The Gnostic Bible: Gnostic Texts of Mystical Wisdom form the Ancient and Medieval Worlds

132 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM Jesus left his body to Edem by the tree and ascended to the Good. He said to her, "Woman, here ...

LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM When the prophets say, "Hear, heaven, and listen, earth, the lord has spoken,"^38 the spirit of Elo ...

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Sethian Literature 4 The Secret Book of John P I ^ I he Secret Book (or Apocryphon) of John is a classic work of I Sethian gnost ...

136 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM the problem of evil and vindicated the goodness of god by interpreting the opening chapters of ...

LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM 137 Geradamas ("Adam the stranger"), the heavenly human Seth, heavenly son of Geradamas, whose offs ...

138 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM THE SECRET BOOK OF JOHN 5 The teaching of the savior, and the revelation of the mysteries and t ...

LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM 139 saw within the light a child standing by me. As I was staring, it seemed to be an elderly perso ...

140 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM invisible, since nothing has seen it, eternal, since it exists eternally, unutterable, since no ...

TERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM 141 BARBELO APPEARS Now, this father is the One who beholds himself in the light surrounding him, whi ...

142 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM Barbelo asked the invisible virgin spirit to give her, foreknowledge, and the spirit consented. ...

LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM 143 father, the pure light.^23 The invisible virgin spirit rejoiced over the light that was produce ...

144 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM THE FOUR LUMINARIES Now, from the light, which is the anointed, and from incorruptibility, by t ...

LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM 145 love, idea. The fourth eternal realm has been set up for the fourth luminary, Eleleth. There ar ...

14 6 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM In the fourth eternal realm were stationed the souls of those who were ig- norant of the fulln ...

LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM 147 and created for himself other realms with luminous fire, which still exists. He mated with the ...

148 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM The first is Athoth and has the face of sheep. The second is Eloaios and has the face of a donk ...

LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM 149 When he saw creation surrounding him, and the throng of angels around him who had come forth fr ...

150 LITERATURE OF GNOSTIC WISDOM THE HUMAN APPEARS A voice called from the exalted heavenly realm, The human exists and the huma ...

LITERATURE OP GNOSTIC WISDOM 151 The powers began to create: The first one, goodness, created a soul of bone. The second, foreth ...