"And the two archons he set
over principalities, so that
they might rule over the tomb.
And when Adam recognized the likeness of his own
foreknowledge, he begot the likeness
of the son of man. He called him Seth,
according to the way of the race in the aeons. Likewise,
the mother also sent down her spirit,
which is in her likeness and a
copy of those who are in the pleroma, for she will
prepare a dwelling place for the aeons which will come
down. And he made them drink water of forgetfulness,
from the chief archon, in order that they might not
know from where they came. Thus,
the seed remained for
a while assisting (him), in order that, when
the Spirit comes forth from
the holy aeons, he may raise up and
heal him from the deficiency, that the whole
pleroma may (again) become holy and
faultless."
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Apocryphon of John (II, 1) 24.32-36, 25.1-16
labels: Abel, Adam, Cain, foreknowledge, forgetfulness, healing, Seth, spirit, the aeons, the archons, the chief archon [Yaltabaoth], the Pleroma, the Spirit