world, they are wont to become righteous and good, and they are
wont to find the mysteries of the Light at this time. (Or if not) she is
wont to dispatch them another time, that they may find the mysteries of
the Light. If Ares also with Kronos should come to the presence of the
Virgin, Zeus with the Aphrodite beg behind her, not seeing them, every
soul which she will cast [354^b] unto the creatures of the Sphere at
that hour, they are wont to become evil and wrathful, and they are not
wont to find the mysteries of the Light.
These therefore while Jesus is saying them to his disciples in the
Middle of Amente, cried out, wept the disciples, Woe woe to the men the
sinners, these upon whom the neglect lieth and the forgetfulness of the
Rulers, until they come out of body and they take them unto these
punishments. Have mercy on us, have mercy on us, the Son of him who is
holy, and have compassion on us, that we should be saved from these
punishments and these judgments, which are prepared for the sinners.
Otherwise we did sin, we also, our Lord and our Light....
(_Seven lines vacant_)
[355^a] the righteous (one). They came out (by) three (and) three unto
the four regions of the heaven, they preached the evangel of the Kingdom
in all the world, the Christ working with them in the word of the
strengthening and the signs which follow them and the wonders. And thus
they knew the kingdom of the God in all the earth and in all the world
of the Israel, unto witness to all the nations, these who become from
the places of rising to place of setting: (two lines of ornament, two
lines erasure, and two more lines of ornament.)
INDEX OF PSALMS AND ODES
50^a, Psalm 68 (69), 1-37, Maria, 27
55^a, Psalm 70 (71), 1-13 (11), Petros, 30
58^a, Psalm 69 (70), 1-6, Martha, 31
61^b, Psalm 101 (102), 1-22, Iohannes, 33
67^b, Psalm 87 (88), 1-19, Philippos, 36
69^b, Psalm 129 (130), 1-8, Andreas, 38
71^b, Psalm 81 (82), 1, Maria, 39
74^b, Psalm 24 (25), 1-22 (21), Thomas, 40
80^a, Psalm 30 (31), 1-19, Maththaios, 44
85^b, Psalm 34 (35), 1-28, Iakobos, 47
90^b, Psalm 119 (120), 1-7 (6), Petros, 50
92^b, Psalm 51 (52), 1-9 (10), Salome, 51
97^a, Psalm 108 (109), 1-31 (30), Andreas, 53
100^b, Psalm 50 (51), 1-4, Martha, 55
103^a, Solomon 1-9, Salome, 56
106^a, Solomon 19 (Ode), 1-4, Maria the Mother of Jesus, 57
107^b, Psalm 84 (85), 11, 12 (10, 11), Maria, Mariham, Iohannes, 58,
&c.
120^a, Solomon (Odes), 1-9, Petros, 65
130^a, Psalm 90 (91), 1-16, Iakkobos, 70
138^b, Solomon, the son of David, in his Odes, 1-9;
Thomas, 75
145^a, Ode of Solomon, 1-11, Matthias, 78
150^a, Psalm 29 (30), 1-3, Maria, 81
151^a, Psalm 29 (30), 11, 12 (10, 11), Martha, 81
152^a, Psalm 102 (103), 1-5, Maria, 82
153^b, Psalm 39 (40), 1-4, Andreas, 83
161^a, Psalm 7 (7), 1-6, Iakkobos, 86
163^b, Psalm 7 (7), 12-17, Martha, 88
167^b, Psalm 106 (107), 1-21, Philippos, 90
INDEX
Aberamentho = Jesus, 180, 184, 188
Abiout, 193
Abraham, Isaak, Iakob, sins of, 179
Adam, 123, 179
Adamas, the, 12, 19, 68, 69, 71, 77, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 146, 169, 181;
Sabaoth the Adamas, 181
Adonis, 195
Aeon: cares of this, 109;
courses of the, 18, 19;
Mystery of the, 22, 178, 183;
the 12, 11, 24, 48, 54, 72, 84, 93, 181, 183;
the 13th (the place of righteousness, 26, 46, 50), 9, 22, 24, 32, 51,
54, 68, 72, 82, 84, 88, 93, 107;
Rulers of the 13th, 48;
Veils of the, 21;
Magic of those of the, 15;
consummation of the, 97
Agrammakhamarei, 180
Alms, 130
Alpha, 180
Amen: the three, 2, 9, 96, 97, 108, 115;
the seven, 2, 9, 96, 108, 115
Amente, 36, 128, 162, 193, 195, 196, 197, 199;
Amente of the Chaos, 142
Andreas, 38, 53, 82, 124, 126, 180, 195
Answer, 114, 117, 118, 121, 122, 124, 139
Anti-type, 173
Ararad, 178
Aphrodite, the, χωσι, 182;
βυβαστι, 186; 198, 199
Archangel and angel, 1;
hymning, 3;
belong to Æon, 9;
excelled by man, 115;
form part of Kerasmos, 124;
set on the right hand, 180;
produced by Rulers, 181;
transgressed and taught mysteries, 13;
one watches at gate of punishment, 161
Ares, 182, 198, 199
Ariel, 128, 193, 195, 196
Ariuth, 185
Authority, 1, 10, 12, 21, 38, 180, 191
Barbelo(s), 7, 25, 57, 60, 63, 64, 180, 182, 188, 191
Bartholomaios, 180, 196
Basilisk, 68, 161
Bonds, 10, 40, 74, 79, 142, 144
Book, 35, 123, 127, 178, 180
Boundary, 8
Bubasti, 185, 186, 187
Chambers of punishment, 160
Change of body, 126, 143, 148, 159, 172
Chaos, 23 etc.;
Ruler of, 34, 88;
bonds of, 89;
fires of, 131;
darkness of, 24;
power of, 32;
punishment of, 143;
gates of, 89
Chief Captain, 96, 108
Child of the child (Twin Saviour), 2, 9, 96, 115
Chosen, 20
Christ, 6, 7, 199
Confusion, 7, 38, 108, 115, 124, 142, 170
Consummation, 94, 97
Contentious Receivers, 114, 117, 131, 142, etc.;
Rulers, 175;
Ministers, 142, 149, etc.
Counterfeit spirit, 32, 141-148, 150, 151, 169-175
Course: of the sun, 2;
of the Æons, 18, 19;
of the Rulers, 16;
(path) of the Destiny and Sphere, 19
Crown of Light, 57, 69
Darkness: Outer, 154, etc.;
Ruler of, 52;
Demons and Receivers of, 191;
Punishments of, 163
David, 27, etc.
Deacons of the Middle, 7, 97, 108
Defence, 114, 117, 118, 121, 122, 124, 139, 146, 147, 148, 172
Dekans, 1, 15, 170, 181;
of the Rulers, 7 A.D., 32;
origin of, 107
Demon: in matter, 32;
plural, 38;
in air, 53;
emanation, 68;
reason of their origin, 106;
can be cured, 140;
under arch-demon, 183;
under Ariuth, 185;
with face of horse, 194;
of Ialtabaoth, 129;
of outer Darkness, 191
Demonic, 69, 72, 85
Despoiling, 110-113
Destiny, 9, 11, 13, 15, 16, 21, 93, 134, 142, 176;
house of arrays of, gates of, 11;
pole of, 165;
plural, 178;
of sphere, 181
Disciples (women), 180;
men, 1, etc.
Dove, 1, 64, 188
Dragon, 68, 130, 136, 153, 160-4, 166-8;
of sun and moon, 181;
face of, 196
Effluence of Light, 58, 64, etc., 74, 86, 118, 119, 165
Eight-form (figure), 15, 16, 19
Elisabet, 6, 61
Emanations of Self-willed Triple power, 23, etc.;
of the Invisible, 1, 22, etc.;
of the Treasury, 1, 9;
of the Light, 60, 114
Enokh, 123, 178
Esaias the prophet, 14
Ethiopian, 185
Fate (Moira), 141, 142, 144, 147, 170, 176
Father, 83, 180, 188, 189;
all places of my, 30;
kingdom of my, 30, 190;
of every kingdom, 190;
of every fatherhood, 180;
of the Treasury of the Light, 180
Firmament, 9, 10, 106, 124, 159
Forefather, 9, 12, 92, 107, 115
Forgetfulness, Cup of, 169, 193, 196
Free-gift, 120, 131, 152, 153, 156, 166, 178
Gabriel, 6;
and Michael, 64, 70, 73
Gnashing, of teeth, 130, 136, 159
God: only of the truth inaccessible, 121;
Gods of the Æons, 11, 48;
the Gods, 38, 100, 115, 124, 184;
the Self-willed, 49
Heavens, the, 4, 92;
all, 9, 181;
Kingdom of, 13, 131;
Mystery of kingdom of, 189;
key, etc. of, 176
Height, 5, 23;
Rulers of, 6;
Angel of, 161;
Inheritance of, 17;
Knowledge of, 91;
Fire of (lightning), 106;
Greatnesses of, 179;
H. of the, 179;
Light of, 22;
Mysteries of, 61;
Spaces of, 64;
Gate of, 84
Hekate, 186
Helias, 6, 7, 179
Helper, 7, 96, 99, 115, 122, 170;
the lesser, 99;
the fifteen, 97;
the five, 1, 2, 100
Hermes, the, 182;
Tarpetanuph, 182
Holy: of all who are holy, 191;
son of the, 199
Iabraoth, 179, 181
Iak(k)obos, 47, 48, 70, 86, 180
Iakhthanabas, 187;
place of, 132
Iald(t)abaoth, 24, 129, 194
Ialouham, 194, 195, 196
Iao, the great, 97, 187;
the little, 6
Ieou, 13, 17, 96, 141, 161, 167, 181, 183, 184
Influences, 13, etc.
Inheritance of Light, 98, etc.;
of the Height, 17;
places of, 40, 94, 99;
to inherit, 59, etc.
Invoke, 12
Iohannes, disciple, 33, 63, 101, 132, 198;
virgin, 34, 116;
baptist, 6, 61, 177, 179
Ioseph, 59, 60
Jesus: the merciful, etc., 4, 13;
commandments of, 191;
vesture of, 5;
material body of, 7, etc., 188;
mysteries of, 48;
kingdom of, 94;
eleven years of, 1
Kalapatauroth, 178
Kharmon, 193
Kh(B)ainkhoookh, 182
King, 147, 156
Knowledge, 38, 94, 128, 170, 177, 179, 183;
Tree of the, 178;
of all knowledges, 8;
of the Height, 91;
of the Ineffable, 109, etc.
Kronos, 182, 198, 199;
Orimuth, 182
Land of the Light, 93, 94, 103, 176
Law of Moyses, 171, 172;
prophecy of Moyses, 36
Leader, 9
Legate, πρεσβυτής, 9, 161, 167, 184
Lion face, 23, 42, 50, 54, 68, 83
Lords of the Æons, 1, 11, 21, 38, 107, 115
Magic, 13, 15
Magdalene, 91, 94, 99, 101, 108, 116, 118, 122, 161, 171
Marks, 1, 2, 9;
of light, 110
Martha, 31, 55, 81, 87
Maskelli (Zarazaz), 187
Math(th)aios, 35, 43, 44, 78, 80
Matter: singular and plural, 26;
origin of all, 124;
purified by Mysteries, 125;
material æons, 32;
haab, coptic word for, 38;
material darkness, 77;
material soul, 20
Melkhisedek, 17-19, 96, 146, 164, 169;
Zorokothora M., 184
Members, 8, 77, 79, 112, 114, 121, 127
Middle, the, 115;
Iao of the, 6;
Deacons in the, 7;
place of, 93;
Captain of, 97;
Angels of, 97;
near the Virgin, 164;
Road, of the, 131, 181, 183, 193-5
Minister, 38, 107, 142, 149
Moon, 2, 3, 18;
disk of, 170, 171, 181
Mother of Jesus, 7, 57, 59, 62
Most profound (ones) (hyperbathroi), 111
Mystery: the first which looketh inward, 63, etc.;
the first which looketh outward, 63, etc., 88;
the 24 of second space of the first, 1, 3, 102;
the Ineffable, 103;
the knowledge of, 108;
the types and figures of, 113, 119;
higher and lower, 101;
twin Mysteries of the only one, 111
Name of Rulers of Chambers of punishment, 160;
glory of, 9;
mystery of, 22, 35, 53;
in the great, 188
Oblation, 189
Outward and Inward, 5, 8, 38, 49, 94, 179
Overseer, 13, 17, 96, 161
Parable, 5, etc.
Paraplex, 183, 184, 185
Paradise, 123, 178
Partner, 22, 24, 25, 32, 35, 43, 46, 107
Paulos, 147
Peresphone, 194
Petros, 29, 30, 49, 65, 67, 80, 156, 195
Philippos, 16, 35, 36, 37, 89, 91, 180
Pistis Sophia, the: first mention of, 22;
fall of, 23;
soul of, 32;
mind of, 43;
Second attack upon, 85;
Hymn 1, 86;
Hymn 2, 87;
Hymn 3, 88;
two powers of Light sent to, 58, 82;
daughter of Barbelos, 182;
Repentances, 1, 24; 2, 28; 3, 30; 4, 31; 5, 34; 6, 37; 7, 39; 8, 42;
9, 45; 10, 49; 11, 50; 12, 51; 13, 54
Places mentioned: Galilaia, 189;
Egypt, 14;
Mountain of the Olives, 2, 5, 7, 85;
Ocean, 180;
Kedar, 50
Pleroma, 2, 38, 94, 183
Precept, First, 1, 2, 7, 10, 13, 23, 98, 101, 110, 170
Punishments, 193, etc.
Purgation (dregs), 19, 125, 169
Renunciation, 128-130
Righteousness, Æons of, 132;
Height of, 99;
Place of, 26, 46, etc.
Right and Left, 13, 15, 16;
places of the Left, 64, 146, 184;
place of the Right, 14, 64, 93, 124, 146, 185;
name of those, etc., 9
Rose (Jesus), 1, 180
Rulers, 1;
of the world, 6;
of the Height, 6;
of the Æons, 6, 11, 13, 17, 24, 43, 82;
of the Sphere, 6, 18, 89, 106;
of the Destiny, 15, 17, 18, 93, 139, 142, 144, 165, 168, 173, 175,
191;
binding of the, 16, 142, 181;
the Tyrants of the R. of the twelve Æons, 19;
of the Middle, 143, 145, 173, 193;
a R. of face of Lion, 24;
of the twelve Æons, 23, 39;
of the outer Darkness, 52, 129, 160, 167, 196;
of the six Æons, 63;
of the Chaoses, 88;
R. who will repent, 98;
Material body of the R., 101, 139;
Places of, 114, 152;
Matter of, 117;
judgments of the, 150;
sweat, tears of the, 169;
five great R., 171;
Ministers of the, 174;
the R. who is over Ghemmont, 178;
over the twelve chambers, 160, 161
Sabaoth, the great, 7, 14, 63, 96, 108, 146, 185;
the little, 63, 182, 185, 186, 187, 198
Salome, 51, 56, 171, 194
Samaritan Woman, 189;
Spear thrust, 189
Saviour (Jesus), 2, 4, 13, etc.;
the twelve, 2, 6, 95, 115;
the places of, 118;
the arrays of, 44, 118;
saying of, 177
Self-willed, the, 22, 23, 26, 51, 64, 66, 68, 83, 107
Service, 4, 5, 10, 16, 19
Sign, 190
Simon, 180
Spaces: Three, 127, 152;
Three of First M., 92, 102, 103;
1st Sp. of the Ineffable, 9, 92, 102, 123;
2nd Sp. of the Ineffable, 110, 123, 134
Sphere: Æons of, 6, 198;
the first, 10;
houses of, 10;
Ministers of, 18;
the second, 11
Spirit, 30, 41, 188, 189, 191;
of perception, 31;
of Jesus, 27;
of disciples, 29, 105
Star: Luminaries (phoster), planets, 1, 12, 21, 106, 107, 115, 177;
Sparks (spinther), fixed stars, 21, 107;
stars (aster), 177
Sun, 2, 5, 8, 18, 94, 132, 143, 168, 171, 181
Thomas, 35, 40, 74, 77, 180, 196
Three-corners, etc., 15, 16
Three Times, 83, 84
Ticket, 123, 183, 189
Tobe (month), 2, 3
Tree: the five, 2, 9, 95, 108, 115;
the first, the second, the third, 95;
the fourth, the fifth, 96
Triple-powered, 1, 9, 12, 52, 107, 115;
(Gods), 191;
(the two), 22
Triple spirit, 111, 112;
pre-triple Spirit, 113;
hyper-triple spirit, 113
Truth, 76;
beginning of, 5, 8;
way of, 61;
word of, 119
Typhon (assessor), 186, 187
Tyrant, 12;
Gods, 38, 115, 146;
see under Adamas
Universe, the (the all), 2, 5, 18, 44, 91, 97, 109, 115, 117, 123, 127,
128, 131, 132, 140, 141, 159, 166, 170, 178, 180;
Head of the, 1, 2;
Lord of the, 10, 11, 21;
Door of the, 166;
Distribution of, 97, etc.
Unrevealed αμυνατοι, 110
Veil, 1, etc.
Virgin of the Light, 6, 57, 97, 120, 143, 164, 179, 194;
Virgins of the Light, 108, 146, 164, 167
West, 181
Zeus, 182, 198, 199
Zodiac: the signs of, 185-7
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