Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
And ye will see all their
shape in truth without comparison. And whenever I should take you unto
the Height, ye will see the glory of those of the Height. And ye will
become in a great wonder greatly greatly. And whenever I should take you
unto the Place of the (Rulers of the) Destiny [173^a] ye will see the
glory in which they become, and out of their great glory which is
preferable, ye will reckon this World with you as darkness of darkness:
and ye will look out upon all the World of the mankind, being about to
become the size of a speck of dust with you, from the great distance
which it is distant from it greatly greatly, with the great size which
it is great(er) than it greatly. And whenever I should take you unto the
twelve Aeons, ye will see the glory in which they become, and from the
great glory the Place of the Rulers of the Destiny will be reckoned with
you as the darkness of the darknesses; and it will become the size of a
speck of dust with you from the great distance which it is distant from
it greatly, with the great size in which it is great(er) than [173^b] it
greatly, according as I finished saying unto you another time. And again
whenever I should take you unto the thirteenth Aeon, and ye will see the
glory in which it becometh, the twelve Aeons will be reckoned with you
of the darkness of the darknesses: and ye will look out upon the twelve
Aeons being about to become the likeness of a speck of dust with you
from the great distance which it is distant from it greatly, with the
greatness of size in which it is great(er) than it greatly. And whenever
I should take you unto the Place of the Middle, ye will see the glory in
which they are, the thirteenth Aeon will be reckoned with you as the
darkness of the darknesses. And also ye will look upon the twelve Aeons
and with all the Destiny and all the arrangement, and with all the
Spheres [174^a] with all their arrays in which they become, they will be
the size of a speck of dust with you from the great distance which it is
distant from it, and the great size (in) which it is great(er) than it
greatly. And whenever I should take you unto the Place of those of the
Right (hand), ye will see the glory in which they become, the Place of
the Middle will be reckoned with you as the night which is in the World
of the mankind: and if ye should look out upon the Middle, it will
become the size of a speck of dust with you, from the great distance
which the Place of those of the Right (hand) are distant from it
greatly. And if I should take you unto the Land of the Light, namely,
the Treasury of the Light, and ye (will) see the glory in which it
becometh, [174^b] the Place of those of the Right (hand) will be
reckoned with you as the light of the hour of mid-day in the World of
the mankind, the sun being not out (of cloud): and if ye should look
upon the Place of those of the Right (hand), it will be the size of a
speck of dust with you, from the great distance which is distant from it
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