Pistis Sophia on Superphysics

The First Mystery

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Jesus hitherto instructed his disciples only up to the regions of the First Mystery.

When Jesus had risen from the dead, he spent 11 years discoursing with his disciples, and instructing them only up to the regions of the First Commandment and up to the regions of the First Mystery, that within the Veil, within the First Commandment, which is the four-and-twentieth mystery without and below–those [four-and-twenty] which are in the second space of the First Mystery which is before all mysteries,–the Father in the form of a dove.

The nature of his glory

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But the disciples sat together in fear and were in exceedingly great agitation and were afraid because of the great earthquake which took place, and they wept together, saying: “What will then be? Peradventure the Saviour will destroy all regions?” Thus saying, they wept together.

John was Elias in a past life

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When the sun rose in the east, thereafter then through the First Mystery, which existed from the beginning, on account of which the universe hath arisen, out of which also I am myself now come, not in the time before my crucifixion, but now,–it came to pass, through the command of that mystery, that there shouldHow the Vesture of Light was sent unto him. be sent me my Light-vesture, which it had given me from the beginning, and which I had left behind in the last mystery, that is the four-and-twentieth mystery from within without,–those which are in the orders of the second space of the First Mystery.

The Three Robes of Light

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It came to pass that a great light-power came down, in which was my Vesture, which I had left behind in the 24th mystery.

I found a mystery in my Vesture, written in 5 words of those from the height: zama zama ōzza rachama ōzai,–whose solution is this:

The First Sphere

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I left that region behind me and ascended to the first sphere [planet], shining most exceedingly, 49 times more brightly than I had shone in the firmament.

It came to pass then, when I had reached the gate of the first sphere [planet], that its gates were shaken and opened of themselves at once.

12th repentance of Sophia

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The Self-willed aided his emanations and they again oppress Sophia.

I drew near unto the chaos, shining very exceedingly, to take away the light from that lion-faced power.

As I shone exceedingly, it was in fear and cried out to its self-willed god, that he should help it. And forthwith the self-willed god looked out of the thirteenth æon, and looked down into the chaos, exceedingly wrathful |105. and desiring to help his lion-faced power. And forthwith the lion-faced power, it and all its emanations, surrounded. Pistis Sophia, desiring to ’take away the whole light in Sophia.

13th repentance of Sophia

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CHAPTER 57

Pistis Sophia cried unto me, saying:

“O Light of lights, I have transgressed in the twelve æons, and have descended from them; wherefor have I uttered the twelve repentances, [one] for each æon. Now, therefore, O Light of lights, forgive me my transgression, for it is exceedingly great, because I have abandoned the regions of the height and have come to dwell in the regions of the chaos.'

Mary Magdalene

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Mary interpreted the words of Isaiah.

Mary Magdalene

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When then Jesus had said this unto his disciples, he said unto them: “Now, therefore, let him whom his spirit stirreth, come forward and speak the solution of the tenth repentance of Pistis Sophia.”

Philip questions Jesus

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Philip sat and wrote all the words that Jesus spake.

Philip then came forward, fell down and adored the feet of Jesus, saying:

Philip

Grant me authority to discourse before you and ask you before you speak concerning the regions whither thou didst go because of thy ministry.

Jesus

Authority is given thee to bring forward the word which thou willest.

Philip

On account of what mystery hast thou changed the binding of the rulers and their æons and their Fate and their sphere and all their regions, and made them confounded in confusion on their path and deluded in their course? Hast thou then done this unto them for the salvation of the world or hast thou not?

Chapter 23: Why the path of the æons was changed

Jesus

I have changed their path for the salvation of all souls. If I had not changed their path, a host of souls would have been destroyed. They would have spent a long time, if the rulers of the æons and the rulers of the Fate and of the sphere and of all their regions and all their heavens and all their æons had not been brought to naught.

The Tyrants

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CHAPTER 26: [The Destruction of Maldek]

This then they accomplished continuously before their power was diminished and they became exhausted or powerless.

When they became powerless, their light in their region ceased and their kingdom was destroyed, and the universe became quickly raised up.

Jesus enters the 13th æon and finds Pistis Sophia

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I then ascended to the veils of the 13th æon [star system].

The veils drew apart of their own accord and opened themselves for me. I entered in into the 13th æon and found Pistis Sophia [human oversoul] below the 13th æon all alone and no one of them with her.

3rd Repentance of Sophia

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When Jesus had finished speaking these words unto his disciples, saying: “This is the third repentance of Pistis Sophia,” that he said unto them: “Let him in whom a sensitive spirit hath arisen, come forward and speak the thought of the repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered.”

First Repentance of Sophia

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Pistis Sophia cried out most exceedingly, she cried to the Light of lights which she had seen from the beginning, in which she had had faith, and uttered this repentance, saying thus:

Fourth and Fifth Repentance of Sophia

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CHAPTER 40

John asketh and receiveth permission to speak.

Jesus

This is the fourth repentance which Pistis Sophia hath uttered.

John came forward, adored the breast of Jesus and said unto him:

Philip the scribe complains

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CHAPTER 42

When then Jesus had spoken these words unto his disciples, he said unto them: “Who hath ears to hear, let him hear; and let him whose spirit seetheth up in him, come forward and speak the solution of the thought of the fifth repentance of Pistis Sophia.”

Repentance of Sophia

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Jesus said to his disciples: “This is the song of praise which Pistis Sophia uttered in her first repentance, repenting of her sin, and reciting all which had befallen her.

Second Repentance of Sophia

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Jesus continued again in the discourse and said: “Pistis Sophia again continued and still sang praises in a second repentance, saying thus:

“‘1. Light of lights, in whom I have had faith, leave me not in the darkness until the end of my time.

6th Repentance of Sophia

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when Jesus had heard Philip speak these words, that he said: “Well said, Philip, well-beloved. Now, therefore, come, take thy seat and write thy portion of all the discourses which I shall speak, and [of all things which I shall] do, and of all that thou shalt see.”

7th Repentance of Sophia

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The repentance of Sophia is not yet accepted. She is mocked by the æons.Jesus continued again in the discourse and said unto his disciples: “It came to pass, when Pistis Sophia had finished uttering the sixth repentance for the forgiveness of her transgression, that she turned again to the height, to see if her sins were forgiven her, and to see whether they would lead her up out of the chaos. But by commandment of the First Mystery not yet was she hearkened to, so that her sin should be forgiven and she should be led up out of the chaos. When then she had turned to the height to see whether her repentance were accepted from her, she saw all the rulers of the twelve æons mocking at her and rejoicing over her because her repentance was not accepted from her. When then she saw that they mocked at her, she grieved exceedingly and lifted up her voice to the height in her seventh repentance, saying:

Eighth Repentance of Sophia

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Jesus leadeth Sophia to a less confined region, but without the commandment of the First Mystery.Jesus continued again in the discourse and said unto his disciples: “It came to pass then, when Pistis Sophia had uttered the seventh repentance in the chaos, that the commandment through the First Mystery had not come to me |83. to save her and lead her up out of the chaos. Nevertheless of myself out of compassion without commandment I led her into a somewhat spacious region in the chaos.

Jesus Commends Matthew

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Matthew came forward and said:

Matthew

Your spirit has stirred me and your light hath made me sober to proclaim this eighth repentance of Pistis Sophia. For thy power hath prophesied thereof aforetime through David in the thirtieth Psalm, saying:

‘1. On thee, O Lord, have I hoped. Let me never be put to shame; save me according to thy righteousness.

9th Repentance of Sophia

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Jesus said to them: “Who is sober among you, let him proclaim their solution.”

James came forward, kissed the breast of Jesus and said:

“My Lord, thy spirit hath sobered me, and I am ready to proclaim their solution. Concerning them indeed thy power hath prophesied aforetime through David in the thirty-fourth Psalm, saying thus concerning the ninth repentance of Pistis Sophia:

The commandment of the First Mystery

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CHAPTER 59

The power sent by Jesus formeth a light-wreath on Sophia’s head.And Jesus continued again in the discourse and said unto his disciples: “It came to pass then, when Pistis Sophia had finished saying these words in the chaos, that I made the light-power, which I had sent to save her, become a light-wreath on her head, so that from now on the emanations of Self-willed could not have dominion over her. And when it had become a light-wreath round her head, all the evil matters in her were shaken and all were purified in her.

Mary Mother

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The other Mary came forward and said: “My Lord, bear with me and be not wroth with me. Yea, from the moment when thy mother spake with thee concerning the solution of these words, my power disquieted me to come forward and like-wise to speak the solution of these words.”

John

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JOHN also came forward and said: “O Lord, bid me also speak the solution of the words which thy light-power hath prophesied aforetime through David.”

And Jesus answered and said unto John: “To thee too, John, I give commandment to speak the solution of the words which my light-power hath prophesied through David:

The emanations of Sell-willed cry aloud to him for help

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Before I had led forth Pistis Sophia out of the chaos, because it was not yet commanded me through my Father, the First Mystery which looketh within,–at that time then, after the emanations of Self-willed had perceived that my light-stream had taken from them the light-powers which they had taken from Pistis Sophia, and had poured them into Pistis Sophia,

Thomas

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CHAPTER 68

Jesus

When I had led Pistis Sophia out of the chaos, that she cried out again and said

Sophia singeth a song of praise."‘1. I am saved out of the chaos and loosed from the bonds of the darkness. I am come unto thee, O Light.

Matthew

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When the First Mystery had finished saying these words, that Matthew came forward and said: “I have understood the solution of the song which Pistis Sophia hath uttered. Now, therefore, give commandment unto me, that I speak it in openness.”

Matthew

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CHAPTER 72

It came to pass then, when the First Mystery had heard Matthew speak these words, that he said: “Well said, Matthew, and finely, beloved. This is the solution of the song which Pistis Sophia hath uttered.”

Matthew

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Mary continued again and said unto Jesus: “In what type is the outer darkness; or rather how many regions of chastisement are there in it?”

Matthew

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Mary and the disciples cried out and wept: “Woe unto sinners, for their chastisements are exceedingly numerous!”

Mary fell down at the feet of Jesus, kissed them and said: “My Lord, if a good man hath accomplished all the mysteries and he hath a kinsman, in a word he hath a man, and that man is an impious [one] who hath committed all sins and is deserving of the outer darkness, and he hath not repented, or he hath completed his number of circuits in the changes of the body, and that man hath done nothing useful, and he hath come out of. the body, and we have known certainly of him, that he hath sinned |326. and is deserving of the outer darkness,–what are we to do with him, to save him from the chastisements of the dragon of the outer darkness, and that he may be removed into a righteous body which shall find the mysteries of the Light-kingdom, in order that it may be good and go on high and inherit the Light-kingdom?”

Bartholomew

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CHAPTER 147

Bartholomew said: “A man who hath intercourse with a male, what is his vengeance?”

Of the chastisement of him who hath intercourse with males.Jesus said: “The measure of the man who hath intercourse with males and of the man with whom he lieth, is the same as that of the blasphemer.

The chastisement of the curser

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BOOK 6

Chapter 144: The chastisement of the curser

[and lead them forth to the fire-rivers and fire-seas] and take vengeance on it therein for another six months and eight days. Thereafter they lead it up on the way of the midst, and every one of the rulers of the way of the midst chastizeth it in his chastisements another six months and eight days. Thereafter they lead it to the Virgin of Light, who judgeth the good and the evil, that she may judge it. And when the sphere turneth itself, she handeth it over to her receivers, that they may cast it into the coons of the sphere. And the servitors of the sphere lead it forth to a water which is below the sphere; and it becometh |380. a seething fire and eateth into it, until it purifieth it utterly.

The disciples gather round Jesus

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When Jesus our Lord had been crucified and had risen from the dead on the third day, that his disciples gathered round him, adored him and said: “Our Lord, have mercy upon us, for we have abandoned father and mother and the whole world and have followed thee.”

The mystic offering

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CHAPTER 141

The disciples beseech Jesus to have mercy upon sinners.

When the disciples had heard this, they fell down, adored him and said: “Help us now, Lord, and have mercy upon us, in order that we may be preserved from these wicked chastisements which are prepared for the sinners. Woe |372. unto them, woe unto the children of men! For they grope as the blind in the darkness and see not. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, in this great blindness in which we are. And have mercy upon the whole race of men; for they have lain in wait for their souls, as lions for their prey, making it [sc. the prey] ready as food for their [sc. the rulers’] chastisements because of the forgetfulness and unknowing which is in them. Have mercy then upon us, our Lord, our Saviour, have mercy upon us and save us in this great stupefaction.”

Yahweh's 5 Great Rulers

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CHAPTER 139

Thereafter, Yahweh, my grandfather came and took other 360 rulers from the rulers of Adamas [Orion] who had not had faith in the mystery of the Light, and bound them into these aërial regions, in which we are now, below the sphere.