Zostrianos
Nag Hammadi Codices 8:1
(p. 547) 4. genealogy
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Hellenic |
Euangelion by Loukas |
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(p. 537) ER |
3:28 ER |
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(p. 537) Armenios (Platon : Republic 10:614b) (/armenos/ ‘fitting’) |
3:29 iose [= Yo^s^awyah (/s^aweh/ ‘adjusted’)] |
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Zostrianos (/zoster/ ‘belt’ [: cf. belt which invested To`rr with strength]) |
>li^-<es.er [who at S^aweh (B-R>S^YT 14:17) was invested with strength (LB, p. 105)} |
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(p. 545, fn. 2) IO-laos |
IOreim |
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Iphi-klees [who gave his son as a gift to Heraklees] |
mattat (‘gift’) |
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Amphi-truon [who lent his wife to Zeus] |
lewi^ (‘lender’) |
LB = Louis Ginzberg : Legends of the Bible.
(pp. 547-549) 4-7. heavenly stages of ascension , upon a great luminous cloud
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(p. 547) 4. |
the 13 aiones [(fn. 11) cf. Revelation of Adam 77-82] |
(pp. 634-636) the 13 sigils in Marsanes 2-4 |
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(p. 548) 5. |
aionic Anti-tupoi (‘Copies’) |
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the [truly] existent Par[a]-oikesis (‘Sojourn’) |
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the truly existent Meta-noia (‘Repentance’) |
(p. 635) 5th repentance |
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the [Auto-genes (‘Self-Generated’)] aiones |
6th the Self-Generated ones |
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(pp. 548-9) 6-7. |
Auto-genes (the ‘Self-Generated one’) |
7th the Self-Generated power |
p. 548, fn. 14 – the 1st 3 of these stages of ascension are in Plotinos : Ennead 2:9(33):6:1-10
(pp. 550-551) 8-12. revelation by Authronios
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(p. 550) 9. |
The great judges condemned the ruler of the world. |
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10. |
The arkhon of creation viewed the reflection of Sophia. |
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(p. 551) 11. |
The aionic Copies are judgement seats for the powers. |
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Aionic Copies receive replicas of souls; these are transferred from replicas of worlds to truly existent worlds. |
(p. 551) 13. aiones
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Kaluptos [(p. 635, fn. 19) ‘Hidden one’] |
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Proto-phanes [(p. 635, fn. 18) ‘first appearing’] |
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Piger-adamas the eye |
(pp. 552-563) 13-47. the Revelation of Ephesekh
(p. 552) 14. the 3 principles from the Barbelo aion
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Huparksis (‘Existence’) |
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Makariotes (‘Blessedness’) |
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Zoe (‘Life’) |
(pp. 552-553) 15. the 3 perfect waters
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water of __ |
belonging to __ |
for baptism into __ |
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Life |
Zoetes (‘Vitality’) |
the Self-Generated one |
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Blessedness |
Gnosis (‘Knowledge’) |
Proto-phanes |
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Existence |
Divinity |
Kaluptos |
(p. 555) 22. completions of baptisms by means of knowledge
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knowledge |
completeth baptism into __ |
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joining universal intelligence |
the Self-Generated one |
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knowing it & all these |
Proto-phanes |
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uniting with it & with all these |
Kaluptos |
22-23. knowing aiones individually along with their parts
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knowing |
baptism into __ |
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those of the All and that which they know have something in common |
the Self-Generated one |
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one who sheweth that he hath come to know experienceth mutual fellowship |
Proto-phanes |
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once understandeth their origin, how they are all manifest in a single principle, how all who join become divided, and how all who were divided join together again |
Kaluptos |
23. having potion of, and ascending to, the aeternal ones
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with __ |
those of __ |
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perfect soul |
the Autogenic ones |
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Intellect |
the Triple-Male |
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holy Spirit |
Protophanic ones |
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revelation of the Invisible Spirit |
Kaluptos |
(p. 557) 27-28. the 3 species of immortal souls
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type of soul |
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their sub-species |
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those that have taken root upon the Sojourn |
have not self-generated power : they follow the ways of others |
single |
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those that stand upon the Repentance |
those for whom knowledge is sufficient |
6 |
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of the Self-Generated ones |
have a rational account of the truth |
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form of angels |
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those who love the truth |
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those who hope |
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those who believe |
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(p. 558) 29. the 4 luminaries belonging to the Mother
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luminary |
having qualities |
is set over the __ aion |
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[H]armoz-el |
desire for god & for truth, a uniter of souls |
1st |
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Oroia-el |
seer of truth |
2nd |
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Daueithe |
vision of knowledge |
3rd |
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Eleleth |
appetite & readiness for truth |
(p. 561) 42--43. the types of persons
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dead soul |
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immortal soul which inhabiteth dead things |
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in the Sojourn : far from deeds of those who live wickedly |
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which repenteth : renounceth dead things and desireth real things |
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the saved : hath grasped every situation to be simple & unitary; withdraweth into the self : becometh divine, "having withdrawn into god." |
(pp. 562-563) 47. Glories, imperishable patterns of salvation
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guardians of the immortal soul |
Gamali-el |
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Strempsoukhos |
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immortal spirits |
Akramas |
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Lo-el |
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Mnesi-nous |
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[commander] |
Iesseus Mazareus Issedekeus |
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[delimiter] over the living seed |
[H]ormos |
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spirit-giver |
Kamali-el |
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attendants |
Isau-el |
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Auda-el |
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Abasaks |
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myriads |
Phaleris |
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Phalses |
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Eurios |
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guardians of glory |
Stetheus |
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Theo-pemptos |
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Euru-meneus |
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Olsen |
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helpers in every matter |
Bathormos |
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Ison |
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Eiron |
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Lalameus |
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Eido-meneus |
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Authronios |
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judges |
Sumphthar |
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Eu-krebos |
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Keilar |
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rapturer |
Sam[b]lo |
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angels who guide the misty clouds |
Sappho |
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Thouro |
p. 562, fn. 56 cf. Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit 3:64-5
(p. 567-569) 63-66. Revelation by Salamex & Semen [quoted by Marius Victorinus : Against Arius 49:9-40]
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unity ... immeasurable Spirit, completely indiscernible by anything else, ... partless, shapeless, qualityless, colorless, specieless, formless to them all, ... prae-principle of every principle, forethought of every thought, strength of every power, swifter than motion, more stable that stability, ... farther than any fathomlessness, more definite than any corporeal entity, purer than any incorporeal entity, more penetrating than any thought ... more powerful than them all, ... is their totality, the whole of true existence ...; greater than the whole, ... more particular than all the parts. |
(p. 573-574) 86-88. litany of names of the great perfect one Kaluptos of the 3rd activity
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great Aphredon |
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perfect Nephredon |
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great Deiphaneus |
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great Harmedon |
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all-glorious Epiphaneus |
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Beritheus |
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Erigenaor |
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Orimeneus |
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Aramen |
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Alphleges |
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Elilioupheus |
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Lalameus |
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Noetheus |
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Sious |
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Eiron |
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Aphredon [again!} |
(p. 575) 113. totalities & perfections in the 4th aion
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powers of the powers |
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wholes of the wholes |
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genera of the genera |
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angels of the angels |
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souls of the souls |
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living animals of the living animals |
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trees of the trees |
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bodies of the bodies |
(p. 578) 119. the 4 luminaries of the Kalupton aion, with their consorts
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luminary |
consort |
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1st |
Aphredon |
Arme |
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2nd |
Diphaneus |
Deiphanea |
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3rd |
Marsedon / Malsedon |
? |
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4th |
Solmis |
Olmis |
(p. 580) 126. the 4 aiones of the Proto-phanes , and their luminaries
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aion |
pair of luminaries |
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1st |
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Solmis |
"god-revealer" |
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2nd |
Akremon the ineffable |
Zakhthos |
Iakhthos |
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3rd |
Ambrosios the virgin |
Setheus |
Anti-phantes |
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4th |
"triple-generated blesser" |
Seldao |
Elenos |
(p. 581) 128-128. the 4 self-generated aiones within each of the 4 aiones
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aion |
the 4 self-generated |
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1st |
Harmoz-el |
Orneos |
Eu-throunios |
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2nd |
Oroia-el |
Ioudasios |
Ap... |
Arrosi-el |
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3rd |
Daueithe |
Laraneus |
Epi-phanios |
Eideos |
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4th |
Eleleth |
Kodere |
Epi-phanios [again!] |
Allo-genios |
(p. 582) 129-130. the 3 wooden tablets ["That he leaves the tablets in the heavenly world ... suggests that they would be read only by those who, like Zostrianos, were able to ascend to the atmospheric realm and read them there". (fn. 112)] {cf. the Daoist divine tablets in heaven}
The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, ed. by Marvin Meyer. HarperOne, NY, 2007. pp. 537-583.