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

(^820) GLOSSARY
in the Reality of the Rulers, and one of the aeons in the Valentinian pleroma. See
AFTERTHOUGHT.
Zohar Sefer ha-Zohar, "Book of Splendor," Jewish mystical text of Kabbalah.
Zoroaster Prophet of Zoroastrianism, referred to in the Secret Book of John and other
gnostic texts. In Manichaean texts Zoroaster is said to be a Manichaean prophet.
Zostrianos Traditional grandfather or uncle of Zoroaster. Referred to in the text titled
Zostrianos.
Zurvan God of infinite time in Zoroastrianism, sometimes identified with the father of
greatness in Manichaean sources. See AEON.