6/16/2023 0 Comments Book of sophia. daughter of jesus![]() Plérome de Valentin, from Histoire critique du Gnosticisme Jacques Matter, 1826, Vol. Logos and Zoe are unique to this system as compared to the previous, and may be an evolved version of the first, totalling 32 Aeons, but it is not clear if the first two were actually regarded Aeons.Īccording to Myther, "The total number of Aeons, being 32, reflects the similarity of the mechanism to the Tree of Life, which, as suggested in the Zohar, incorporates 10 Sephiroth and 22 paths interconnecting these 10 Sephiroth while 10 Aeons are created during the first five generations from which come the other 22 Aeons later during the sixth generation." Sige The order of Anthropos and Ecclesia versus Logos and Zoe is somewhat debated different sources give different accounts. Fifth generation, emanated from Anthropos and Ecclesia:.Fourth generation, emanated from Nous and Aletheia:.Nous Νοΰς (or Monogenes) and Aletheia Άλήθεια.Third generation, emanated from Ennoea and Thelesis:. ![]() Second generation (conceived by the One):.The first four are called the Tetrad, and the eight are the Ogdoad deities of the Ancient Egyptian pantheon. Logos is created when Anthropos learns to speak. Ecclesiasticus (Son of Ecclesia) and Macariotes (Blessedness)Īccording to Irenaeus, the followers of the Gnostics Ptolemy and Colorbasus had Aeons that differ from those of Valentinus.Ainos (Praise) and Synesis (Intelligence).Paracletus (Comforter) and Pistis (Faith).Monogenes (Only-begotten) and Macaria (Happiness).Acinetos (Immovable) and Syncrasis (Commixture).Autophyes (Essential nature) and Hedone (Pleasure).Ageratos (Never old) and Henosis (Union).Fourth generation, emanated from Sermo and Vita.Sermo (the Word Logos Λόγος) and Vita (the Life Zoe Ζωή).Third generation, emanated from Nous and Aletheia.Nous Νοΰς (Nus, Mind) and Aletheia Άλήθεια (Veritas, Truth).Bythos Βύθος (the One) and Sige Σιγή (Silence, Charis, Ennoea, etc.).The first eight of these Aeons, corresponding to generations one through four below, are referred to as the Ogdoad. Tertullian's Against the Valentinians gives a slightly different sequence. The Gnostic Gospel of Judas, found in 2006, purchased, held, and translated by the National Geographic Society, also mentions Aeons and speaks of Jesus' teachings about them. In fact, certain Gnostic Angels, such as Armozel, are also Aeons. The ultimate end of all Gnosis is metanoia (Greek μετάνοια), or repentance-undoing the sin of material existence and returning to Pleroma.Īeons bear a number of similarities to Judaeo-Christian angels, including roles as servants and emanations of God, and existing as beings of light. Christ then took a human form ( Jesus), to teach humanity how to achieve Gnosis. This creature does not belong to Pleroma, and the One emanates two savior Aeons, Christ and the Holy Spirit, to save humanity from the Demiurge. According to Basilides, it is a flaw in the last sonship according to others the sin of the Great Archon, or Aeon-Creator, of the Universe according to others it is the passion of the female Aeon Sophia, who emanates without her partner Aeon, resulting in the Demiurge (Greek Δημιουργός), a creature that should never have been. The transition from immaterial to material, from noumenal to sensible, is created by a flaw, passion, or sin in an Aeon. The lowest regions of Pleroma are closest to darkness-that is, the physical world. Together with the source from which they emanate, they form Pleroma ("fullness", Greek πλήρωμα). These Aeons belong to a purely ideal, noumenal, intelligible, or supersensible world they are immaterial, they are hypostatic ideas. Complex hierarchies of Aeons are thus produced, sometimes to the number of thirty. The split perfect being conceives the second Aeon, Nous ("mind", Greek Νους), within itself. This source of all being is an Aeon, in which an inner being dwells, known as Ennoea ("thought, intent", Greek ἔννοια), Charis ("grace", Greek χάρις), or Sige ("silence", Greek σιγή). In Basilidian Gnosis they are called sonships (υἱότητες huiotetes sing.: υἱότης huiotes) according to Marcus, they are numbers and sounds in Valentinianism they form male/female pairs called syzygies (Greek συζυγίαι, from σύζυγοι syzygoi, lit. In different systems these emanations are differently named, classified, and described, but emanation theory is common to all forms of Gnosticism. In many Gnostic systems, various emanations of God are known by such names as One, Monad, Aion teleos (αἰών τέλεος "The Broadest Aeon"), Bythos ( βυθός, "depth" or "profundity"), Proarkhe ("before the beginning", προαρχή), Arkhe ("the beginning", ἀρχή), and Aeons.
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