Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
that soul, and cometh out of them (her, MS) a portion out of my power,
this which the last Helper cast in unto the Confusion. And is wont the
portion of that power, it is wont to remain within the soul, being
dissolved, becoming upon its own authority in regard to the arrangement,
in which they put it for to give sense [303^b] to the soul, that she
should seek after the works of the Light of the Height at every time.
And is wont that power, it is wont to be like unto the kind of the soul
in every feature, and being similar to her: she is not wont to be able
to be outside of the soul, but she is wont to remain within her
according as I ordered to her from at first, being about to cast her in
unto the First precept, which I ordered to her for her to remain outside
of the souls in regard to the arrangement of the First Mystery:
wherefore all these words I shall say them unto you in the Distribution
(of the Universe) concerning the power and also concerning the soul, in
what types they are working them, or which Ruler indeed it is who
worketh her, or what is each kind of the souls, so that I shall say them
unto you in the Distribution of the Universe, how many there are working
the soul. And I shall say unto you the name of all those who work
[304^a] the soul, and I shall say unto you the type (in) which they
fashion the counterfeit spirit with the Fate, and I shall say unto you
the name of the soul, which is not yet purified, and her name also
whenever they should purify her, and she (should) become pure. And I
shall say unto you the name of the counterfeit spirit, and I shall say
unto you the name of the Fate, and I shall say unto you the name of all
the bonds, these in which are wont the Rulers to bind the counterfeit
spirit in unto the soul, and I shall say unto you the name of all the
Dekans, these which worked the soul in the bodies of the soul which (is)
in the World: and I shall say unto you in what manner they are working
the souls: and I shall say unto you the type of each of the souls, and I
shall say unto you the type [304^b] of the souls of the men, with those
of the birds, with those of the wild beasts, with the creeping things:
and I shall say unto you the type of all the souls, with those of all
the Rulers who sent them unto the World, that ye may become being
complete in all knowledge, that they should call you, Those who are
complete in all knowledge, with every pleroma. These all I shall say
them unto you in the Distribution of the Universe, and after these all I
shall say unto you, because of what also these all became. Hear
therefore that I may speak with you concerning the soul, according as I
said that are wont the five great Rulers of the great Destiny of the
Aeons; and with the Rulers of the disk of the sun, with the Rulers of
the disk of the moon, they are wont to breathe in unto that soul, and
cometh out [305^a] of them a portion out of my power, according as I
finished saying unto you.
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