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Melchizedek—twice, the second time in a prayer of Melchizedek: "Holy are you, Holy are you, Holy are you, Mother of the aeons, Barbelo, for ever and ever, Amen." The Three Steles of Seth offers a description of "the first aeon, male virginal Barbelo, the first glory of the invisible Father, she who is called 'perfect'."
The text describes the emergence of Barbelo aeon from the triple-powered spirit. Barbelo is a power that inhabits a part of the ingenerateness and exists eternally, seeking after the Triple-Powered Spirit. Barbelo lacks the unity of the Triple-Powered Spirit, but she became distinct and perfect because she is an all-perfect instance of ...
Four luminaries are typically listed in Sethian Gnostic texts, such as the Secret Book of John, the Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, and Zostrianos. The luminaries are considered to be emanations of the supreme divine triad consisting of the Father (Invisible Spirit), the Mother ( Barbelo ), and the Child ( Autogenes ).
The Holy Spirit, otherwise known as the Holy Ghost, is a concept within the Abrahamic religions. In Judaism, the Holy Spirit is understood as the divine quality or force of God manifesting in the world, particularly in acts of prophecy, creation and guidance.
It portrays Judas Iscariot as the "thirteenth spirit (daemon)", [22] who "exceeded" the evil sacrifices the disciples offered to Saklas by sacrificing the "man who clothed me (Jesus)". [23] Its reference to Barbelo and inclusion of material similar to the Apocryphon of John and other such texts, connects the text to Barbeloite and/or Sethian ...
Sophia comes down to chaos and empowers her own, and reveals herself to the children of light, who are her portion. She breaks the bonds of the underworld demons and informs the children of light how to return to where they first were. Sophia is the first to descend for her portion, which is the spirit in the soul.
Sophia (Koinē Greek: Σοφíα "Wisdom", Coptic: ⲧⲥⲟⲫⲓⲁ "the Sophia" [1]) is a major theme, along with Knowledge (γνῶσις gnosis, Coptic: ⲧⲥⲱⲟⲩⲛ tsōwn), among many of the early Christian knowledge theologies grouped by the heresiologist Irenaeus as gnostikoi (γνωστικοί), "knowing" or "men that claimed to have deeper wisdom".
The third power of the Triple-powered leads Marsanes into the aeon Barbelo and explains that the knowledge and hypostasis of the Triple-Powered One is the source of its power. Marsanes sees the place of the invisible Spirit and it unfolds until it reaches the upper region, causing the whole place to be illuminated.