,transcriber's note3 in the ,latin#a    
version of this etext1 ,greek characters
 have been transliterated4  ,in the     
,,utf#h version1 the actual characters  
have been used4  ,in the ,,html version1
 ,,html entities have been used4        
,frontispiece3 ,,the ,,gn,,stic ,,cross 
7,codex ,brucianus7      ,,the ,,gn,,sis
 ,,of ,,the ,,light     ,a ,translation 
of the ,untitled ,apocalypse   contained
 in the ,codex ,brucianus   with        
,introduction and ,notes     ,,by  ,rev4
 ,f4 ,,lamplugh1 ,b4,a4 7,cantab47      
,london  ,john ,m4 ,watkins  #ba ,cecil 
,court1 ,charing ,cross ,road1 ,w4,c4#b 
#aiah     ,i have loved you1 and have   
longed to give you ,life4  ,blessed is  
he who crucifieth the ,world and hath   
not suffered the ,world to crucify him4 
,blessed is the man who knoweth these   
things1 who hath brought ,heaven down   
upon ,earth and hath taken ,earth and   
hath lifted it up unto ,heaven1 and hath
 so wrought that the ,midst is a        
,nothing4                ,the ,book of  

the ,gnoses of the                      
,invisible ,god4     ,,contents         
,introduction  ,the ,gnsis of the ,light
  ,notes     ,,introduction  ,this      
translation of the ancient ,gnstic work1
 called by ,schmidt1 the ,untitled      
,apocalypse1 is based chiefly on        
,amlineau's ,french version of the      
superior ,,ms4 of the ,codex ,brucianus1
 now in the ,bodleian ,library1 ,oxford4
  ,in making the rendering ,i have      
studied the context carefully1 and have 
not neglected the ,greek words          
interspersed with the ,coptic2 also ,i  
have availed myself of ,mr ,mead's      
translation of certain important        
passages from ,schmidt's edition1 for   
purposes of comparison4 ,anything that  
,i have added to bring out the meaning  
of the ,gnstic author now and again1 ,i 
have enclosed in brackets4  ,such       
suggestions have always arisen from the 
text4  ,i fancy my ,english version will
 be found to give a reasonably accurate 
idea of the contents of one of the most 

abstruse symbolical works in the world4 
,the notes that ,i have added are not   
intended to be final or exhaustive1 but 
to give the general reader some guidance
 towards understanding the intensely    
interesting topics with which the       
powerful mind of the ancient mystical   
writer was preoccupied4  ,i have        
endeavoured to show myself a sympathetic
 ,hierophant or expounder of some of the
 mysteries1 not without study of the    
,gnsis1 both of the ,christianised and  
purely ,hellenistic type1 for the key to
 the understanding of symbolism is only 
given into the hands of sympathy4  ,the 
,codex ,brucianus was brought to        
,england from ,upper ,egypt1 by the     
famous traveller ,bruce1 in #agfi1 and  
bequeathed by him to the care of the    
,bodleian ,library1 ,oxford4  ,it       
contains several ,gnstic works          
translated into the ,upper ,egyptian    
dialect from the ,greek1 and probably is
 as old as the sixth century ,a4,d4     
,the ,greek originals were of course    

much older1 that is to say1 the ,,mss4  
to which the codex ultimately goes back 
were much older4  ,we are only concerned
 with one of them here1 the so-called   
,untitled ,apocalypse1 which is markedly
 distinct from the others in character  
and style4  ,schmidt dates it well in   
the second century ,a4,d41 and with this
 estimate ,i am inclined to agree4  ,it 
shows1 as ,i have endeavoured to make   
clear in the notes1 marked affinities in
 some respects to the ,gospel of ,mary  
7,codex ,akhmim71 which we know to have 
been in existence before #ahj ,a4,d41   
and its philosophical basis is the      
,platonism of ,alexandria4  ,if it is by
 one writer1 ,i think it may be dated   
from #afj or #agj ,a4,d4-#bjj ,a4,d41   
and belongs to the period of ,basilides 
and ,valentinus4  ,before venturing upon
 any discussion of the authorship and   
contents of our document1 it would be as
 well to say a few words as to the      
meaning of that much misunderstood      
technical term ,gnsis in ,hellenistic   

and early ,christian theology4  ,for a  
fuller exposition ,i would refer the    
reader to the admirable essay upon the  
subject by ,mr ,g4 ,r4 ,s4 ,mead in his 
volume ,quests ,old and ,new4  ,gnsis   
was not philosophy in the generally     
accepted sense of the term1 or even     
religio-philosophy4  ,it was immediate  
knowledge of ,god's mysteries received  
from direct intercourse with the        
,deity--mysteries which must remain     
hidden from the natural man1 a knowledge
 at the same time which exercises       
decided reaction on our relationship to 
,god and also on our nature or          
disposition 7,reitzenstein74  ,it was   
the power or gift of receiving and      
understanding revelation1 which finally 
culminated in the direct unveiled vision
 of ,god and the transformation of the  
whole man into spiritual being by       
contact with ,him4  ,the ground of the  
idea of ,gnsis does not seem to be very 
different from that of the later        
,mystical ,theology1 which originally   

meant the direct1 secret1 and           
incommunicable knowledge of ,god        
received in contemplation 7,dom ,john   
,chapman74  ,the revelation sought for  
was not so much a dogmatic revelation as
 a revelation of the processes of       
transmutation of ,rebirth1 of           
,apotheosis or ,deification4  ,its aim  
was dynamic rather than static4  ,but   
while the followers of the ,gnsis1 both 
,christian and ,hellenistic1 would have 
agreed that the direct knowledge of ,god
 is incommunicable to others1 they      
undoubtedly seem to have held that there
 were what may be described as          
intermediate or preparatory processes or
 energisings which could be             
communicated3 7#a7 by initiation into a 
holy community2 7#b7 by a duly qualified
 master2 7#c7 under the veils of symbols
 and sacraments4  ,the ,gnstic movement 
began long before the ,christian era    
7what its original historical impulse   
was we do not know71 and only one aspect
 of it1 and that from a strictly limited

 point of view1 has been treated by     
ecclesiastical historians4  ,recent     
investigations have challenged the      
traditional outlook and the traditional 
conclusions and the traditional facts4  
,with some to-day1 and with many more   
to-morrow1 the burning question is1 or  
will be--not how did a peculiarly silly 
and licentious heresy rise within the   
,church--but how did the ,church rise   
out of the great ,gnstic movement1 and  
how did the dynamic ideas of the ,gnsis 
become crystallised into ,dogmas8  ,i do
 not indicate a solution2 ,i do not     
express an opinion4  ,i call attention  
to a fact in the world of scholarship   
that will not be without its decided    
reaction upon the plain man4  ,but the  
study of the ancient ,gnsis1 and indeed 
of mysticism generally1 has left another
 suggestion that seems laden with       
limitless possibilities4  ,let us first 
go back to what ,i said as to the       
communication of certain processes1     
leavenings1 or energisings under a      

sacramental veil4  ,these processes were
 held to modify the nature of the person
 who submitted to them in a peculiar    
manner that was likened to the impress  
or character of a seal upon wax4  ,these
 seals or characters could not only be  
acquired through formal rites and by the
 laying on of the hands of a master1 but
 also1 ,i am disposed to believe1 by a  
certain mode of study--,i am developing 
the ,gnstic theory1 not stating one of  
my own--namely1 that of a highly        
symbolic literature4  ,the objection of 
the ,gnstic to a plain statement of     
facts would probably be somewhat as     
follows3 ,what you say is very good and 
true as far as it goes1 but it is       
',pistis1' not ,gnsis2 ,faith1 not      
,knowledge4  ,you desire to be a changed
 man4  ,pistis will change you to a     
certain extent4  ,i have nothing to say 
against it1 but it will not change you  
in the radical way that ,gnsis does4    
,if you went on to argue that your      
statement was reasonable and received   

admirable support from logic and        
philosophy1 he would probably reply3    
,philosophy of the kind you mention is  
excellent1 and forms a basis for ,gnsis 
which is not contrary to reason1 though 
it is above it4  ,gnsis is a rebirth by 
which you become a god1 and then you    
will have no need to find out things by 
talking and discursive reasoning1 for   
everything will be within yourself and  
you will know all things in a vital way1
 by an act of simple intuition in the   
end4  ',the wind bloweth where it       
listeth1 and thou hearest the sound     
thereof1 but canst not tell whence it   
cometh1 and whither it goeth2 so is     
every one that is born of the ,spirit4' 
,if you tie yourself down to logic1 you 
will not know the real things1 the      
',things that are1' by getting inside   
them4  ,your knowledge will be external1
 superficial4  ,gnsis1 you may be       
surprised to learn1 is not just         
'knowing1' it is light and 'life1'      
living and being as well4  ,this must   

not be taken as an attacking reason2 if 
you join our school you will have a     
stiff course of ,plato4  ,you ought to  
know the ',things that are' from the    
ordinary point of view1 from outside1   
before you approach them with the idea  
of getting inside them1 and so raising  
them up within yourself as far-shining  
lives4  ,afterwards you will study in a 
new manner that will seem madness to the
 common-sensed2 and a ,divine ,madness  
indeed it is1 for it will lead you to   
the secret of the ,cross4  ,hence the   
disciple was confronted in due time with
 a document that would not yield its    
secrets to dialectic1 a kind of ritual  
in words that initiated his intuition   
into self-knowledge4  ,intense devotion 
was needed1 imagination1 and will-power4
  ,the ,gnsis came gradually1 perhaps   
after the manuscript had been laid      
aside2 it was the effort towards a      
sympathetic understanding that mattered1
 that was rewarded with life and light  
from ,god4  ,the mere success of the    

logical mind in unravelling a puzzle was
 as nothing1 for the readings of these  
monstrous1 many-faceted stars of        
symbolism were infinite4  ,that the     
intuition should enter into self        
awareness as into a sacred place of the 
mysteries--that was a process of the    
,gnsis4  ,now this strange way of       
teaching1 which was really a ,cloud of  
,unknowing1 was the real basis and      
point1 as it were1 of the ,alexandrine  
method of interpreting ,scripture4      
,think of ,philo and what he says of the
 teaching of his ,gnstic ,therapeuts4   
,think of ,clement1 and of ,origen with 
his ,eternal ,gospel4  ,this quickening 
of the intuition into knowledge of      
itself and ,god1 through allegory and   
symbol based on philosophy1 was the     
,everlasting ,gospel4  ,so ,gnstic      
documents were not merely intended to   
puzzle the outsider1 but the insider as 
well4  ,this fact will enable us to     
appreciate better ,basilides' famous    
remark about the one or two only who    

could understand his system4  ,his frame
 of mind was a little like that of a    
university examiner after setting a     
paper4  ,we need not think that these   
people were altogether destitute of     
humour4  ,it would be a gross           
exaggeration1 of course1 to say that all
 the ,gnstic systems described in       
,irenaeus and ,hippolytus might have    
been devised by the same man1 but it    
would be a useful exaggeration1         
illustrating the extreme anti-literalist
 point of view4  ,our knowledge of the  
schools rests for the most part on      
reports made upon documents such as     
these1 the purport of which was entirely
 missed by those that made them4  ,they 
treated ,gnsis as if it were another    
kind of ,pistis1 or another system of   
philosophy4  ,one doubts very much the  
correctness of the traditional          
classification of schools1 which was    
made by people who were not in very     
close touch with them4  ,one doubts if  
there was much hostility between these  

schools1 however much their symbolism   
may appear to differ on the surface4    
,what was the result of these processes 
initiated or started by sacramental     
rites1 by symbolism1 by masters of      
,gnsis8  ,was the result something      
purely subjective at best8  ,the answer 
of the ,masters of the ,gnsis to this   
question1 which is characteristic of the
 modern mind and expresses the doubt    
which is gnawing at the heart of much   
modern religious life1 would have been  
,no4  ,there are certain physical       
changes as well4  ,the body is          
spiritualised4  ,they might possibly    
have added1 ,it is assumed1 in part at  
least1 by the ,body of ,stars#a which   
has been awakened within it4  ,this is  
the ,body by means of which ,union with 
,god takes place1 and then still more   
wonderful changes happen4  ,we can      
awaken the ,body of ,stars or ,rays1 but
 to unite it with ,himself1 that depends
 upon the ,will of ,god above1 but all  
is a mystery of ,grace4  ,this awakening

 of the ,body of ,stars1 this           
assumption1 or partial assumption1 by   
immortality of the inner flesh1 is the  
interesting possibility to which ,i     
referred earlier4  ,let me here quote   
two ,catholic writers4  ,says ,dllinger 
7,first ,age1 p4 #bce1 quoting ,rom4    
vii4 #bb1 #a ,cor4 vi4 #ad1 ,eph4 iii4  
#af and #cj1 in support71 ,saint ,paul  
not only divides man into body and      
spirit1 but distinguishes in the bodily 
nature1 the gross1 visible1 bodily frame
 and a hidden1 inner 'spiritual' body   
not subject to limits of space or       
cognisable by the senses2 this last1    
which shall hereafter be raised1 is     
alone fit for and capable of organic    
union with the glorified body of        
,christ1 of substantial incorporation   
with it4  ,dom ,john ,chapman1          
,o4,s4,b41 in his excellent article on  
,catholic ,mysticism in ,hastings'      
,encyclopaedia of ,religion and ,ethics1
 vol4 ix41 writes3 ,it is not to be     
denied that this psycho-physical side   

demands scientific investigation4  ,it  
seems certain that ,st ,john of the     
,cross is justified in his view that the
 body is somehow 'spiritualised' by     
contemplation4  ,such facts as the power
 of saints over the animal world and the
 power of reading thoughts1 e4g41 are   
proved beyond cavil4  ,here1 then1 we   
have a consistent tradition held by many
 schools1 and ,i think that it is by    
investigation along the lines suggested 
by ,dom ,john ,chapman that there is the
 greatest chance of arriving at some    
proof of immortality that will satisfy  
the scientific mind4  ,for the claim of 
mystics is that here and now it is      
possible to participate consciously in  
that which is immortal1 and the         
spiritualising of the body is an outward
 sign of the substantiality of that     
claim1 the standard set up upon a hill  
to testify that the human consciousness 
is not planetary merely1 not hylic1 nor 
psychic1 but has its root in the wisdom 
that issues from an inconceivable ,abyss

 of ,life and ,light4  ,i believe that  
the original source of the document ,i  
have translated belonged to an ,egyptian
 community or school of contemplation   
whose name has been forgotten in the    
night of time2 that it was connected    
with the preparation of a candidate for 
the ,baptism of ,light4  ,what form this
 rite really took it is impossible to   
say1 but that it had outward signs of   
some kind is extremely probable4  ,we   
have an old ,gnstic ritual preserved in 
the compilation generally known as the  
,acts of ,john4 ,perhaps this may give  
us some idea of the sort of ceremony    
that was worked4  ,i fancy there was an 
,eucharistic side1 and that the ,baptism
 of ,light was connected with the mystic
 crucifixion alluded to so often in the 
notes4  ,possibly in the midst of the   
sacred dance1 at the breaking of the    
,bread1 there was a certain laying on of
 hands by an adept ,master1 one who had 
himself attained to the autoptic vision1
 and then the candidate was left alone  

to immerse himself in the ,dark ,ray of 
the ,divine ,mind4  ,i think also that  
the original ,,ms4 was based upon the   
work of one ,master1 whose name1 like   
that of the order to which he belonged1 
is lost in the night of time1 but that  
it also contains amplifications and     
additions by at least one later hand4   
,it will thus represent the mind of a   
grade of teaching1 and possibly contains
 material dating back to the period of  
the ,therapeutae that ,philo knew4  ,in 
other words1 the community may have been
 an old one before it was               
,christianised4  ,in any case1 it       
remains the record of a stupendous      
spiritual adventure1 the attempt to     
produce a race of ,divinised men1 that  
is not without the splendour of tragedy1
 for at some time1 like the ,holy ,cup  
of ,legend1 the presence of ,masterhood 
departed1 and the external house fell   
into ruin and its place knew it no more4
  ,perhaps1 in the desire to propagate1 
it admitted unworthy candidates2 perhaps

 it turned to the by-ways of magic in an
 attempt to arrest the external course  
of nature and to defy necessity2 perhaps
 there came a day when none could       
understand the inner meaning of the high
 and far-shining mysteries1 and so      
amidst party strife the building word   
was lost4  ,many a man1 no doubt1 who   
called himself a ,gnstic was but a sorry
 rogue2 many another was but a student  
of the letter1 not of the life2 many    
another was but a spiritual             
swashbuckler1 pompous in his demeanour  
and cryptic in his utterance2 some1 led 
by an abhorrent fantasy1 may have       
wandered along the path that goes to the
 ,venus-berg and have striven to lisp a 
formula that would transform the earth  
into ,gehenna rather than into ,heaven4 
,but1 beside this mass of imposture1 of 
folly1 of elegant idleness and of       
corruption1 the  rebours of a spiritual 
outpouring1 there was a real mysticism  
that could present the ,authentic       
,spectacle and could utter comfortable  

words in tongues not of this world      
utterly4 ,there was a ,gnsis that strove
 to give the ,peace of ,god to those    
within and to those without1 because in 
,peace all things were made1 that       
yearned to bring forth children1        
quickened fiery souls1 ons1 gods1 in    
bodies of light for the love of ,god2   
that saw in all things ,grace1 the      
,sponsa ,dei1 the ,mother most pure and 
immaculate4  ,no creature was ever      
wronged of ,thee1 no spark ever         
quenched1 no hope defrauded and hurled  
eternally from the sky with shattered   
wings by ,thee4  ,such is the fair      
,faith that chanted its prayer beneath a
 heaven set with such strange galaxies1 
and whispers to us now through the      
disremembered symbols of a forgotten    
book4  ,it is pleasant1 in these days of
 strife1 to be able to quote ,dr        
,schmidt's appreciation of the ,untitled
 ,apocalypse with a cordial agreement3  
,what a different world1 on the         
contrary1 meets us in our thirty-one    

leaves6  ,we find ourselves in the pure 
spheres of the highest ,plrma2 we see1  
step by step1 this world1 so rich in    
heavenly beings1 coming into existence  
before our eyes2 each individual space  
with all its inmates is minutely        
described1 so that we can form for      
ourselves a living picture of the glory 
and splendour of this ,gnstic heaven4   
,the speculations are not so confused   
and fantastic as those of the ,pistis   
,sophia and our two ,books of ,jeu4444  
,the author is imbued with the ,greek   
spirit1 equipped with a full knowledge  
of ,greek philosophy1 full of the       
doctrine of the ,platonic ideas1 an     
adherent of ,plato's view of the origin 
of evil--that is to say1 ,hyle4444  ,we 
possess in these leaves a magnificently 
conceived work by an old ,gnstic        
philosopher1 and we stand astonished1   
marvelling at the boldness of the       
speculations1 dazzled by the richness of
 the thought1 touched by the depth of   
soul of the author4  ,this is not1 like 

the ,pistis ,sophia1 the product of     
declining ,gnsticism1 but dates from a  
period when ,gnstic genius1 like a      
mighty eagle1 left the world behind it  
and soared in wide and ever wider       
circles towards pure light1 towards pure
 knowledge1 in which it lost itself in  
ecstasy4  ,in one word1 we possess in   
this ,gnstic work1 as regards age and   
contents1 a work of the very highest    
importance1 which takes us into a period
 of ,gnsticism1 and therefore of        
,christianity1 of which very little     
knowledge has been handed down to us4   
,finally1 ,i wish to acknowledge my     
indebtedness to the scholarship of ,mr  
,g4 ,r4 ,s4 ,mead1 whose labours in the 
field of ,hellenistic ,theology have to 
my mind received insufficient           
recognition1 and whose admirable        
translations ,i have often used in the  
notes4    #a ,not to be confused with   
the astral body of modern theosophy4    
,the ,gnsis of the ,light  #a,this is   
the ,father of all ,fathers1 the ,god of

 all 444 ,gods1 ,lord of all ,lords1    
,sonship of all ,sons1 ,saviour of all  
,saviours1 ,invisible of all            
,invisibles1 ,infinity of all           
,infinities1 ,uncontainable of all      
,uncontainables1 ,beyond-the-,deep of   
all ,beyond-the-,deeps1 ,space of all   
,spaces4  ,this is the ,spiritual ,mind 
which existed before all ,spiritual     
,minds1 the ,holy ,place comprehending  
all ,holy ,places1 the ,good            
comprehending all ,goods4  ,this is the 
,seed of all good things4  ,it is ,he   
who has brought them all forth1 this    
,autophues or ,being who has produced   
,himself1 who existed before all the    
beings of the ,plrma which ,he ,himself 
has brought forth1 ,who is in all time4 
,this is that ,ingenerable and ,eternal 
,one who has no name and who has all    
names2 who was the first to know those  
of the ,universe1 who has looked upon   
those of the ,universe1 who has heard   
those of the ,universe4  ,he is mightier
 than all might1 upon whose             

incomprehensible ,face no one is able to
 gaze4  ,beyond all mind does ,he exist 
in ,his own ,form1 ,solitary and        
,unknowable4  ,the ,universal ,mystery  
is ,he1 the ,universal ,wisdom1 of all  
things the ,beginning4  ,in ,him are all
 ,lights1 all ,life1 and all ,repose4   
,he is the ,beatitude of which all in   
the ,universe are in need1 for that they
 might receive ,him they are4  ,all     
beings of the ,universe does ,he behold 
within ,himself1 that ,one              
,uncontainable1 who parts those of the  
,universe and receives them all into    
,himself4  ,without ,him is nothing1 for
 all the worlds exist in ,him1 and ,he  
is the boundary of them all4 ,all of    
them has ,he enclosed1 for in ,him is   
all4  ,no ,space is there without ,him1 
nor any ,intelligence2 for without that 
,only ,one there exists nothing4  ,the  
,eternities 7ons7 contemplate ,his      
incomprehensibility which is within them
 all1 but understand it not4 ,they      
wonder at it because ,he limits them    

all4  ,they strive towards the ,city in 
which is their ,image4  ,in this ,city  
7#a7 it is that they move and live and  
have their true being2 for it is the    
,house of the ,father1 the ,robe of the 
,son1 and the ,power of the ,mother1 the
 ,image of the ,plrma4  ,he is the      
,first ,father of all things1 the ,first
 ,eternal1 the ,king of those that ,none
 can ,touch2 ,he in whom all things lose
 themselves1 ,he who has given all      
things form within ,himself2 the ,space 
which has grown from ,itself1 ,he who is
 born of ,himself1 the ,abyss of all    
being1 the ,great and ,true ,one who is 
in the ,deep2 ,he in whom the           
,fullnesses 7,plrmata7 did come1 and    
even they are silent before ,him4 ,they 
have not named ,him1 because ,unnamable 
and beyond thought is ,he1 that ,first  
,fount whose ,eternity stretches through
 all ,spaces1 that ,first ,tone 7#b7    
whereby all things hearken and          
understand4  ,he it is whose limbs make 
a myriad1 myriad ,powers1 and every     

,power is a being in itself4  ,the      
,second ,space is that which is called  
,creator1 ,father1 ,word1 ,source1      
,mind1 ,man1 ,eternal1 ,infinite4  ,he  
is the ,pillar1 the ,overseer1 the      
,father of all4  ,he it is upon whose   
,head the ons form a crown1 darting     
forth their rays4  ,the ,fullness of    
,his ,countenance is unknown to the     
external worlds who seek ,his ,face1 for
 evermore yearning to know ,it2 for unto
 them ,his ,word has run forth and to   
behold ,it is their desire4 ,the ,light 
of ,his ,eyes pierces to the spaces of  
the external ,plrma and the ,word goes  
forth from ,his ,mouth to those who     
dwell in ,heaven and to those who dwell 
beneath it4  ,the hairs of ,his ,head   
are the number of the ,hidden ,worlds1  
and the ,features of ,his ,face are the 
type of the ,eternities2 the hairs of   
,his ,beard are the number of the       
,external ,worlds4  ,the stretching out 
of ,his ,hands is the manifestation of  
the ,cross 7#c74  ,the strain of the    

,cross is the ,ennead1 the ,ninefold    
,being4 ,he who springs up 8 or is      
nailed to the right and to the left of  
the ,cross is the ,man whom no man can  
comprehend4  ,he is the ,father1 the    
,fount whence ,silence wells1 ,he for   
whom the ,quest is everywhere4  ,the    
,father is ,he from whom went forth the 
,monad and the ,spark of ,light1 and    
before this all the ,worlds were dark   
nothings4  ,for it is that ,spark of    
,light which has placed all things in   
the rays of ,its ,splendour1 so they    
have received ,knowledge ,gnsis1 ,life1 
,hope1 ,peace1 ,faith1 ,love and        
,resurrection1 the ,second ,birth and   
the ,seal4  ,now these things are the   
,ennead1 the ,ninefold ,being1 which has
 come forth from the ,father without    
beginning1 who alone has been ,his own  
,father and ,his own ,mother1 whose     
,plrma surrounds the twelve 7#d7 ,deeps4
  ,the ,first ,deep is the ,universal   
,fount1 from whom all fountains have    
gone forth4  ,the ,second ,deep is the  

,universal ,wisdom1 from whom all       
wisdoms have gone forth4  ,the ,third   
,deep is the ,universal ,mystery1 from  
whom all mysteries have gone forth4     
,the ,fourth ,deep is the ,universal    
,gnsis1 from whom all ,gnses have gone  
forth4  ,the ,fifth ,deep is the        
,universal ,purity1 from whom all purity
 has gone forth4  ,the ,sixth ,deep is  
the ,silence that contains all silences4
  ,the ,seventh ,deep is the ,universal 
,super-essential ,essence1 from whom all
 essences have gone forth4  ,the ,eighth
 ,deep is the ,forefather from whom and 
by whom all forefathers exist4  ,the    
,ninth ,deep is the ,all-,father1       
,self-,father1 in whom is the           
,all-,paternity of those who are        
,self-,fathers of the all4  ,the ,tenth 
,deep is the ,all-,power1 from whom all 
powers have gone forth4  ,the ,eleventh 
,deep is that in which there is the     
,first ,invisible1 from whom have gone  
forth all invisibles4  ,the ,twelfth    
,deep is the ,truth1 from whence all    

truths have sped forth4  ,now the ,truth
 7#e7 which envelops all things is the  
,image of the ,father1 the ,end of all  
things4  ,she is the ,mother of all     
,eternities1 who surrounds all ,deeps1  
the ,monad beyond knowledge who cannot  
be known1 without seal-mark and having  
all seal-marks within1 blessed for ever 
and ever4  ,to the ,father ,ineffable1  
,inconceivable1 ,unthinkable1           
,unchangeable1 all things have been made
 like in their being4  ,they rejoiced   
and have been filled with life-giving   
powers4  ,they engendered myriads and   
myriads and myriads of ons1 and in ,joy1
 because they rejoiced with the ,father 
7#f74  ,these are the worlds from which 
the ,cross upsprang1 and from their     
incorporeal limbs the ,man has come     
forth4  ,it is the ,father and ,fount of
 all being who has produced the limbs4  
,now from the ,father are all names     
7#g71 whether ,ineffable ,one1 or       
,incorruptible ,one1 or ,invisible ,one1
 or ,simple ,one1 or ,solitary ,one1 or 

,powerful ,one1 or ,triple-powered ,one1
 or the names that in ,silence alone are
 named4  ,in the ,father are they all1  
and ,he it is whom the ,outer ,worlds   
behold as men behold the starry sky at  
night4  ,even as men so gazing into the 
night desire to see the ,sun1 so do the 
,outer ,worlds desire to see ,him       
because of the very ,invisibility which 
surrounds ,him4 ,he it is who to the ons
 gives life perpetually1 and by ,his    
,word hath the ,indivisible 444 the     
,monad in order to know it4  ,for it is 
by ,his ,word that the ,holy ,plrma     
exists4  ,this is the ,father1 the      
,second ,creator1 by the breath of whose
 ,mouth ,providence 7,pronoia7 has been 
in travail of those who were not1 and it
 is by ,his ,will that they are4444     
,this is the ,father1 ,ineffable1       
,unspeakable1 ,beyond ,knowledge1       
,invisible1 ,immeasurable1 ,infinite4   
,he has produced those that are in ,him 
within ,himself4  ,the ,thought of ,his 
,greatness has ,he brought forth from   

non-being that ,he might make them to   
be4  ,incomprehensible is ,he in ,his   
limbs4  ,a ,space has ,he made for ,his 
limbs that they might dwell in ,him and 
know ,him for their ,sire4  ,from ,his  
,first ,thought 7#h7 has ,he made them  
come forth1 and she has become a ,space 
for them and given them being4444  ,in  
this wise has ,he created the ,temple of
 the ,plrma4  ,at the four gates of the 
,temple of the ,plrma are four ,monads1 
a ,monad at each gate1 and six          
,supporters at each gate1 in all four   
and twenty ,supporters1 and four and    
twenty myriads of powers at each gate1  
nine ,enneads at each gate1 ten ,decads 
at each gate1 twelve ,dodecads at each  
gate1 and five ,pentads of ,powers at   
each gate4  ,at each gate there is an   
,overseer of triple aspect having       
countenances ,ingenerable1 ,true1 and   
,ineffable4  ,of these faces one gazes  
upon the external ons without the gate2 
another beholds ,stheus1 and the third  
looks upward to the ,sonship contained  

in every ,monad4  ,there it is that     
,aphrdon is discovered with his twelve  
,holy ,ones and the ,forefather1 and in 
that ,space abides also ,adam1 the ,man 
of the ,light1 with his three hundred   
ons4  ,there also is the ,perfect ,mind4
  ,all these surround a ,basket 7#i7    
that knows no death4  ,the ,ineffable   
face of the ,overseer1 who is the       
,warden of the ,holy ,place1 gazes into 
the ,holy of ,holies upon the ,boundless
 ,one4  ,now this ,warden has faces     
twain4  ,one is disclosed from the side 
of the ,deep1 the other from the side of
 the ,overseer called the ,child 7or    
,servant74  ,for there is a ,deep within
 the ,holy of ,holies which is named    
,light 7#aj71 or ,he who gives the      
,light1 and in this ,abyss there is     
concealed an ,alone-begotten ,son4  ,he 
it is who manifests the ,three ,powers1 
who is mighty amongst all ,powers4      
,this 78 the ,holy of ,holies7 is the   
,indivisible ,one1 the atom--,body or   
,church that can never be divided1 in   

whom the ,all is discovered1 because all
 powers are hers4  ,he who is the       
,triple ,power has three faces1 an      
,aphrdonian face that is called ,aphrdon
 ,pxos1 in which is found a latent      
,only-begotten ,one4  ,when the 787     
,idea comes out of the ,deep1 ,aphrdon  
takes the ,thought to conduct her to the
 ,alone-begotten of ,alone-begottens1 to
 lead her to the ,child1 so that she may
 be brought to the ,space of the ,triple
 ,power for self-perfecting1 and be     
escorted in the ,space of the ,five     
,ingenerables4  ,there is also another  
,space called the ,deep1 where there are
 three ,paternities4  ,in the first     
thereof is ,kalupt1 the ,hidden ,god4   
,in the ,second ,paternity there are    
,five ,trees1 and in the midst of them  
an altar4  ,an ,alone-begotten ,word    
stands upon the altar1 having the twelve
 countenances of the ,mind of all       
things1 and before him are the prayers  
of all beings placed4  ,the ,universe   
rejoices over him because he has        

manifested himself4  ,he it is that the 
,invisible ,world has struggled to know1
 and it is on his account that the ,man 
has appeared4  ,in the ,third ,paternity
 is ,silence and the ,fount which twelve
 ,anointed ,ones contemplate1 beholding 
themselves therein4  ,in him are also   
found ,love and the ,universal ,mind and
 furthermore the ,universal ,mother from
 whom has gone forth that ,ennead whose 
names are ,prtia1 ,pantia1 ,pangenia1   
,loxophania1 ,loxogenia1 ,loxokrateia1  
,lia1 and ,ioul4  ,she is the ,first    
,beyond ,knowledge1 the ,mother of the  
,ennead1 who completes a ,decad1 come   
forth from the ,monad of the            
,unknowable4  ,following there is       
another ,space1 more stretched out1     
where is hidden a great treasure which  
the ,universe surrounds4  ,this ,space  
is the ,immeasurable ,deep where is an  
altar whereon three ,powers are         
gathered3 a ,solitary being1 an         
,unknowable being1 and an ,infinite     
being1 in the midst of whom is revealed 

a ,sonship called the ,anointed         
,glorifier4 ,this is he who glorifies   
everyone and impresses upon him the seal
 of the ,father1 who brings everybody   
into the eternity of the ,first ,father 
who is the ,one1 ,he for whose sake all 
is and without whom nothing is4 ,now    
this ,anointed ,one has twelve faces1   
visages ,unbounded1 ,uncontainable1     
,ineffable1 ,simple1 ,imperishable1     
,solitary1 ,unknowable1 ,invincible1    
,thrice-powerful1 ,unshakable1          
,ingenerable1 and ,pure4  ,these        
,spaces1 where are these twelve founts1 
named ,founts of ,reasons1 full of      
eternal life1 are called ,deeps as well 
as the ,twelve ,countenances1 because   
they have received in them all ,spaces  
of ,paternity on behalf of the ,plrmata 
and the ,fruit which the ,plrma         
emanated1 who is ,christ who has        
received the ,plrma in ,himself4        
,beyond all these ,spaces comes the     
,deep of ,stheus4  ,this he who is in   
them all and is surrounded by twelve    

,paternities1 even in the midst of these
 is he4  ,each ,paternity has three     
faces4  ,the first of them is an        
,indivisible ,one1 and three faces has  
he1 ,infinite1 ,invisible1 and          
,ineffable faces4  ,the ,second ,father 
has ,uncontainable1 ,unshakable1 and    
,incorruptible faces4  ,the ,third      
,father has faces ,beyond ,knowledge1   
,imperishable1 and ,aphrdonian4  ,the   
,fourth ,father has a countenance of    
,silence1 a face of ,founts1 and a      
visage ,impalpable4  ,the ,fifth ,father
 has ,solitary1 ,omnipotent1 and        
,ingenerable faces4  ,the ,sixth ,father
 has the face of an ,all-,father1 the   
face of a ,self-,father1 and the face of
 a ,forefather4  ,the ,seventh ,father  
has countenances of ,universal ,mystery1
 of ,universal ,wisdom and ,universal   
,origin4  ,visages has the ,eighth      
,father of ,light1 ,repose1 and         
,resurrection4  ,the ,ninth ,father has 
faces ,knowable1 ,first ,visible1 and444
  ,the ,tenth ,father has               

,triple-fleshed1 ,adamic1 and ,pure     
faces4  ,the ,eleventh ,father has faces
 ,triple-powered1 ,perfect1 and         
,sparkling4  ,the ,twelfth ,father has a
 face of ,truth1 a face of              
,fore-thought1 and a face of            
,after-thought4  ,these are the twelve  
,paternities which encircle ,stheus4    
,their faces make in all a mystic number
 thirty-six4  ,these are they from whom 
those of the exterior have received a   
seal-mark1 that is why they glorify them
 for evermore 7#aa74  ,in that ,space   
there are yet twelve other paternities  
who encircle the head of ,stheus and    
support a crown there4  ,they dart out  
rays upon the surrounding worlds by the 
,grace of the ,alone-begotten ,word1    
concealed in him1 ,he that is sought    
for4  ,the passage enclosed within      
brackets has been so mutilated by the   
,coptic scribe that what follows is of  
the nature of a paraphrase rather than  
of a translation3--7,as to the mysteries
 of the ,word that are so much beyond   

us1 it is not possible to describe them 
otherwise than as follows4  ,not        
possible for us1 that is4  ,it is       
impossible to describe ,him as ,he      
really is with a tongue of flesh4       
,there are glories too exalted for      
descriptions moved by thought and for   
intuition that comes through symbols1   
except one finds a master who is a      
kinsman of the deathless race yonder4   
,from such an one can be learned        
something of the ,spaces from whence he 
came2 for he finds the root of all      
things4 ,the mighty powers of the great 
ons of the ,power that was in ,marsanes 
have said in adoration1 ,who is he who  
hath seen aught in the presence of ,his 
,face8  ,that is because thus does ,he  
manifest ,himself 8 the ,alone to the   
,alone1 ,nicotheos has spoken of ,him   
the ,alone-begotten and seen ,him1 for  
he is one of these4  ,he ,nicotheos     
said1 ,the ,father exists exalted above 
all the perfect4  ,nicotheos has        
revealed the ,invisible and the perfect 

,triple-power4  ,all perfect men have   
seen ,him1 they have declared ,him and  
have given ,him glory with their own    
lips7 7#ab74 ,that is the               
,alone-begotten ,word hidden in ,stheus1
 ,he who is called the ,dark ,ray 7#ac71
 for it is the excess of ,his light     
alone that is darkness4  ,stheus reigns 
by ,him4  ,the ,alone-begotten holds in 
,his right hand twelve ,paternities1 the
 types of the twelve ,apostles 7#ad71   
while in ,his left hand are thirty      
,powers4  ,each of them emanates twelve 
two-faced ons after the type of ,stheus4
  ,one of these faces beholds the ,deep 
which is in the ,interior of the ,temple
 of the ,plrma2 the other looks without 
upon the ,triple-,power4  ,each of the  
,paternities in ,his right hand emanates
 three hundred and sixty-five powers1   
according to the word that ,david spake1
 saying1 ,i will cherish the crown of   
the year in ,thy ,righteousness4 ,for   
all these ,powers encircle the          
,alone-begotten ,son as a crown1        

illuminating the ons with the light of  
the ,alone-begotten1 as it is written1  
,in ,thy light shall we see light4 ,and 
the ,alone-begotten is lifted up upon   
the powers1 as again it is written1 ,the
 ,chariot of ,god is a myriad of        
multiplications2 and again1 ,there are  
millions of beings who rejoice2 the     
,lord is in them 7#ae74  ,this is ,he   
who dwells in the ,monad in ,stheus1    
which comes from the place concerning   
which one does not ask1 ,where is it8   
,she comes from ,him who is before these
 ,fullnesses4  ,from the ,one and ,only1
 even from ,him has come forth the      
,monad1 as a ship laden with all good   
things1 or as a full field planted with 
every manner of tree1 or as a city      
filled with men of every race and with  
all the statues of the king4  ,thus it  
is with the ,monad where the ,whole is  
found4  ,upon her head twelve ,monads   
form a crown2 each has emanated another 
twelve4  ,ten ,decads encircle her neck1
 nine ,enneads are about her heart1 and 

seven ,hebdomads are under her feet1 and
 each has emanated a ,hebdomad4  ,the   
firmament which surrounds her is like a 
tower with twelve gates1 and at every   
gate are twelve myriads of powers2      
archangels are they called1 or angels4  
,this is the metropolis of the          
,alone-begotten ,son 7#af74  ,now it is 
of the ,alone-begotten that ,phsilampes 
7#ag7 has said1 ,before all things is   
,he4  ,he it is who has come forth from 
the ,infinite2 ,he who has engendered   
,himself there and has no seal nor form 
and has given birth to ,himself4  ,this 
is ,he who is come forth from the       
,ineffable ,one1 the ,immeasurable ,one1
 who truly is1 and in whom is found all 
that truly is1 who is the ,father       
,incomprehensible4  ,he is in ,his      
,alone-begotten ,son1 while the ,all    
reposes in the ,ineffable and           
,unspeakable ,king1 whom none can move  
and whose ,divinity no one can declare1 
whose kingdom is not of this world4     
,meditating upon ,him1 ,phsilampes has  

said1 ,through ,him is                  
,that-which-really-is and               
,that-which-really-is-not1 through which
 the ,hidden-which-really-is and the    
,manifest-which-really-is-not exists4   
,he is the true ,alone-begotten ,god1   
and all the ,fullnesses 7,plrmata7 know 
that it is by ,him that they have become
 gods and that they have become rulers  
in this name--,god4  ,this is ,he of    
whom ,john has said1 ,in the beginning  
was the ,word1 and the ,word was in ,god
 and the ,word was ,god1 and without    
,him was not anything made4  ,that which
 was made in ,him was ,life4  ,the      
,alone-begotten is found in the ,monad1 
dwelling in her as in a city1 and the   
,monad is in ,stheus as a concept1 and  
,stheus dwells in the ,temple as ,king  
and as ,god4  ,he is the ,word creative1
 who has commanded the ,fullnesses to   
labour2 the ,creative ,mind after the   
order of ,god the ,father1 whom all     
creation worships as ,god and ,lord1 to 
whom all is subjected4  ,the ,fullnesses

 wonder at ,him ,stheus because of ,his 
beauty and grace4 ,around ,his head     
those of the ,inner ,spaces of the      
,universe form a crown2 those of the    
external spaces are beneath ,his feet1  
while those of the middle spaces        
encircle ,him1 all praising ,him and    
saying1 ,holy1 ,holy1 ,holy1 ,,aaa1     
,,hhh1 ,,eee1 ,,iii1 ,,ooo1 ,,yyy1      
--that is to say1 ,thou art the ,living 
,one of ,living ,ones1 ,holy of ,holies1
 ,being of ,beings1 ,father of ,fathers1
 ,god of ,gods1 ,lord of ,lords1 ,space 
of ,spaces 7#ah74  ,they praise ,him1   
saying1 ,thou art the ,house and the    
,dweller in the ,house4 ,they praise    
,him1 saying unto the ,son concealed in 
,him1 ,thou art3 ,thou art1 ,o          
,alone-begotten1 ,light and ,life and   
,grace4  ,when ,stheus sent the         
,light-,spark from the ,indivisible     
,body1 it burned and gave light to all  
the ,space of the ,temple of the        
,plrmata4 ,and they1 beholding the light
 of the ,spark1 rejoiced and uttered    

myriads and myriads of praises in honour
 of ,stheus and of the ,light-,spark    
which was manifested1 seeing that in it 
were all their images1 and they         
fashioned the ,spark among themselves as
 a ,man light-giving and true4  ,they   
named ,him ,pantomorphos1 and ,pure1 and
 ,unshakable1 and all the eternities    
also called him ,all-powered4  ,he is   
the ,servant of the ons and serves the  
,fullnesses 7#ai74  ,and the ,father    
sealed the ,man ,his ,son in their      
interior so that they might know ,him   
interiorly1 and the ,word moved them to 
contemplate the ,invisible ,one beyond  
knowledge1 and they gave glory to this  
,one and ,only ,one1 to the ,concept    
which is in ,him and to the             
,intelligible ,word1 praising these     
,three who are ,one1 because by ,him    
have they been made essential beings4   
,the ,father took their total image and 
made of it a ,city or a ,man and figured
 in ,him all those of the ,plrma1 that  
is to say1 all the powers4  ,each one of

 them knew his image in the ,city1 for  
everyone of the myriads of glories found
 himself in the ,man or ,city of the    
,father which is in the ,plrma4  ,the   
,father took ,his radiant glory and made
 thereof an outer vesture for the       
,man4444  ,he created in ,him the type  
of the ,temple of the ,plrma4  ,he made 
,his shoulders1 which came out one from 
the other1 after the type of those      
hundred myriads of powers1 less four    
myriads4  ,he created ,his fingers and  
toes like the two ,decads1 the hidden   
,decad and the manifest ,decad4 ,he     
created ,his organ like the ,monad      
concealed in ,stheus4  ,he created the  
great reins like ,stheus4  ,he made ,his
 breast like the ,interior of the       
,temple and ,his feet after the type of 
the ,solitary and ,unknowable ,ones who 
serve the ,plrma1 rejoicing with those  
that rejoice4  ,he made ,his limbs after
 the type of the ,deep which encloses   
three hundred and sixty-five            
,paternities after the type of the      

,paternities4  ,he fashioned ,his hair  
after the type of the ,worlds of the    
,plrma and filled ,him with wisdom like 
the ,universal ,wisdom1 and filled ,him 
with interior mystery like ,stheus and  
with exterior mystery like the          
,indivisible ,body4  ,incomprehensible  
created ,he ,him like the               
,incomprehensible ,one1 who is in every 
,space1 unique in the ,plrma4  ,his     
sides created ,he after the type of the 
,four ,gates and ,his two thighs after  
the type of the ,myriarchs who are to   
the right and left1 and ,his members    
after the type of those who go forth and
 those who enter4  ,he created          
companions surrounding ,him after the   
type of concealed mysteries4444  ,this  
was the ,man or ,city that the ,plrmata 
beheld in the ,light-,spark and saw     
their likenesses therein4  ,they        
fashioned the ,man called ,pantomorphos 
in ,his likeness1 or clothed the        
,light-,spark in the ,star-body4  ,the  
,indivisible ,point sent the            

,light-,spark without the ,plrma1 and   
,he descended as the ,triple-,power into
 the ,spaces of ,autognes1 the          
,self-generated ,one1 and these ,spaces 
beheld the grace of the ,eternities of  
,light which had been given unto them1  
and they rejoiced because that-which-is 
had come among them4  ,then they opened 
the firmaments and the ,light descended 
below to the lower regions and to those 
who were without form1 having no true   
likeness4  ,it was thus that they got   
the likeness of the ,light for          
themselves4  ,some rejoiced because the 
,light had come to them1 and that they  
had been made rich thereby4  ,others    
mourned because they were made poor and 
that which they thought they had was    
taken away from them4 ,thus came ,he1   
who went forth full of grace1 and was   
taken captive with a captivity 7#bj74   
,a light of glory was given to the ons  
who had received the ,spark1 and        
guardian spirits were sent to them who  
are ,gamanl1 ,etrempsouchos1 and        

,agramas1 and those who are with them4  
,they bring help to those who have      
believed in the ,spark of ,light4  ,now 
in the ,space of the ,indivisible ,atom 
are twelve ,founts1 above which are the 
twelve ,paternities who surround the    
,indivisible ,queen like ,deeps or like 
,skies and make for ,her a crown in     
which is every kind of life3 all modes  
of ,triple-powered life1 of             
,uncontainable life1 of ,infinite life1 
of ,ineffable life1 of ,silent life1 of 
,unknown life1 of ,solitary life1 of    
,unshakable life1 of ,first-manifested  
life1 of ,self-born life1 of ,true life4
  ,all is therein4  ,every species is in
 it1 all ,gnses and every power which   
has received the ,light1 yea1 all ,mind 
manifests itself therein4  ,this is the 
,crown which the ,father of the         
,universe has placed upon the           
,indivisible ,queen with three hundred  
and sixty-five kinds in it1 brilliant   
and filling the ,universe with an       
incorruptible and unfailing light4      

,this is the ,crown which crowns all    
dominion1 the ,crown that the ,deathless
 pray for1 and by it and in it they will
 become ,invisible ,ones in the world   
beyond manifestation on the ,day of     
,joy1 who by the ,will of the           
,inscrutable ,one have from the first   
been manifested1 that is to say1 ,prtia1
 ,pantia1 ,pangenia1 and their company4 
,then shall all the ,invisible          
,eternities receive from ,him their     
crown1 so that they may cast themselves 
among the ,invisibles1 who shall receive
 there their crown in the ,crown of the 
,indivisible ,queen1 and the ,universe  
shall receive its perfection of         
incorruption4 ,because of this it is    
that those who have taken bodies pray1  
desiring to abandon the body that they  
may receive the crown laid up for them  
in the ,incorruptible ,eternity4  ,this 
is the ,indivisible ,queen and ,mother1 
the first on of all1 who has been given 
all good things by ,him who is above all
 good things1 and she has been given the

 ,immeasurable ,deep1 wherein are found 
innumerable ,paternities1 whereof is the
 ,ennead without seal-mark and having in
 her the seal-marks of all creatures1   
and by whom the ,ennead emanates twelve 
,enneads4  ,she the ,indivisible ,mother
 it is who has in the midst a ,space    
called ,the ,land productive of ,gods1  
or ,the ,land which gives birth to the  
,gods 7#ba74  ,this is the land of which
 it has been said1 ,he who ploughs his  
soil shall be satisfied with bread and  
he shall make large his threshing floor1
 and also1 ,the ,master of the ,field1  
when they shall plough it1 shall possess
 all good things4  ,and all those       
,powers which are in this land which    
brought forth the ,god have received the
 ,crown4  ,that is why they know1       
because of the ,crown upon their heads1 
if the ,inheritors of the ,kingdom of   
,light have 8 in truth been born from   
the ,indivisible ,body or not3 that is1 
from ,her who is the ,universal ,mother 
7#bb74  ,she has within ,her seven      

,wisdoms1 nine ,enneads1 ten ,decads1   
and in the midst a great ,basket is     
revealed4 ,a mighty ,invisible ,hierarch
 stands above it with a mighty          
,ingenerable ,hierarch and a mighty     
,unbounded ,hierarch1 each one          
triple-countenanced1 and the prayer1 the
 blessing1 and the hymn of creatures are
 given place in this ,basket which is in
 the midst of the ,universal ,mother1 in
 the midst of the seven ,wisdoms1 in the
 midst of the nine ,enneads1 and in the 
midst of the ten ,decads4  ,for all     
these creatures stand upright in the    
,basket1 made perfect by the ,fruit of  
the ons1 ,he who has been ordained for  
them by the ,alone-begotten concealed in
 the ,indivisible ,atom4  ,he the ,fruit
 of the ons has a ,fount before ,him    
surrounded by twelve ,holy ,ones1 each  
one wearing a ,crown on his head and    
having twelve powers1 who surround ,him 
within1 praising the ,alone-begotten    
king and crying1 ,it is because of ,thee
 that we ray forth glory1 and it is by  

,thee that we behold the ,father of the 
,universe1 ,,aaa1  7#bc71 and the       
,mother of all the good1 ,she who is    
hidden in every space--that is to say1  
the contriving thought 7,epinoia7 of all
 the ,eternities1 the conceiving thought
 of all gods and of all lords--,she is  
the ,gnsis of all the ,unseen beings1   
and ,thy ,image is the ,mother of all   
the ,boundless ,ones1 the ,power of all 
the ,infinites4  ,praising the          
,alone-begotten1 they cry1 ,it is       
because of ,thy ,image 7#bd7 that we    
have seen ,thee1 that we have run to    
,thee1 that we have clung to ,thee1 that
 we have received the ,incorruptible    
,crown which is known through ,her4     
,glory be to ,thee1 ,o ,alone-begotten1 
for ever and ever4  ,then together do   
they all say ,amen4  ,for 8 ,jesus1 the 
,fruit of the ons became a ,body of     
,light1 ,he crossed the ons of the      
,indivisible ,body until ,he came to the
 ,alone-begotten who is in the ,monad   
and who dwells in ,peace and ,solitude4 

,he received the ,grace of the          
,alone-begotten--that is to say1 ,his   
,christhood or ,his ,perfecting4  ,also 
,he received the ,eternal ,crown4  ,he  
is the ,father of all ,light-,sparks1   
the chief of all ,immortal bodies1 and  
this is ,he for whose sake resurrection 
is given to the body 7#be74  ,but       
besides the ,indivisible ,queen and     
besides her ,ennead without seal-mark1  
in which is found all seal-marks1 there 
are three other ,enneads1 of which each 
emanates nine ,enneads4  ,in the first  
of these is revealed a ,basket round    
which three ,fathers are gathered3 an   
,infinite ,father1 an ,ineffable        
,father1 and an ,uncontainable ,father4 
,in the middle of the second ,ennead is 
a ,basket1 and three ,fathers are there3
 an ,invisible ,father1 an ,ingenerable 
,father1 and an ,unshakable ,father4 ,in
 the third ,ennead is also revealed a   
,basket which encloses three            
,paternities3 a ,solitary ,father1 an   
,unknown ,father1 and a ,triple-,powered

 ,father4  ,it is through these that the
 ,universe has known ,god4  ,they ran   
towards ,him and have engendered an     
innumerable multitude of ons1 and in    
each ,ennead they offered myriads and   
myriads of praises4  ,in each of these  
,enneads there is a ,monad1 and in each 
,monad a ,space called ,incorruptible3  
that is to say1 ,holy ground4  ,there is
 a ,fount in the ground of each of these
 ,monads1 and myriads and myriads of    
,powers who have received on their heads
 a crown of the ,crown of the           
,triple-,power4  ,in the middle of these
 ,enneads and of these ,monads is an    
immeasurable ,deep towards which all the
 ,universe looks1 those that are        
internal as well as those that are      
external1 having above it twelve        
,paternities1 each surrounded by thirty 
,powers4  ,the ,first ,paternity is a   
face of the ,infinite ,one1 and thirty  
infinite powers surround him4  ,the     
,second paternity is a face of the      
,invisible ,one and thirty invisible    

powers surround him4  ,the ,third       
paternity is a face of the              
,uncontainable ,one1 and thirty         
uncontainable powers surround him4  ,the
 ,fourth paternity is a face of the     
,invincible ,one and thirty invincible  
powers surround him4  ,the ,fifth       
,paternity is a face of the             
,all-powerful ,one and thirty           
#all-powerful powers surround him4  ,the
 ,sixth paternity is a face of the      
,all-,wise ,one and thirty all-wise     
powers surround him4  ,the ,seventh     
paternity is a face of the ,unknown ,one
 and thirty unknown powers surround him4
  ,the ,eighth paternity is a face of   
the ,solitary ,one and thirty solitary  
powers surround him4  ,the ,ninth       
paternity is a face of the ,ingenerable 
,one1 and thirty ingenerable powers     
surround him4  ,the ,tenth paternity is 
a face of the ,unshakable ,one and      
thirty unshakable powers surround him4  
,the ,eleventh ,paternity is a face of  
the ,universal ,mystery1 and thirty     

universal mysteries surround him4  ,the 
,twelfth ,paternity is a face of the    
,triple-,powered ,one1 and thirty       
triple-powers surround him4  ,and in the
 midst of the ,immeasurable ,deep there 
are five ,powers which are called by    
these ineffable names3  ,the first is   
called ,love1 and from her comes all    
love4  ,the second is called ,hope1 and 
it is by her that we hope in the        
,alone-begotten1 the ,son of ,god4  ,the
 third is called ,faith1 and it is by   
her that we believe the mysteries of the
 ,ineffable ,one4  ,the fourth is called
 ,gnsis1 and it is by her that we know  
the ,first ,father1 ,him because of whom
 we live that we may know ,him4  ,gnsis 
the ,mystery of ,silence1 who spake     
before all things1 that which is hidden1
 the ,first ,monad1 for whom the        
,universe became being4  ,it is upon the
 head of this ,mystery that the three   
hundred and sixty-five substances form a
 crown like the hair of human kind1 and 
the ,temple of the ,plrma is as a       

stairway beneath her feet4  ,this is the
 ,gate of ,god 7#bf74  ,the fifth is    
called ,peace1 and it is by her that we 
give ,peace to all1 to those within and 
to those without1 for it is in her that 
all things have been created4  ,this is 
that ,abyss ,immeasurable in which is   
found three hundred and sixty-five      
,paternities1 thanks to whom they have  
devised the year4  ,this is the ,abyss  
which surrounds the ,temple of the      
,plrma1 where is revealed the           
,triple-,power with his branches and his
 trees1 and ,mousanios and those which  
belong to him4  ,there also is ,aphrdon 
and his twelve ,holy ,ones1 and a       
,basket is in the midst of them4  ,they 
come to carry in it the praises1 the    
hymns1 the prayers and supplications of 
the ,mother of the ,universe1 the       
,mother of the 7manifested87 worlds who 
is called ,phanerios 7#bg71 and to give 
them a form1 thanks to the twelve ,holy 
,ones4  ,they send them into the ,plrma 
of ,stheus1 by which act they call to   

mind those of the external world in     
which there is matter4  ,this is the    
,deep where the ,triple-,power rayed out
 the splendours of ,his glory1 after ,he
 had been to the ,indivisible ,mother   
and had received the ,grace of the ,one 
,beyond ,knowledge1 by which ,he had    
gotten such a ,sonship that the         
,fullnesses were not able to stand      
upright before ,him because of the      
excess of ,his light and brilliancy     
thereof4  ,the whole ,plrma was         
troubled1 the ,abyss and all it         
contained was moved1 and the ons fled to
 the world of the ,mother ,phanerios1   
and the ,mystery ordained that the veils
 of the ons should be drawn until the   
,overseer had established them once     
more4  ,and the ,overseer established   
the ons once more1 as it is written1 ,he
 has established the ,earth1 and it     
shall not be moved1 and again1 ,the     
,earth has been dissolved and all that  
therein is 7#bh74  ,then the            
,triple-,power went forth3 the ,son was 

concealed in him1 and the crown of      
confirmation was upon his head1 making  
myriads and myriads of glories4  ,they  
cried1 ,make straight the way of the    
,lord and receive the grace of ,god3    
every on which is empty shall be filled 
with the grace of the ,alone-begotten   
,son4  ,the ,father holy and all-perfect
 stood above the ,deep ,immeasurable4   
,it is in ,him that all perfection is   
found1 and in ,his fullness have we     
received grace4  ,then the world was    
established2 it ceased to shake2 the    
,father fashioned it so that it might   
nevermore be shaken1 and the on of the  
,mother remained full of those that were
 in it until the ordering came from the 
,mystery concealed in the ,first        
,father1 ,he from whence came the       
,mystery2 when ,his ,son re-established 
the ,universe once more in ,his ,gnsis1 
that which re-enforms the ,universe4    
,then ,stheus sent the ,logos           
,dmiourgos1 having with him a multitude 
of ,powers1 wearing the crowns on their 

heads2 and their crowns darted forth    
rays4  ,the brilliancy of their bodies  
is as the life of the ,space into which 
they are come2 the word that comes out  
of their mouths is life onian1 and the  
light that comes from their eyes is a   
rest for them2 the movement of their    
hands is their flight to the place from 
whence they have come1 and their gazing 
on their own faces is ,gnsis of their   
interior nature2 their going towards    
them is their return once more within2  
the stretching forth of their hands     
establishes them2 the hearing of their  
ears is the intuition in their hearts2  
the union of their limbs is the         
regathering of the dispersal of ,israel2
 their self-understanding is their      
contemplation of the ,logos2 the writing
 upon their fingers is the number which 
has gone forth1 even as it is written1  
,he counteth the number of the ,stars   
and calleth them all by their names4    
,and the whole union was made by the    
,logos ,dmiourgos with those who had    

come out of the turmoil that had been3  
altogether they became one and the same 
body1 as it has been written1 ,they have
 all become one and the same body in    
this ,one and ,only ,one4  ,then this   
,logos ,dmiourgos became a mighty ,god1 
,lord1 ,saviour1 ,christ1 ,king1 the    
,good1 ,father1 ,mother4  ,this is ,he  
whose work was good3 ,he was glorified  
and became ,father to those that        
believed3 ,he became ,law in ,aphrdonia 
and mighty4  ,then went forth ,pandlos  
,all-manifest2 she had a crown on her   
head1 and she placed it upon them who   
had believed 7#bi74  ,the ,power of the 
ons 8 the ,indivisible ,queen1 the      
,mother within the ,plrma ordered the   
,hierarchy of the ,world of the ,virgin 
,mother ,phaneia1 the ,mother without   
the ,plrma1 she who brings into         
manifestation according to the ,order of
 the ,inner ,space4  ,she placed in it  
the ,light-,spark after the pattern of  
the ,monad and placed therein the       
concealment which surrounds ,him4  ,she 

ordained the ,propatr after the ,order  
of the ,indivisible ,body and the twelve
 ,holy ,ones which surround it1 having  
crowns on their heads and seals of glory
 in their right hands1 after the type   
found in the ,indivisible ,point4  ,in  
the midst of these is ,love2 a face of  
the ,triple-,power is in the ,fount1 and
 there is a ,basket which twelve        
,paternities surround1 in whom a        
,sonship is concealed4  ,she ordained   
the ,autopatr according to the order of 
the ,ennead without seal-mark and gave  
him authority over all that is only     
self-fathered1 and gave him a crown of  
all-glory and love1 and ,peace1 ,truth1 
and myriads of powers1 so that he might 
gather together those who had been      
dispersed by the troubling which had    
taken place when the ,light ,spark went 
forth with joy4  ,as for the ,prince of 
the ,universe1 he who has the           
triple-power to make alive and to       
destroy1 she ordained the ,son          
,prtogenntr after the order of the      

,triple-,power4  ,she gave him a        
ninefold ,ennead and five tenfold       
,decads1 and that he might have power to
 accomplish the warfare imposed upon    
him1 she gave him the first-fruits of   
the ,sonship concealed in her that he   
might be able to become a               
,triple-,power4  ,he received the ,vow  
of the ,sonship because the ,universe   
7#cj7 had been sold 8 into slavery1 and 
took upon him the warfare entrusted to  
him and made arise all that was pure in 
matter4  ,a world made he1 an on1 a     
town2 the world which is called         
,incorruptibility and ,jerusalem4  ,it  
is also called ,the ,new ,earth1 and    
,self-,perfect1 and ,without ,king4     
,this earth is an earth that brings     
forth gods1 a life-giving earth indeed4 
,this is the earth that the ,mother 78  
,phaneia7 asked to have established4    
,that is why she 78 the ,mother ,above7 
has placed orders or hierarchy in this  
earth and has placed in it ,providence  
and ,love4  ,this is the earth of which 

it has been written1 ,the earth which   
drank the rain a multitude of times3    
that is to say1 which has multiplied the
 light in her multitudes and multitudes 
of times1 since the 7light7 went forth  
until its return2 that is to say1 it is 
that from which the ,man is named       
,sensible4  ,he is fashioned1 ,he has   
been created according to the type of   
this earth1 ,he who has been saved from 
,his ,self dispersion by the ,prtogenntr
 7#ca74  ,because of that1 the ,father  
of all those of the ,universe1 ,he who  
has no bridal bed has sent ,him18 the   
,man a crown bearing the names of all   
those of the ,universe1 whether         
,infinite or ,ineffable1 or             
,uncontainable1 or ,incorruptible1 or   
,unknown1 or ,solitary1 or              
,all-powerful1 or ,indivisible4  ,this  
is the crown of which it is written1    
,they gave it unto ,solomon on the day  
of his exultation of heart4  ,the ,first
 ,monad sent ,him the ,man an ineffable 
vesture which is all ,light1 all ,life1 

all ,love1 all ,hope1 all ,faith1 all   
,wisdom1 all ,gnsis1 all ,truth1 all    
,peace1 all ,witness1 all ,universal    
,mother1 all ,universal ,mystery1 all   
,fount1 all ,universal ,perfection1 all 
,invisible1 all ,unknown1 all ,infinite1
 all ,ineffable1 all ,abyss1 all        
,uncontainable1 all ,fullness1 all      
,silence1 all ,unshakable1 all          
,unengendered1 all ,universal ,solitary1
 all ,monad1 all ,ennead1 all ,dodecad1 
all ,ogdoad1 all ,decad1 all ,hebdomad1 
all ,hexad1 all ,pentad1 all ,tetrad1   
all ,triad1 all ,dyad1 all ,monad4  ,the
 whole ,universe is in it1 and the      
,universe has found itself therein and  
knows itself therein 7#bi74  ,it gave   
light to all in its ineffable light1 and
 it was given myriads and myriads of    
powers1 so that the ,universe might be  
established once and for all4  ,it      
gathered together its skirts and gave   
them the form of a veil which surrounded
 it the ,universe on every side4  ,it   
poured itself over all things1 raised   

them up and divided them according to   
the ,hierarchies1 according to the      
orders1 and according to ,providence4   
,then that-which-was separated itself   
from that-which-was-not1 and            
that-which-was-not was the evil         
manifested in matter2 and the ,robe of  
,power severed that-which-was from      
that-which-was-not4  ,that-which-was it 
called onian1 and that-which-was-not it 
called ,hyle 7matter74  ,it separated by
 the ,midst that-which-was from         
that-which-was-not1 and placed veils    
between these twain4  ,it placed        
purifying powers1 so that they might    
purge them and make them clean4  ,it    
gave in this manner an order to         
that-which-is and made of the ,mother   
the chief4  ,it gave it ten ons1 and    
each on has a myriad powers2 there is   
also a ,monad and an ,ennead in each on4
  ,the ,robe of ,power placed in her 8  
,phaneia an ,universal ,motherhood and  
therewith a ,power that had hitherto    
been concealed therein1 so that none    

knew thereof4  8 ,the ,robe placed a    
great ,basket1 above which stand three  
,powers1 an ,ingenerable ,one1 an       
,unshakable ,one1 and the ,great ,pure  
,one4  ,it gave to 8 the world order the
 twelve other ,powers who have received 
the crown and who surround it4  ,it gave
 it also the ,seven ,stratelatai 7#cb71 
who have the seal of the ,all-completing
 ,panteleios1 and have on their heads   
crowns in which there are twelve stones 
of ,adamant1 which come from ,adam1 the 
,man of ,light4  ,the ,robe of ,power   
established the ,propatr in all the ons 
of the ,mother of the ,manifestation of 
all things1 and gave him the full power 
of ,paternity1 and ,powers to obey him  
as ,father and as ,first ,father of all 
that exists4  ,it placed upon his head a
 crown of twelve kinds2 it gave him a   
,power which is ,triple-powered and     
,all-powered2 it gave him ,sonship and  
myriads and myriads of ,glories4  ,it   
turned the ,plrma towards him and gave  
him power to make live and to destroy4  

,it gave him a power of the on so that  
he might manifest it1 with the myriads  
and myriads of out-rayed ,glories1 like 
the other ons that were with him4  ,the 
,power which has been given to the      
,propatr is called ,prtophanes1 because 
he is the first to be manifested1 and   
,agenntos1 because no one has engendered
 him4  ,also ,ineffable and ,without    
,name is he called1 and also ,autognes  
and ,autotheletos1 because he has       
manifested himself by his own will4     
,yet again is he named ,autoloxastos1   
for he manifested himself with the      
,glories that were his4 ,yet again is he
 termed ,invisible1 for he is hidden and
 none can see him4  ,now the ,robe of   
,power gave unto the ,propatr another   
,power1 that which since the beginning  
has caused the ,light-,spark to appear  
in this ,space1 and who is named with   
names ,holy and ,all-perfecting4  ,who  
is ,prtia1 that is to say1 the ,first1  
and is also called ,pantia--she who is  
found in all--and ,pangenia--she who has

 brought forth all in the world--and    
,loxogenia--she who has brought ,glory  
to birth--and ,loxophania--,manifester  
of ,glory--and ,loxokrateia--she who has
 dominion over ,glory--and              
,arsenogenia--she who brings forth      
males--and ,lia--of which the           
interpretation is ,god with us--and     
,joul--of which the interpretation is   
,god for ever--she it is who has        
ordained that these ,powers should      
appear whose name is called ,phaneia1 of
 which the translation is               
,manifestation4  ,the angel who has     
appeared with them is he whom the       
,glories name ,loxogenes and            
,loxophanes1 of which the interpretation
 is ,he who engenders ,glory and ,he who
 manifests ,glory1 for he is one of     
those ,glories who stand about that     
mighty power called ,loxokrator1 because
 in his manifestation he has had        
dominion over the great ,glories4  ,such
 are the ,powers that were given to the 
,propatr when he was placed in the on of

 the ,mother1 and myriads and myriads of
 ,glories1 ,angels1 ,archangels1 and    
,liturgies were bestowed upon him1 so   
that they might serve him1 those of     
matter4  ,they gave him power over      
everything4  ,he made for himself a     
mighty on and placed therein a mighty   
,plrma and a great temple and all the   
,powers that he had taken and placed    
within himself1 and he rejoiced with    
them1 bringing forth his creatures again
 according to the commandment of the    
,father hidden in the ,silence1 ,who had
 sent him these riches2 and the ,crown  
of ,fatherhood was given to him because 
he had been made the ,father of all     
those who came after him4 ,then he cried
 out and said1 ,my children1 with whom  
,i travail again until ,christ be formed
 in you2 and again he cried1 ,yea1 ,i   
would set beside a holy virgin an only  
husband1 ,christ4  ,but when he had seen
 the ,grace that the ,father in secret  
had given unto him 7that is ,himself a  
,propatr71 he wished to turn the        

,universe to the ,father in secret1 for 
it is ,his will that the ,universe      
should turn to ,him4  ,and when the     
,mother saw all the grandeurs which had 
been given unto her ,propatr1 she       
rejoiced greatly1 she exulted2 that is  
why she said1 ,my heart has rejoiced and
 my tongue has been in exultation4 ,then
 she cried to the ,power ,infinite who  
stands hard by the on of the ,father1   
that mighty ,power of ,glory that the   
,glories call ,trigenielos 7#cc71 that  
is to say1 ,three ,engendered1 and who  
is named also ,trigenes and also        
,harmes4  ,she prayed also unto ,him who
 is concealed in every ,space that ,he  
would send him the ,mother of ,him who  
has withdrawn ,himself4  ,the ,father in
 secret sent him the ,mystery who       
reclothes all the ons like the ,glories 
who form the ,crown ,panteles1 that is  
to say1 of ,perfection1 so that he the  
,propatr might place the ,crown upon the
 head of the ,indivisible ,body hidden  
within her1 ,incorruptible and          

,unengendered4  ,with her ,he sent the  
mighty ,power which is in her company1  
she who is called ,arsenogenia1 who     
replenishes all the ons of ,glory4      
,thus from him shall the ,universe      
receive the ,crown4  ,then she          
established the ,autopatr ,father and   
onian ,one2 and gave unto him the on of 
the ,concealed ,one in which are found  
all things1 such as species1 faces1     
images1 forms1 questions1 dissemblances1
 and changes1 that which counts and that
 which is counted1 that which thinks and
 that which is thought4  ,she made a    
vesture thereof over all which is in    
him1 so that he might give to him who   
asked him4  ,she gave unto him ten      
,powers1 and nine ,enneads1 five ons1   
and she gave unto him ,light2 and that  
gave him power over all secret things1  
so that he might show mercy to those who
 had fought1 who had towards the on fled
 from matter1 leaving it behind them4   
,they have fled to the on of the        
,autopatr2 they have made their own the 

promise which has been promised by ,him 
who said1 ,he who forsakes father1      
mother1 brother1 sister1 wife1 children1
 and riches1 and takes up his cross and 
follows ,me1 shall receive the promises 
that ,i have promised unto him1 and ,i  
will give unto them the ,mystery of the 
,father in ,secret1 because they have   
loved that which was truly theirs and   
have fled from him who pursues them with
 injustice4 ,and he ,autopatr gave them 
,glory1 ,joy1 ,exaltation1 ,jubilation1 
,peace1 ,hope1 ,faith1 ,love1 and the   
,truth which changes not4  ,this is the 
,ennead with which he rewarded those    
that fled from matter2 they became      
happy1 they became perfect1 they knew   
,god and the ,truth1 they comprehended  
the ,mystery which works in the ,man2   
for what cause ,he has revealed         
,himself1 that they might see ,him1 for 
,he is in truth ,invisible2 and for     
their sakes ,he has revealed in words   
,his ,logos1 so that they might know    
,him and become gods and perfect4  ,when

 the ,mother established the ,prtogenntr
 as her son1 she gave unto him the      
,power of the ,sonship2 she gave unto   
him armies of ,angels and ,archangels2  
she gave unto him twelve ,powers who    
served him2 she gave unto him a robe to 
consummate all things in him1 for in it 
is revealed every kind of body3 the body
 of fire1 the body of water1 the body of
 air 8 spirit1 the body of earth1 the   
body of wind1 the body angelic1 the body
 archangelic1 the body of ,powers1 the  
body of ,dominions1 the body of ,gods1  
the body of ,lords--in a word1 every    
kind of body1 so that nothing might     
hinder him from mounting into the       
heights or descending into the depths of
 ,noun4  ,this is the ,prtogenntr to    
whom those of the internal and external 
,spaces have promised all things that   
please him1 and it is he who separates  
all matter2 for he brooded over it like 
a bird who stretches her wings over her 
eggs4  ,even thus did the ,prtogenntr   
unto matter1 and made myriads and       

myriads of species and kinds come forth4
  ,when ,matter was warmed she produced 
the multitudes of ,powers that were in  
her1 and he separated them into species 
and kinds4  ,he gave them a law to love 
one another1 to honour ,god and to      
praise ,him1 and to seek for ,him1 who  
,he is and what ,he is1 and to wonder at
 the place from whence they had come    
forth1 so narrow and so sad1 and not to 
return thither again1 but to follow him 
who had given them a law and made them  
come out of the darkness2 of ,matter1   
their ,mother4  ,he had said to them1   
,let there be light4  ,for they did not 
know if there were such a thing as light
 or not4  ,then he gave them the command
 not to hurt one another1 and left them 
to go to the ,space of the ,mother of   
the ,universe beside the ,propatr and   
the ,autopatr1 so that together they    
might draw up those who had come forth  
from matter4  ,then the ,mother of the  
,universe 7#cd71 the ,propatr1 the      
,autopatr1 the ,prtogenntr1 and the     

,powers of the on of the ,mother sang a 
great hymn to the ,one and ,only ,god1  
praising ,him and saying3  ,thou alone  
art ,boundless1 ,thou only art the      
,deep1 ,thou only art the               
,incomprehensible ,one1 for ,thou art   
,he whom all beings seek and without    
,thy grace find ,thee not1 for none can 
know ,thee against ,thy will1 and none  
can praise ,thee against ,thy will4     
,for ,thy will only is a ,space for     
,thee1 for nothing can contain ,thee who
 art the ,space for all4  ,thee ,i pray 
that ,thou mayest give an holy ordering 
to those of the ,world1 that ,thou      
mayest dispose my offspring according to
 ,thy will4  ,grieve not my offspring1  
for never has anything been grieved by  
,thee2 yet no one knows ,thy ,counsel4  
,of ,thee all beings of the ,inner and  
the ,outer ,worlds have need1 ,thou only
 ,incomprehensible1 ,thou only beyond   
,all vision1 beyond ,all mind4  ,thou   
only hast given character to all        
creatures and hast manifested them in   

,thyself4  ,of that which is not yet    
manifested art ,thou the ,creator1 and  
,thou alone dost know these things1 for 
we know them not of ourselves4  ,thou   
alone revealest them unto us through    
,symbols and ,images1 so that we may    
supplicate ,thee on their behalf1 so    
that ,thou mayest make them manifest1   
and we may know them as they are in     
themselves apart from all ,symbols by   
,thy ,grace alone4  ,thou alone hast    
raised up the ,secret ,worlds to        
,thyself1 so that they might know ,thee1
 for ,thou hast given unto them the boon
 of knowing ,thee1 for ,thou hast given 
birth unto them from ,thy ,incorporeal  
,body and hast taught them that from    
,thy ,self-productive ,mind ,thou hast  
the ,man brought forth in ,contemplation
 and in a perfect ,concept1 yea1 even   
the ,man brought forth by ,mind to whom 
,contemplation has given a form4  ,thou 
it is who hast bestowed all good things 
upon the ,man1 and ,he weareth them like
 vestures4  ,he putteth them on like    

garments and wrappeth ,himself with     
,creation as with a robe 7#ce74  ,this  
,man is ,he whom all the ,universe      
yearneth to know1 for ,thou alone it is 
who hast ordained unto the ,man to      
manifest ,himself1 so that in ,him ,thou
 mightest be known and that all might   
learn that it is ,thou who hast brought 
,him forth and that ,thou art manifested
 according to ,thy ,will4  ,thee do ,i  
invoke1 and ,i pray ,thee1 ,o ,father of
 all ,fatherhood1 ,lord of all ,lords1  
to give an holy ordering unto my kinds  
and to my offspring1 that ,i may rejoice
 in ,thy ,name and in ,thy goodness1 ,o 
,thou ,sole ,king1 ,o ,thou who changest
 not4  ,bestow upon me from ,thy        
goodness1 and ,i will make known unto my
 children that ,thou art their ,saviour 
7#cf74  ,when the ,mother had finished  
praying to the ,boundless ,one ,beyond  
,knowledge1 who fills the whole         
,universe and gives life unto all1 ,he  
heard her and those with her1 for all of
 them were ,his own1 and ,he sent unto  

her a ,power who came forth from the    
,man whom they desired to behold4  ,from
 ,being ,unbounded came forth the       
,infinite ,spark of ,light1 at whom all 
the ons wondered1 asking themselves     
where ,he had been concealed before     
manifesting ,himself from the ,infinite 
,father1 ,he from whom the ,universe was
 manifested and who was latent therein4 
,the ,powers of the ,secret ,worlds     
followed ,him when they were manifested 
and came into the ,temple of the ,plrma4
  ,he hid ,himself amidst the ,powers   
who came forth from the ,father in      
,secret 7#cg74  ,he made a world and    
bore it into the ,temple4  ,then the    
,powers of the ,plrma beheld ,him and   
loved ,him and praised ,him in hymns    
ineffable1 unspeakable to tongues of    
mortal flesh1 and good to dream of in   
the heart of man4  ,he received their   
hymn and made a veil surrounding their  
world like a wall2 then went ,he to the 
borders of the ,universal ,mother       
without and stood above the ,universal  

on 7#ch74  ,the ,universe was moved at  
the presence of the ,lord of the whole  
,earth2 the on was troubled and in      
suspense because it had seen that which 
it knew not4  ,the ,king of ,glory was  
seated1 ,he divided matter into two     
halves and into two parts 7#ci74  ,he   
fixed the borders of each part and      
taught them that they came from ,one    
,father and from ,one ,mother4  ,to     
those who ran unto ,him and adored ,him 
,he gave the place at the right hand1   
and gave them ,life for ever and ever   
and ,immortality4  ,he named the place  
on the right ,the ,land of ,life1 and   
the place on the left ,the ,land of     
,death2 ,he named the ,earth on the     
right ,the ,earth of ,light1 and the    
,earth on the left ,the ,earth of       
,darkness2 ,he named the ,earth on the  
right ,the ,earth of ,repose1 and the   
,earth on the left ,the ,earth of       
,sorrow4  ,he placed boundaries between 
them and veils1 so that they might not  
see each other2 ,he gave many ,glories  

to those who had adored ,him and gave   
them dominion over those who had        
resisted and opposed ,him4  ,he extended
 the ,world of the ,right into many     
places and placed them who followed ,him
 in each hierarchy1 in each on1 in each 
world1 in each heaven1 in each          
firmament1 in many heavens1 in each     
region1 in each space1 in each          
receptacle4  ,he gave them who had      
followed ,him laws and delivered unto   
them commandments1 saying1 ,keep ,my    
sayings and ,i will give unto you       
eternal life2 ,i will send ,powers unto 
you1 yea1 ,i will strengthen you with   
mighty spirits1 and will give unto you  
the dominion of your desire3 no one     
shall hinder your will1 and you shall   
bring forth ons1 worlds1 and heavens4   
,when the intellectual spirits come to  
dwell in you then shall ye become gods1 
then shall ye know that ye came forth   
from ,god1 and then shall ye behold ,him
 within yourselves1 in your eternities  
shall ,he dwell4  ,these words spake the

 ,lord of the ,universe unto them2 then 
,he withdrew ,himself from them and hid 
,himself from them4  ,and those who had 
been the births of matter rejoiced that 
their thought had been accomplished2    
they rejoiced because they had come     
forth from the narrow and the sad4 ,they
 prayed unto the ,hidden ,mystery1      
saying1 ,give us power to create ons and
 worlds according to the word which     
,thou hast sworn unto ,thy servants1 for
 ,thou alone art ,he who changest not1  
,thou alone art the ,infinite and       
,boundless ,one1 ,thou only art         
unengendered1 born of ,thyself1         
,self-,father1 ,thou only art ,unmoved  
and ,unknowable1 ,thou only ,silence art
 and ,love and ,fount of the ,universe1 
,thou only art immaterial and hast no   
stain1 ineffable in ,thy generation and 
inconceivable in ,thy manifestation4    
,hear us1 then1 ,o ,father              
,incorruptible1 ,father ,immortal1 ,god 
of ,hidden ,beings1 sole ,light and     
,life1 ,alone beyond ,vision1 only      

,unspeakable1 only ,unstainable1 only   
,foundation stone of ,adamant 7#dj71    
sole ,primal ,being1 for before ,thee   
nothing was4  ,hearken unto this prayer 
which we make unto ,him who is concealed
 in every place4  ,hear us1 send unto us
 incorporeal spirits that they may dwell
 with us and teach us that which ,thou  
hast promised unto us2 that they may    
dwell in us and that we may become      
bodies for them1 for it is ,thy will    
that it should thus be4  ,so may it be4 
,give law unto our work and strengthen  
it according to ,thy will and according 
to the order of the hidden ons2 dispose 
us according to ,thy will1 for we are   
,thine 7#da74  ,and ,he heard them and  
sent unto them discerning ,powers which 
knew the order of those who are hidden4 
,he established the ,hierarchy like the 
,hierarchies above and according to the 
concealed order4  ,they began from the  
base to the summit1 so that the building
 might unite them to their companions4  
,he created the aerial earth as a place 

of habitation for those who had come    
forth1 so that they might dwell therein 
until the strengthening of those who are
 below them2 then created ,he the true  
habitation in the interior of that1 the 
place of repentance in the interior of  
that1 the antitype of ,aerodios2 then   
the place of repentance in the interior 
of that1 the antitype of ,autognes3 in  
this place they baptise themselves in   
the name of ,autognes1 who is ,god over 
them1 and there are ,powers placed in   
this place over the ,fount of the       
,waters of ,life which they make go     
forth4  ,these are the names of the     
,powers who are over the ,waters of     
,life3 ,michar and ,micheu2 and they    
baptise in the name of ,barpharanges4   
,in the interior of these ,spaces are   
the ons of ,sophia2 in the interior of  
these ,spaces is the ,true ,truth1 and  
,pistis ,sophia is found there and also 
the pre-existent ,jesus the ,living1    
,aerodios and his twelve ons4  ,there   
are placed in this space ,sella1        

,eleinos1 ,zogenethles1 ,selmelche1 and 
the ,autognes of the ons4  ,there are   
placed in him four lights3 llthth1      
,daueithe1 roial 444 7#db74  ,he saith  
7#dc73  ,o ,alone-begotten of ,light1 ,i
 praise ,thee4  ,o ,light unengendered1 
,i praise ,thee4  ,o ,light             
self-begotten1 ,i praise ,thee4  ,o     
,forefather of ,light1 more excellent   
than every ,forefather1 ,i praise ,thee4
  ,o ,light ,invisible1 who art before  
all those beyond vision1 ,i praise      
,thee4  ,o ,thought of ,light surpassing
 all ,thought1 ,i praise ,thee4  ,o ,god
 of ,light above all gods1 ,i praise    
thee4  ,o ,gnsis of ,light passing all  
knowledge1 ,i praise ,thee4  ,o         
,unknowable ,one of ,light1 who art     
beyond all that is unknown1 ,i praise   
,thee4  ,o ,hermit of the ,light1 who   
art above all solitaries1 ,i praise     
,thee4  ,o ,all-mighty of the ,light1   
more excellent than the all-powered     
ones1 ,i praise ,thee4  ,o ,thou        
,thrice-mighty of the ,light1 greater   

than them of ,triple-might1 ,i praise   
,thee4  ,o ,light that none can         
separate1 for ,thou dividest all light1 
,i praise ,thee4  ,o ,thou ,pure ,light1
 surpassing all purity1 ,i praise ,thee4
  ,o ,thou who hast begotten ,thyself in
 the absence of all generation1 ,whom   
none has engendered1 ,i praise ,thee4   
,o ,fount of the ,universality of ons1  
,i praise ,thee4  ,o ,true ,self-born of
 ,light1 who art before all those       
self-born1 ,i praise ,thee4  ,o ,thou   
,true ,unmoved ,one of ,light1 who by   
,thy ,will movest all things1 ,i praise 
,thee4  ,o ,silence of all things1      
,silence of ,light1 ,i praise ,thee4  ,o
 ,saviour of all things1 ,saviour of    
,light1 ,i praise ,thee4  ,o ,thou      
,unconquerable ,one of ,light1 ,i praise
 ,thee4  ,o ,thou ,sole ,space of all   
the places of the ,universe1 ,i praise  
,thee4  ,o ,thou ,only ,universal       
,mystery1 ,i praise thee4  ,o ,thou     
,only ,all-perfect ,light1 ,i praise    
,thee4  ,o ,thou ,only ,wise ,one and   

,sole ,wisdom1 ,i praise ,thee4  ,o     
,thou ,only ,intangible1 ,i praise      
,thee4  ,o ,thou ,true ,goodness1 who   
hast made appear all good things1 ,i    
praise ,thee4  ,o ,thou ,true ,light1   
who hast made all lights to shine1 ,i   
praise ,thee4  ,o ,thou who sustainest  
all light and givest life to every soul1
 ,i praise ,thee4  ,o ,thou ,repose of  
them 8 who seek repose1 ,i praise ,thee4
  ,o ,thou ,father of all ,paternity    
from the beginning unto this day1 ,i    
praise ,thee4  ,they 8 ,thy children    
search for ,thee because ,thou art their
 ,father4 ,hear the prayer of ,thy      
children1 for ,thou art ,he who is      
hidden in every place1 ,he who is the   
,desire of all hearts4    #a ,the title 
and the opening part of the work are    
lost4     ,,notes  7#a7 ,the centre of  
the ,universe1 which is everywhere and  
nowhere2 the ideal unity in diversity1  
from which all things flow out and into 
which all things return4  ,just as      
,jerusalem was held to be the centre of 

the earth1 so was this ,city held to be 
the hidden centre of the ,universe2     
hence it is often named ,jerusalem      
,above1 who is the ,mother of us all4   
,it is the principle at once of         
universality and individuality1 the real
 ground or centre of the soul4  ,it is  
called the ,house of the ,father because
 it is the abiding place of the         
,presence2 the ,robe of the ,son because
 it is ,his ,body of ,manifestation 7cp4
 #b ,clem4 xiv472 the ,power of the     
,mother because it is the ,energy by    
which man is reborn into ,divine        
consciousness2 and the ,image or        
,archetype of the ,plrma 7the ,world of 
,eternal ,ideas in their ,fullness71    
because it is the ,wisdom which is the  
basis of all consciousness4  7#b7 ,this 
term rather suggests the use of a       
vibratory formula to induce certain     
interior states as a practice of the    
,school to which the ,greek ,,ms4       
belonged4  ,perhaps this may have been  
,a1 the meaning of which is given       

elsewhere as ,i1 because the ,all 7or   
,plrma7 hath gone forth4 ,a1 because it 
will turn itself back again4  1 because 
the consummation of all consummations   
will take place4  ,this may be taken to 
mean exoterically1 1 the ,incarnation of
 ,jesus1 ,who is the ,plrma4  ,a1 the   
,crucifixion4  1 the ,ascension4  ,taken
 esoterically1 it may mean1 1 the ,soul1
 has come forth from ,god into          
generation4  ,a1 it is started or       
,initiated on its return journey through
 the ,life of the ,cross4  1 there is   
union with ,god in the ,eternity of     
,eternities as the consummation of all  
things 7cp4 note #ah74  ,the work we are
 studying might almost be considered an 
exposition of this formula1 though ,i do
 not suggest that it literally is so4   
,we begin by reading it from right to   
left1 beginning with the ,god beyond    
,name1 that is ,he whose being cannot be
 expressed by any name1 4  ,we pass to  
the ,logos1 the ,divine ,mind1 ,he who  
can be named1 and ,his ,plrma1 ,a1 from 

which is started the ,visible ,world by 
the going forth of the ,light-,spark or 
,man1 4 ,after this we read from left to
 right1 but this is the expounding of   
the mystical life1 the return1 under a  
veil of symbolism4  ,a is the great     
,name of ,god in three vowels1 derived  
historically1 no doubt1 from the ,great 
,name in ,judaism1 and is the           
counterpart of the ,indian ,,aum4       
,probably1 like this latter1 it was     
pronounced in three ways3 7#a7 audibly2 
7#b7 inaudibly to others1 but with the  
lips2 7#c7 mentally4  ,it was a formula 
of a sacramental kind by which the life 
of the disciple was mystically          
identified with the ,life of the        
,master1 so that the knowledge of the   
real nature of the soul is given or     
restored by ,god4 ,during its use the   
mind was1 of course1 concentrated on its
 inner meanings4  ,various aspects of   
mystical truth could be expressed by its
 permutations2 ,a1 ,a1 ,a1 etc4  7#c7   
,cp4 ,odes of ,solomon1 #bg3 ,i         

stretched out my hands and worshipped   
the ,lord1 for the extension of my hands
 is ,his sign1 and my expansion is the  
,upright ,tree or ,pillar4  ,the ,cross 
of ,calvary was taken1 by the ,gnstics1 
to be the outward and visible sign of a 
concealed or ,cosmic ,cross1 another    
aspect of the ,city or ,monad1 upon     
which the ,logos or ,light-,spark1 as   
the ,son of ,man1 or the ,man1 was      
crucified perpetually in an ineffable   
manner1 thus communicating ,his ,life   
and ,light to the ,universe4  ,the      
substance or strain of this ,cross is   
symbolised here by the ,ennead or       
,ninefold ,being1 the members of which1 
,knowledge1 ,life1 ,hope1 etc41 are each
 in themselves ,ideal ,beings1          
,eternities1 or ,gods4  ,yet these      
,nine1 a number typical of ,initiation1 
are also one1 as the ,master and the    
,cross are also one4  ,the ,mystery is  
that of an ,unbloody ,sacrifice once and
 perpetually offered and also of ,divine
 ,espousal4  ,see further the ,hymn of  

,jesus and the ,gnstic ,crucifixion     
texts and commentaries by ,g4 ,r4 ,s4   
,mead1 who renders the passage in the   
text by ,the ,source of the ,cross is   
the ,man whom no man can comprehend4    
7#d7 ,twelve seems to symbolise the     
,powers creative of all kinds of life in
 their totality1 the creative           
imagination or raying forth power4  7#e7
 ,truth is another name for the ,bride  
of the ,logos1 ,his ,great ,surround or 
,body4  ,it is the ,divine ,concept or  
,conceiving ,thought of the ,cosmos and 
its processes1 and hence it is also the 
seal of perfection or ,body of ,glory1  
the ,life with which the ,risen and     
,ascended ,master is clad4  ,while      
conferring character on all things1 it  
is entirely transcendent1 modeless1 and 
un-walled4  ,through it ,god is immanent
 in the ,universe1 hence it is also     
called ,mother4  ,this is what the      
symbolism seems to imply4  7#f7 ,this   
implies the doctrine of the ,macrocosm  
and the ,microcosm1 of the ,universe and

 of the individual soul as a perfect    
compendium thereof4  ,all the great     
cosmic processes are to be found within 
the soul4  7#g7 ,a name was held to be  
that which manifests the innermost      
essence of a thing4  ,hence it          
symbolised the spiritual body or ideal  
vehicle of manifestation1 the life      
clothing4  ,the bestowal of a new name  
is therefore the sacramental sign of the
 gift of a new body or mode of life4    
,the real and ineffable ,name of ,god is
 the ,concept or ,conceiving ,thought   
referred to in note #e4  ,but this is   
the ,name ,mother or ,bride of the      
,logos1 ,providence4  ,to name was a    
sacramental way of invoking a presence  
or spiritual vehicle4  7#h7 ,cp4 ,codex 
,akhmim3 ,of ,him it is said1 ,he       
thinketh ,his ,image alone and beholdeth
 it in the ,water of ,pure ,light which 
surroundeth ,him4  ,and ,his ,thought   
energised and revealed herself1 and     
stood before ,him in the                
,light-,spark--which is the ,power which

 existed before the ,all--which is the  
perfect ,forethought of the ,all--the   
,barbl1 the on perfect in               
glory--glorifying ,him1 because she hath
 manifested herself in ,him and thinketh
 ,him 7i4e4 gives ,him birth74  ,she is 
the first ,thought1 ,his ,image4  ,barbl
 seems to mean ,in the ,four is ,god3 in
 other words1 it is the personified     
,tetragrammaton or ,great ,name commonly
 rendered by ,jehovah4  7#i7 ,kanoun4   
,this is a flat1 broad basket1          
originally made of rush or cane1 but    
often manufactured in precious metals in
 later times4  ,it was used in the      
sacrificial rites of the gods and was   
hence classed among sacred things 7v4   
,basket in ,hastings' ,ency4 of ,rel4   
and ,ethics74 ,what it signifies exactly
 ,i am unable to say4  ,possibly the    
rites of the school1 if we only knew    
them1 would throw some light upon the   
question4  ,the offerings of bread and  
wine at the ,eucharist may have been    
made in the ,kanoun4  ,sometimes in the 

,,ms4 it seems to be connected with     
prayer4  7#aj7 ,the ,temple of the      
,plrmata or ,fullnesses seems to be     
pictured as being in the manner of that 
in ,jerusalem4  ,the ons of the ,inner  
,space correspond to the ,holy of       
,holies1 the ons of the ,middle ,space  
to the ,holy ,place1 and the ons of the 
,outer ,space to the ,court4  ,the      
various ons and their powers now        
described seem to be those of the ,inner
 ,space4  on and ,space are practically 
equivalent terms1 only on is on the     
,mind or ,spiritual side of things1     
,space or ,extension 7,topos7 is on the 
,life or ,body side of things4  ,space  
is purely the space of mind4  ,it is a  
,spiritual ,body with many members1 each
 of which is a god1 having his own      
individual consciousness and being1 and 
yet partaking perfectly and wholly of a 
common consciousness or life4  ,each on 
is a mighty ,hierarchy in himself1 and  
his topos is a ,church or ,holy         
,assembly4  ,the ideal union of these   

,spaces is in the ,monad or ,indivisible
 ,point1 which is therefore the ,church 
of ,churches1 the ,body of the ,man whom
 no man can comprehend4  7#aa7 ,stheus  
and the twelve three-faced ,paternities 
seem to be the paradigms1 or heavenly   
patterns1 of the ,sun1 the signs of the 
,zodiac1 and the thirty-six ,decans4    
,he is the ,invisible ,sun of           
,righteousness behind the visible flame 
which measures time4  ,in other words1  
he is the symbol of the on of ons1 the  
on par excellence4  ,what time is to the
 ordinary mundane mind that ,stheus is  
to the ,alone-begotten and the ,monad1  
whose ineffable union he encompasses4   
,for he is the manifested ,sun of       
,eternity1 7sun symbol74 ,the ,monad is 
the ,indivisible ,point within the      
circle or sphere1 and the ,light-,spark 
or ,logos is within the ,point1 while   
,stheus himself is1 strictly speaking1  
the circle or sphere1 the well-known    
symbol of ,eternity4  ,all the ons are  
found in the topos of ,stheus1 as their 

divinity is not innate1 but comes from  
conscious participation1 hence the name 
on4  ,i suggest the name ,stheus is     
formed from that of the god ,seth1 who  
was a solar deity in some ,egyptian     
traditions4  ,no doubt the              
differentiation of the name is          
intentional4  ,the twelve ,paternities  
about the head are referable to the     
rays1 to the creative powers1 the       
,divine ,imaginings of the ,mystic ,sun 
in their totality4  7#ab7 ,schmidt      
thinks that the name ,nicotheos--the    
,victor ,god--is a title of ,christ1 and
 that a quotation is given from some    
lost ,apocalypse1 called1 perhaps1 ,the 
,apocalypse of ,nicotheos4  ,the whole  
passage seems to be a definite appeal to
 the experiences of attained mystics    
concerning the ,dark ,ray4  ,the        
,perfect was a technical name1 applied  
to those whose initiation or start had  
been consummated or perfected4  ,having 
been regenerated1 they were gods or ons1
 conscious of their kinship with the    

,plrmata4  ,each was now a hierarchy in 
himself1 a race1 as it were4  ,the      
passage is probably by a later hand4    
7#ac7 ,cp4 ,pseudo ,dionysius ,myst4    
,theol43  ,the super-unknown1 the       
super-luminous and loftiest height      
wherein the simple and absolute and     
unchangeable mysteries are cloaked in   
the super-lucent darkness of hidden     
mystic silence1 which super-shines most 
super-brightly in the blackest night1   
and in the altogether intangible and    
unseen1 superfills the eyeless          
understanding with super-beautiful      
brightnesses4  ,and thou1 dear ,timothy1
 in thy intent and practice of the      
mystical contemplations1 leave behind   
both thy senses and thy intellectual    
operations1 and all things known by     
sense and intellect1 and set thyself1 as
 far as may be1 to unite thyself in     
unknowing with ,him who is above all    
being and knowledge2 for by being purely
 free and absolute1 out of self and all 
things1 thou shalt be led up to the ,ray

 of the ,divine ,darkness1 stripped and 
loosed of all4  ,the above version is by
 ,dom ,john ,chapman1 ,o4,s4,b41 who    
says that this passage was cited        
throughout the ,middle ,ages as the     
locus classicus for method of           
contemplation4  ,this is1 except for our
 text1 the earliest mention of the ,dark
 ,ray in literature4  ,evidently ,pseudo
 ,dionysius did not invent the term     
himself1 but followed a much older      
,christian tradition4  ,this fact is    
important for the history of ,christian 
mysticism4  7#ad7 ,this seems to imply a
 doctrine of pre-existence4  ,perhaps   
the passage is related to ,john #ag3af3 
,they are not of the world1 even as ,i  
am not of the world4444  ,as ,thou didst
 send ,me into the world1 even so sent  
,i them into the world4  7#ae7 ,cp4     
,psalm #fh3ag 7,r4,v473 ,the chariots of
 ,god are twenty thousand1 even         
thousands upon thousands4  ,the ,lord is
 among them1 as in ,sinai1 in the       
sanctuary4  7#af7 ,further descriptions 

of this1 the oldest of the ons1 are     
given later on4  ,from these it will be 
gathered that the crown is the ,crown of
 ,life1 and that the twelve gates are   
also twelve deeps or firmaments1 over   
each of which a ,paternity presides4    
,she is called the ,indivisible ,one1   
either ,point1 ,atom1 or perhaps even   
,body or ,raiment4  ,as she is both the 
,spouse and ,mother of the ,light-,spark
 within the on1 ,i have generally called
 her the ,indivisible ,queen4  7#ag7 ,mr
 ,mead suggests that ,phsilampes may be 
a mystery name of ,basilides4  ,has a   
commentary on the ,gospel of ,st ,john  
been used here1 or a commentary on the  
prologue by ,basilides containing       
perhaps the teachings of the alleged    
instructor of ,basilides1 ,glaucias1    
whose name1 rather suggesting the       
shining one1 may equal ,phsilampes1     
which interpreted ,in the beginning as  
meaning ,in the ,first ,concept or in   
the ,monad was the ,word8  7#ah7 ,this  
repetition of the ,seven ,vowels gives  

the following meanings to them3--,,aaa  
,living of ,living ,ones1 ,,hhh  ,holy  
of ,holy ,ones1 ,,eee  ,being of        
,beings1 ,,iii  ,father of ,fatherhoods1
 ,,ooo  ,god of ,gods1 ,,yyy,lord of    
,lords1   ,space of ,spaces or on of    
ons4  ,the ,high and ,holy ,one1        
together with ,his ,bride and ,mother1  
the ,universal ,church or ,first        
,concept1 are one in and with the       
,eternity that they inhabit4 ,hence     
,thou art the ,house and the ,dweller in
 the ,house4  ,time 7on7 and ,space     
7,topos7 are here one1 or different     
aspects of the same mode of being4      
7#ai7 ,cp4 ,the ,mind unto ,hermes1 #af3
 ,the ,cosmos is all-formed             
,pantomorphos--not having forms external
 to itself1 but changing them1 itself   
within itself2 also the ,perfect        
,sermon1 xix4 #c3 ,the thirty-six1 who  
have the name of ,horoscopes1 are in the
 self-same space as the fixed stars2 of 
these the essence chief or ,prince is he
 whom they call ,pantomorph and         

,omniform1 who fashioneth the various   
forms for various species4  ,the        
,pantomorphic ,body is the ,augoeids or 
,astroeids1 the ray-like or star-like   
glory 7not to be confused with the      
astral body of modern theosophy74  ,cp4 
,origen1 ,ep4 #ch ad ,pammach3 ,another 
body1 a spiritual and aetherial one1 is 
promised us3 a body that is not subject 
to physical touch1 nor seen by physical 
eyes1 nor burdened with weight1 and     
which shall be metamorphosed according  
to the variety of regions in which it   
shall be4444  ,in that spiritual body   
the whole of us will see1 the whole     
hear1 the whole serve as hands1 the     
whole as feet4  ,the ,star-body is the  
body of ,resurrection and ,ascension4   
,cp4 ,mark #af3ab3 ,he was manifested in
 another form unto two of them4  ,also  
it was the body of the universal        
descent1 that which transmitted the ons 
from the ,plrma or ,ideal ,world to the 
,sensible ,world1 hence it was          
considered to be scattered or in a state

 of latency1 or of mystical death in    
normal man4  ,to awaken it1 to gather it
 together1 or to raise it from the dead1
 was one of the first objects of the    
mystics1 who followed the way of the    
,gnsis4  ,its partial resurgence was the
 first great step in the processes of   
the ,apotheosis4  ,it was the possession
 of this body1 in some degree1 which    
distinguished a man as spiritual from   
the psychic and hylic men4  ,the        
,astroeids included the natural body in 
its consummation1 under a great         
transmutation1 for it was the ,wisdom at
 the basis of material nature4  ,i have 
transferred the account of the ,city of 
the ,man from where it stands1 at the   
end of the ,,ms41 to this place1 as it  
seems more intelligible here1 and the   
exact order has been obscured by the    
confusion of the leaves4  7#bj7 ,cp4    
,poemandres1 #ae3 ,he the ,man1         
beholding the form like to himself      
existing in her1 in her water1 loved it 
and willed to live in it3 and with the  

will came act1 and so he vivified the   
form devoid of reason4  ,and ,nature    
took the object of her love and wound   
herself completely round him1 and they  
were intermingled1 for they were        
lovers4444  ,thus1 though above the     
,harmony 7or ,fate sphere71 within the  
,harmony he ,the ,man hath become a     
slave1 444 and though he is sleepless   
from a sleepless ,sire1 yet is he       
overcome by sleep4  ,this is the        
,mystery of the concealment of ,god in  
,nature1 a mystery that was sometimes   
presented under the symbol of a         
self-scattering1 sometimes under the    
symbol of a magical sleep1 or mystic    
death4  7#ba7 ,the ,earth that brought  
forth the ,god is the ground of the     
individual soul1 and is also the        
,sanctum ,sanctorum of the ,universe1   
the ,hidden ,sanctuary where the ,man is
 raised from mystical death or is       
reborn4  ,no doubt the symbolism is     
drawn from ,egyptian sources4  7#bb7    
,this passage might be paraphrased1     

,those who have received ,life and      
,light in the ,concealed ,sanctuary of  
the ,soul know1 through this ,crown of  
,perfection1 that the ,inheritors of the
 ,kingdom of ,light are indeed reborn   
from the ,indivisible ,body1 who is the 
,mother of us all4  7#bc7 ,,aaa   ,the  
,living ,space of ,spaces1 on of ons4   
,see note #ah and cp4 ,rev4 #a3h1       
#ag-ah3 ,i am ,alpha and ,omega 444 the 
,first and the ,last1 and the ,living   
,one2 and ,i was dead1 and1 behold1 ,i  
am alive unto the on of ons4  7#bd7 ,the
 ,body of ,christ1 which in its         
transcendental aspect is also ,his      
,bride and ,mother4  ,cp4 #b ,clem4     
xiv43 ,i do not suppose that you know   
not that the living ,church is the body 
of ,christ2 for the scripture saith1    
',god made ,man1 male and female2 the   
male is ,christ1 the female the ,church2
 and the books and the ,apostles belong 
not to the ,church that now is1 but to  
the ,church which is from above4  ,for  
it is spiritual1 as is our ,jesus1 but  

is manifested in these last days to save
 us4  ,but the ,church1 being spiritual1
 is manifested in the flesh of          
,christ4444  ,great is the ,life and    
,immortality which this flesh can       
partake of--that is1 of the ,holy       
,spirit which is joined to it--nor can  
any declare or utter what the ,lord has 
prepared for ,his chosen4'  7#be7 ,this 
extremely interesting and important     
passage is also one of great difficulty1
 for it is full of technical terms and  
allusions which would need a small      
treatise to elucidate properly4  ,for   
example1 it seems to imply the doctrine 
of two ,logoi that ,clement of          
,alexandria was accused of teaching1 and
 which is found in certain ,hellenistic 
writings4  ,the ,body of ,light is the  
,astroeids in which the ,adept can cross
 the ,fate-,sphere1 the ,midst1 the     
regions of consciousness where          
mechanical cause and effect prevail and 
contact the ,plrma1 or ,universe of     
,divine ,freedom and ,fullness4  ,charis

 or ,grace is the name of the ,bride or 
,body of the ,logos1 and the use of it  
here symbolises a raiment or ,body still
 more exalted than the ,astroeids4  ,it 
is the ,body beyond the ,stars1 the     
,monadic ,robe or ,robe of ,glory1 into 
which the ,star-like ,body was          
transformed at the ,horos1 ,limit or    
,boundary of the ,worlds of ,difference 
and of ,sameness4 ,what kind of ,peace  
was that in which the ,alone-begotten   
dwelt in the ,monad8  ,a ,peace most    
truly given to those within and those   
without1 for in it all things were      
created4  ,to realise what is meant we  
must remember that ,charis and          
,resurrection were names of ,staurus1   
the ,pillar that made with ,horos the   
,great ,cross referred to more than     
once4 ,peace1 then1 was the state of the
 ,logos in ,mystic crucifixion1 the     
,peace of ,god which established1       
reconciled1 justified all things4 ,hence
 it can be inferred what transformation 
the ,star ,body had to undergo to become

 the ,robe of ,glory4  ,the ,cross and  
the ,master were one4  ,the ,cross of   
,calvary was to the ,gnstic ,teacher the
 outer and efficacious sign of this     
,mystery or ,sacrament4  ,so also the   
,pentecostal outpouring recorded in     
,acts was the outward sign1 or          
sacramental token1 of the assumption by 
the ,master of the ,robe of ,glory1 the 
vesture of the ,monad or ,transcendental
 and ,universal ,church1 which could not
 be assumed here4  ,from thenceforth the
 band of disciples became a ,church1 the
 ,mystic ,body of ,christ1 the outward  
sign of concealed mysteries2 and it will
 be seen in what manner ,jesus was the  
,father of all ,light-,sparks and gave  
resurrection to the body4  ,such was the
 teaching of the ,gnsis4  ,to make the  
matter clear to readers interested in   
mysticism1 but unfamiliar with          
,hellenistic technical terms1 it may be 
said that the ,bodies so often referred 
to may be taken as standing for what may
 be called the ,life side of various    

stages of mystical consciousness1 as    
,light stands for the ,mind side2 but   
,life and ,light are one4  7#bf7 ,the   
,gate of ,god4  ,cp4 the ,naasene       
,document in ,hippolytus3 ,this ,mystery
 is the ,gate of ,heaven1 and this is   
the ,house of ,god1 where the ,good ,god
 dwells alone2 into which no impure man 
shall come1 no psychic1 nor fleshly man1
 444 but it is kept under watch for the 
,spiritual alone--where1 when they come1
 they must cast away their garments1 and
 all become bridegrooms1 obtaining their
 true manhood through the ,virginal     
,spirit4  ,for this is the ,virgin big  
with child1 conceiving and bearing a    
,son--not psychic1 not fleshly1 but a   
blessed on of ons4  ,gnsis1 then1 was   
the ,mystery of ,regeneration or        
,rebirth from above4 ,it will be        
observed that the text shows no         
hostility to ,faith4  ,this is an       
indication of early date4  ,mystery is  
often1 though not always1 the equivalent
 to ,sacrament4  7#bg7 ,there is then   

another ,universal ,mother1 ,phanerios  
or ,phaneia 7,wisdom without the        
,plrma74  ,in the last resort the two   
,mothers are one4  ,phaneia is the      
,mother of the manifested world in which
 there is matter1 but she does not seem 
to be in exile1 as in the ,sophia ,myth4
 ,like ,isis in the ,osiris legend1 she 
seems to have gone forth to gather      
together the self-scattered limbs of the
 ,man and to redeem ,him from captivity 
through the efforts of the great        
hierarchs that are given to her4  7#bh7 
,the pre-existence of the soul is       
taught1 also the loss of the memory of  
its true nature owing to its fall into  
,matter ,hyle4  ,but this fall is not   
regarded as either a sin or a mistake1  
but as a needful step in the mystery of 
,rebirth or ,re-ordering4  ,the         
,overseer is the ,mind of all           
,masterhood1 the ,logos1 the ,second    
,father of all4  ,it is tempting to     
connect the ,triple-,power with the     
,triple-,bodied ,man of the ,naasene    

,document and see in him the symbol of a
 simple ,universal ,consciousness       
polarised into the three states of      
,spiritual1 ,psychic1 and ,material4    
7#bi7 ,this ,vision of the ,advent of   
the ,creative ,word seems to be in part 
a summary and anticipation of things    
described otherwise later in the ,,ms4  
,after it the writer 7or writers7 goes  
back and describes the ,re-ordering from
 the time that the veils of the ons were
 drawn from various points of view4     
,various ,cosmic processes are          
delineated symbolically1 and their      
simultaneous working is not excluded4   
7#cj7 ,the ,universal ,man had fallen   
into bondage in the ,fate-,sphere4      
7#ca7 ,i think that what we are to      
understand is1 that the ,man is raised  
from ,his state of ,mystical ,death or  
,self-dispersion by the ,prtogenntr     
7,son1 ,first ,parent71 crowned with the
 ,lights of ,wisdom by the ,hidden      
,father ,who has no consort1 and robed  
with cosmic life by the ,mother4        

,compare what has already been said     
about the ,robe of ,glory and the       
outward signs of its descent at         
,pentecost4  ,the work of the ,mantle   
would seem to symbolise the re-ordering 
work of the ,church1 the ,new ,creation1
 the new impulse on its mystical side4  
,is ,prtogenntr1 then1 a cryptic title  
of ,christ8  ,in a sense ,i think it is1
 but there are other issues which are   
better discussed at a later point4  ,the
 ,title ,without ,king recalls the      
,naasene ,document and its ,one is the  
,race without a ,king which is born     
,above4  7#cb7 ,the ,seven ,stratelatai1
 leaders or generals1 are perhaps the   
seven ,planets4  7#cc7 ,cp4 the ,akhmim 
,codex3 ,she 7,barbl7 is the ,first     
,thought1 his ,image1 she becometh the  
,first ,man2 that is the ,virginal      
,spirit1 she of the triple ,manhood1 the
 triple-powered one1 the triple-named1  
triple-born1 the on which ages not1 the 
,man-woman4  #cd4  ,who are the ,mother 
and the three great hierarchs8  ,it is  

tempting to connect the three with the  
three traditional paths of ,purgation1  
,illumination and ,union1 ,water1 ,fire 
and ,spirit4  ,the ,propatr1 who desires
 to turn the ,world to ,god1 and who is1
 through the descent of a particular    
power1 the ,father-,mother of the       
,spiritual ,life to come1 may symbolise 
the process of ,purgation and the       
,baptism of ,water2 the ,autopatr1 who  
utters the promises of ,christ and who  
has the power of an ,ennead of          
initiation1 may typify the ,illuminative
 ,life and the ,baptism of ,fire2 while 
the ,prtogenntr1 robed in cosmic        
consciousness1 so that he can walk even 
the waters of the ,primal ,deep 7,noun71
 who draws forth finally from the       
material life1 may represent the        
inception of the ,life of ,union and the
 ,baptism of the ,spirit4  ,all this may
 be true1 but1 if ,i mistake not1 there 
is more behind the veil of symbolism1   
and it is continual allusions to this   
more1 plain enough to the person for    

whom it was intended1 that renders the  
,,ms4 so peculiarly difficult4  ,who is 
,phaneia1 the ,mother without the       
,plrma1 who owes her position to the    
descent of the ,royal ,robe8  ,she      
stands for nature in what may be called 
its sacramental aspect1 and she also    
stands for the ,churches1 if ,i mistake 
not1 and more particularly for the      
community or order to which the writer  
or writers belonged4  ,this implies a   
certain claim to a high mystical        
self-knowledge on the part of that      
community4  ,again1 the title ,son      
,prtogenntr is most significant4  ,he   
that bore it must be the ,son of the    
,sacred ,house1 the ,son of the         
,doctrine1 and the ,first ,parent1 or   
,father in ,god1 of those to come after4
  ,he invites comparison not only with  
the ,saviour of the ,gospels1 but also  
with figures that appear in the myths of
 the mystery cults3 with ,horos1 the son
 of ,isis1 with ,hermes the             
,thrice-,great1 with the ,eagle or      

,father whose title represented the     
highest grade of the ,mithriaca4  ,i    
suggest that he may represent the ideal 
candidate in the mystery of             
initiation--that is to say1 he who1 by  
entering into himself1 has attained to  
the unio mystica1 has raised up the ,man
 within himself1 has been reborn as a   
god in ,divine consciousness1 and so is 
qualified to hand on the vital processes
 of the ,gnsis to others1 becoming      
thereby their spiritual parent4  ,so he 
is called ,son ,prtogenntr4  ,he is     
,christ in the sense that ,galahad of   
the ,quest1 and ,parsifal of ,wagner's  
great drama are ,christ4  ,the theory of
 initiation as conceived in the early   
mystical communities seems1 in part at  
any rate1 to rest upon the proposition  
that he who has himself attained to     
,union with ,god is able to start1 to   
initiate1 in suitable persons1 and under
 certain conditions1 those processes    
which1 under ,providence1 result in a   
like consummation4  ,thus we appear to  

have a claim in the ,,ms4 to a          
transmitted ,mastership in the ranks of 
the order going back to ,jesus ,himself3
 ,for whose sake resurrection is given  
to the body4  ,he is the ,father of all 
,light-,sparks1 ,the ,propatr and       
,autopatr would seem to represent       
different aspects of this claim4 ,gnsis 
was not the possession of a body of     
secret ,doctrine in the sense of having 
a number of formal propositions         
containing occult information1 but a    
vital knowledge of the processes of     
,regeneration or ,apotheosis4  ,then1   
again1 we have the idea of a ,divine    
,mind or ,logos manifesting ,himself    
through a ,body of ,universal           
,consciousness1 represented             
sacramentally 7that is to say           
effectually7 in the physical world by   
the bodies of a body of believers4  ,the
 rites of this body symbolised1 again   
effectually1 the modes and activities of
 the ,body of ,universal ,consciousness 
of which it was the outward sign1 just  

as its doctrines reflected on the plane 
of mentation and discourse the workings 
of the ,divine ,mind1 which are above   
mentation and discourse1 though not     
contrary to it4  ,the acceptance of     
these ideas seems to have constituted   
,pistis--the ,faith by which we believe 
in the ,mysteries of the ,man--a mode of
 the ,divine ,energy which resulted in  
good works4 ,gnsis was the knowledge of 
the processes by which these ideas      
passed from the life of formal belief   
and intellectual assent into the life of
 realised consciousness4  ,the ,hylics1 
men in ,hyle or ,matter1 were the       
children of this world1 so absorbed in  
the life of the senses five that they   
lived like brute beasts without         
understanding4  ,hyle as a technical    
term was not always understood too      
literally by the ,gnstics and           
,platonists 7see various passages in    
,codex ,bruce71 but derived its         
importance as the symbol of a certain   
state of consciousness4  ,psychics were 

those whose consciousness was           
sufficiently aroused to accept a formal 
belief in viewless ,divine ,energies and
 to order their social conduct on the   
basis of that belief4 ,the ,spiritual1  
the ,perfect1 those perfected in ,gnsis1
 that is1 were those that were actually 
conscious of participating in a ,mind in
 common and in a ,body of transcendental
 energy in common4  ,this ,mind         
7,logos71 ,light-,spark1 and ,body      
7,monad7 constituted a sole ,being1     
,man1 or the ,son of ,man1 neither male 
nor female1 and yet both1 who enveloped 
all things1 even those of ,hyle 7v4 the 
,naasene ,document7 in ,his ,infinite   
,perfections1 who manifested all things1
 who was concealed in all things and who
 was above all things4  ,an ideal       
,church or ,community of ,spiritual men1
 conscious of the whole ,man in each of 
its members1 could focus within itself1 
without any robbery1 all the energies of
 the ,universe1 and by concentrating and
 applying them in a certain manner could

 give birth to the whole order within   
the consciousness of the called and     
chosen candidate1 who thus became a     
,self-,knowing1 ,self-,fathered1        
,fore-,fathered god1 a ,race without a  
,king in the name ,god4  ,his substance 
was enformed by the ,sacraments of the  
,manifested ,order 7,phaneia71 and the  
substance thus enformed was finally     
assumed1 translated1 transformed1 what  
you will1 in a mode utterly beyond all  
symbol and image by the descent of the  
,divine ,grace1 ,first ,concept1 ,ennead
 and ,monad ,without ,seal-,mark1 ,barbl
 7again what you will71 and given final 
,re-birth in the ,light of the ,mind4   
,to form an ,ideal community of this    
kind1 a community of gods in ,god1 by a 
series of grades or steps1 places of    
,repentance or change slowly taken1 was1
 ,i believe1 the purpose of those       
responsible for the original of the     
present ,,ms4  ,they began from the base
 upwards that the building might unite  
them to their companions--souls that in 

onian bliss beheld the ,face of ,god    
unveiled4  ,into this building plan the 
,neophyte was initiated to give thereto 
his soul and body as a willing oblation 
and sacrifice4  ,it seems a reasonable  
suggestion to offer that this document  
consists of a series of meditations and 
spiritual exercises given to the        
candidate before one of the inner       
initiations or sacramental starts that  
was consummated beyond the veil of signs
 and symbols4  ,for such an end not only
 ,faith1 not only a reasonable          
,foundation in an accepted philosophy1  
that of ,plato1 but an ,imagination     
intensified into intuition was needed4  
,hence these strange hieroglyphs on the 
expressed veil4  ,the ,child of ,fire   
must behold rising within himself from  
the ,immeasurable ,abyss of ,godhead the
 five-rayed morning star of ,love1      
,faith1 ,hope1 ,gnsis1 and ,peace1 the  
herald of the ,perfect ,dawn of a ,new  
,birth4  ,possibly ,propatr1 ,autopatr  
and ,prtogenntr may also have been the  

official designations of hierophants in 
the sacramental side of some ,mystery   
consummated in solitude1 from which the 
candidate returned an ,epopt4  7#ce7    
,cp4 ,ps4 #ajd3a1 #b3 ,thou art clothed 
with honour and majesty3 who coverest   
thyself with light as with a garment4   
7#cf7 ,this hymn or prayer seems to be  
an invocation to the ,dark ,ray on      
behalf of the candidate 7and also for   
the building up of the ,ideal ,order74  
,the consummation1 beyond all signs and 
images1 is in the hands of ,god alone4  
,a start may be effected by duly        
qualified hierophants under certain     
conditions1 but the crown ,pantelos is  
given by the ,father of all ,fatherhood 
alone4  7#cg7 ,this looks as if in this 
system the ,fruit of the ,plrma was also
 the ,father of the ,fullnesses4  ,the  
phrase ,he made a world and bore it into
 the ,temple seems to mean that ,he     
assumed a body of manifestation4  7#ch7 
,the veil which surrounded the ,plrma or
 ,world of ,divine ,ideas was called    

,stauros 7,cross7 and ,horos            
7,boundary74  ,cp4 ,hippolytus 7vi4 #c73
  ,now it is called ',boundary' because 
it bounds off the ,deficiency from the  
,fullness so as to make it exterior to  
it4  ,it is called ,partaker because it 
partakes of the ,deficiency as well2 and
 it is called ',cross' because it hath  
been fixed immovably and unchangeably1  
so that nothing of the ,deficiency      
should be able to approach the ons      
within the ,fullness4  ,see also the    
,gnstic ,crucifixion1 #i1 #aj1 #aa      
7,acts of ,john73 ,the ,cross is the    
defining 7or delimitation7 of all       
things1 both the firm necessity of      
things fixed from things unstable1 and  
the harmony of wisdom4  ,and as it is   
,wisdom in ,harmony1 there are those on 
the ,right and those on the             
,left--powers1 authorities1             
principalities and daemons1 energies1   
threats1 powers of wrath1               
slanderings--and the ,lower ,root from  
which hath come forth the things in     

genesis4  ,this1 then1 is the ,cross    
which by the ,word hath been the means  
of ',cross-beaming' all things--at the  
same time separating off the things that
 proceed from genesis and those below   
from those above1 and also compacting   
them all into one4  ,the ,mantle in     
which the ,man is clad and which severs 
and orders all things is evidently      
another aspect of the same idea4  ,the  
use of the term veil is suggestive1 as  
the term is so often employed in        
,hellenistic ,mysticism in connection   
with ,initiation4 ,finally1 it is just  
worth noting that it is possible that   
what ,origen has to say about the       
self-limitation of ,god is influenced by
 the tradition concerning the ,horos or 
,boundary4  7#ci7 ,this is undoubtedly a
 reference to the ,mystical ,crucifixion
 so often mentioned in previous notes4  
,it is the ,master ,symbol of the       
,unitive ,state1 of the reconciliation  
and union of ,god and ,man1 and of the  
participation of the individual in the  

,universal4  ,its presence at this point
 of the text is most suggestive4  ,the  
candidate1 the ,birth of ,matter1       
stands1 mystically at any rate1 before  
the ,veil at the ,foot of the ,cross4   
,to pass the ,veil and to enter into the
 ,fullness means being united with the  
,master in ,his ,passion and            
,crucifixion4  ,the ,cross is evidently 
a ,tau1 and ,i suggest that the         
frontispiece may represent this         
,mystery1 the ,crucifixion of the on1   
,o1 upon ,staurus1 the ,cross and the   
,master being ,one1 ,a and ,a4  ,the    
meaning of ,,xmi is unknown4  ,it has   
been suggested that it is 7with ,,eic   
,,theos7 a symbol of the ,trinity in    
,unity1 or a veil of the ,divine ,name4 
7#dj7 ,the terms ,i have translated as  
,sole ,unstainable1 ,sole               
,foundation-stone of ,adamant are       
,amiantos1 ,adamantos4  ,besides meaning
 unstainable1 ,amiantos was the name of 
a pale green stone4 ,readers interested 
in the legend of the ,graal will recall 

that the ,graal is represented as a     
green stone in the ,parzival of ,von    
,eschenbach4  ,adamantos is diamond4    
,here and in the account of the ,monad  
as the ,metropolis of ,monogenes1 filled
 with men of every race and with all the
 statues of the king1 there is a curious
 parallel to be found to a happening in 
the life of ,saint ,theresa4  ,being    
once in prayer1 she says1 the ,diamond  
was represented to me like a flash2     
although ,i saw nothing formed1 still1  
it was a representation with all        
clearness how all things are seen in    
,god1 and how all are contained in      
,him4444  ,let us say that the ,divinity
 is like a very lustrous ,diamond1      
larger than all the world1 or like a    
mirror--and all that we do is seen in   
this ,diamond1 it being so fashioned    
that it includes everything within      
itself1 because there is nothing but    
what is contained in this magnitude4  ,i
 have ventured to insert ,foundation    
because ,i think that there is a punning

 allusion to ,adamas4  ,cp4 ,naasene    
,document3 ,the 'rock' means ,adamas4   
,this is the corner-stone 444 which ,i  
insert in the foundation of ,zion4  ,by 
this he means allegorically the plasm of
 man4 ,for ,adamas1 who is inserted in  
the inner ,man1 and the foundations of  
,zion are 444 the wall and palisade 7sc4
 ,horos7 in which is the inner ,man4    
7#da7 ,the prayer seems to be for the   
transmutation of the members of the     
order by mystical marriages with their  
archetypal selves1 that the mysteries of
 the ,crucifixion1 ,resurrection1       
,ascension1 and of the ,descent of the  
,paraclete may be realised after a      
certain manner4  7#db7 ,compare this    
passage with what has already been said 
concerning an attempt to form an ,ideal 
,order4  ,a place of ,metanoia implies  
here a radical change of the whole being
 rather than repentance as ordinarily   
understood4  ,the topos of ,autognes1   
the ,self-begotten1 was the first       
station of the journey of the           

,light-,spark without the ,plrma1 and is
 the last station of the return within4 
,the extant ,gospel of ,mary 7,codex    
,akhmim71 which was reviewed by         
,irenaeus1 and was therefore composed   
before #ahj ,a4,d41 states that from the
 ,light of the ,christ and the          
,incorruptible proceed forth four great 
,lights to surround ,autognes4  ,their  
names are ,harmozel1 roial1 ,daveithi1  
and llth4  ,irenaeus says1 ,charis      
,grace was conjoined with the great and 
first ,luminary1 and this they will have
 to be the ,saviour and call him        
,harmogen--the ,harmes-begotten4  ,the  
name ,harmes appears in the present     
,,ms41 and is evidently a name for      
,barbl4  ,these things are important for
 the date of the ,greek original4  ,the 
allusions to ,pistis-,sophia are        
probably interpolated2 there seems to be
 no room for her adventures in the      
scheme of the text4  ,but what are we to
 make of the mysterious ,baptism in the 
name of ,barpharanges8  ,does           

,barpharanges 7the meaning of which no  
one seems to know7 simply  ,harmogenes  
the begotten from ,barbl1 the ,virginal 
,spirit1 the ,image seen in the pure    
water of ,light8  ,if so1 then we have  
in all probability an allusion to the   
,gnstic ,baptism with the ,holy ,spirit 
or ,light4  ,harmogenes will be the     
,child of the ,mystical ,marriage with  
the ,virginal ,spirit by which the      
,spiritual recover their true manhood1 a
 blessed on of ons3 that is to say1 that
 the ,epopt himself is mystically       
,autognes1 the ,self-begotten1 having   
been reborn a god in ,god4  ,the rest of
 the text is missing4  #dc4  ,this ,hymn
 to the ,light seems to stand in some   
close connection with the text we have  
been discussing4  ,if what has been     
suggested concerning the contents of the
 ,greek original should prove correct1  
both the nature and position of the     
,hymn become plain4  ,it consists of    
various acts of the will not altogether 
unlike some of those prescribed in      

certain ,catholic manuals for those in  
the ,unitive way4  ,it is the form of   
,prayer given by the ,director or       
,master to his disciple1 to be used     
together with the ,,ms4 as part of his  
preparation for1 what ,i believe to be1 
the ,baptism of ,light4  ,a large part  
of the ,hymn seems to be missing owing  
to the state of the ,,ms41 and the order
 is uncertain4      ,,printed ,,in      
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consequently1 of the ,holy ,scriptures7 
than any other helps and books which ,i 
could ever meet withal besides4444  ,in 
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the succinct1 very deeply expressed     
terms employed in his later books is    
largely and plainly described in a      
childish way1 after the manner of the   
infancy of his high manifestation2 so   
that it is a large and most clear ,,abc1
 being the fitter and plainer for       
beginners1 and with his other books may 
the easier be understood2 and it is a   
summary contents of all his ,mysteries1 
and may serve instead of a manuduction1 
introduction1 and key to unlock all the 
difficult expressions in his other      
books4    #ba ,cecil ,court1 ,charing   
,cross ,road1 ,w4,c4 #b4