Apocryphal books (New Testament); Christian heresies -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600; Gnosticism
until it purify her entirely. After these (things) is wont to come
Ialouham the Receiver of Sabaoth, the Adamas, and he bringeth the cup of
the forgetfulness, and he giveth it to the soul that she may drink it,
and she forgetteth every thing with every Place unto which she went: and
they cast her unto a body lame and maimed and blind. This is the
punishment of the man, (a) robber.
Answered Andreas, said he, A man proud, (a) despiser whenever he should
come out of body, what will they do to him? Said Jesus, This of this
kind whenever his time should be completed by the Sphere, are wont to
come after him the Receivers of Ariel and take his soul, and they spend
three days going about in the World teaching her the creatures of
[349^b] the World. After these (things) they are wont to take her down
unto Amente, up to Ariel that he may punish her in his punishments for
twenty months. After these (things) they are wont to take her unto the
Chaos up to Ialdabaoth with his forty nine demons, and that he may
punish her with his demons one by one for other twenty months. After
these (things) they are wont to take her up on the road of the Middle,
that each of the Rulers of the road of the Middle may punish her for
other twenty months. And after these (things), they are wont to take her
to the Virgin of the Light that she may judge her. And whenever should
the Sphere turn round, she is wont to give her to her Receivers, that
they may cast her unto Aeons of the Sphere. And are wont the Ministers
of the Sphere to take her out unto water being underneath the Sphere,
that it may become a smoke boiling that it may eat in [350^a] at her
until it purifieth her. And is wont to come Ialouham the Receiver of
Sabaoth, the Adamas, and bringeth the cup of forgetfulness, and he
giveth it to the soul that she may drink it, and she forgetteth every
thing with every Place unto which she went: and they cast her down unto
a body dumb, deformed, that every one may remain despising him. This is
the punishment of the man proud (a) despiser.
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