... And I
said, "Lord, where will the souls of these go
when they have come out of their
flesh?" And he smiled
and said to me, "The soul in which the power
will become stronger than the counterfeit spirit,
is strong and it flees from
evil and, through
the intervention of the incorruptible one, it is saved,
and it is taken up to the rest
of the aeons."
And I said, "Lord,
those, however, who have not known
to whom they belong, where will their souls
be?" And he said to me,
"In those, the despicable spirit
has gained strength when they went astray. And he
burdens the soul and draws it
to the works of evil, and he casts
it down into forgetfulness. And after it
comes out of (the body), it is handed over to the authorities,
who came into being through the archon,
and they bind it with chains and cast
it into prison, and consort with it
until it is liberated from the forgetfulness and
acquires knowledge. And if thus it
becomes perfect, it is saved."
