Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
Added also Maria, said she to Jesus, My Lord, then the Darkness which is
outer of what type is it being, or otherwise rather, there are how many
Places of punishment in it? But answered Jesus, said he to Maria, The
Darkness which is outer is a great dragon, with his tail within his
mouth, being outside all the World and going round all the WORLD with a
multitude of places of judgment within it, being of twelve [287^b]
chambers of the punishments cruel, with a Ruler in every chamber (the
chamber the chamber, MS) with the faces of the Rulers different from one
another. But the first Ruler who becometh in the first (hath) a face of
crocodile, with his tail within his mouth: with all ice coming out of
his mouth of the dragon, with at every time with all cold with all
sicknesses which are various, this (one) they are wont to call his
original name in his Place, Enkhthonin: and the Ruler who becometh in
the second chamber, a face of cat is his original face. This they are
wont to call him in their Place Kharakhar. And the Ruler who becometh in
the third chamber, a face of a dog is his original face. This they are
wont to call him in their Place, Arkharokh. [288^a] And the Ruler who
becometh in the fourth chamber, a face of snake is his original face,
this (one) they are wont to call him in their Place, Akhrokhar. And the
Ruler who becometh in the fifth chamber, a face of black calf is his
original face, this (one) they are wont to call him in their Place,
Markhour. And the Ruler who becometh in the sixth chamber, a face of sow
of mountain is his original face, this (one) they call him in their
Place, Lamkhamor. And the Ruler of the seventh chamber, a face of bear
is his original face, this (one) they are wont to call him in his
original name in their Place, Lukhar. And the Ruler of the eighth
chamber a face of a gryphus is his original face, this (one) they are
wont to call his name in their Place, Laraokh. And the Ruler of the
ninth [288^b] chamber a face of a basilisk is his original face, this
(one) they are wont to call his name in their Place, Arkheokh. And the
tenth chamber there are many Rulers in it seven heads of dragon to each
of them in their original face, and he who is over them all they are
wont to call his name in their Place, Xarmarokh. And eleventh chamber,
there are many Rulers of that Place (coptic word, MS) with seven heads
of cat to each of them in their original face, and the great (one) who
is over them, they are wont to call him in his Place, Rokhar. And the
twelfth chamber there are many Rulers in it, they being many
exceedingly, with seven heads of face of a dog to each of them in their
original face. And the great (one) who is over them they are wont to
call him in [289^a] their Place, Khremaor. These Rulers therefore of
these twelve chambers being within the dragon of the Darkness which is
outer, and each of them having a name according to hour. And is wont
each of them to change his face according to hour.
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