Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
And these twelve
chambers have each of them a door open unto the Height, so that the
dragon of the Darkness which is outer hath twelve chambers of Darkness,
there being a door to every chamber (the chamber the chamber, MS) open
unto the Height. And there is an Angel of the Height being vigilant unto
each of the doors of the chambers. These who Ieou the first man, the
overseer of the Light, the Legate of the First precept, he is he who put
them being vigilant unto the dragon that he should not be disorderly
with all the Rulers of his chambers which are in him.
[289^b] These therefore having said them the Saviour, answered Maria the
Magdalene, said she, My Lord, then the souls indeed which they take unto
that Place are they not indeed wont to take them through these twelve
doors of the chambers, each according to the judgment of which it is
worthy? Answered the Saviour, said he to Maria, They are not wont to
take any soul in unto the dragon through these doors, but the soul of
the blasphemers, and those who become with teaching of error, with every
one who giveth teaching in the error, and with the sleepers with male,
and with the (soul) of the men who are polluted, and with the impious,
with every man atheist, and the murderers, with the adulterers, and with
the sorcerers. All the souls therefore of this kind whenever they should
not repent, yet being alive, but remaining in their sin steadfast, with
all the souls also, these [290^a] who were left outside of this, namely,
who received their number of cycles which is reckoned unto them in the
Sphere, they having not repented, but in their last cycle they will take
those souls, those with all the souls which I finished saying them, they
will take them through the mouth of the tail of the dragon in unto the
chambers of the Darkness which is outer. And whenever they should finish
taking the souls in unto the Darkness which is outer in the mouth of his
tail, he is wont to bring round again his tail in unto his own mouth and
shut them (in). This is the manner (in) which they will take the souls
in unto the Darkness which is outer. And the dragon of the Darkness,
which is outer, hath twelve original names, these which (are) in his
mouths, a name according to each of the doors of the chambers. And these
(this, MS) [290^b] twelve names are various with one another, but being
with (in, MS) one another twelve, so that he who will say one of the
names is saying all the names. This therefore I shall say unto you in
the Distribution of (the) Universe. This therefore is the manner which
becometh the Darkness which is outer, namely the dragon. These therefore
having said them the Saviour, answered Maria, said she to the Saviour,
My Lord, then the punishment of that dragon (is) cruel greatly, beyond
the punishment of all the judgment. Answered the Saviour, said he to
Maria, Not only also that they are painful beyond all the punishments of
the judgments; but every soul which they will take unto the Place they
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