The 9 [Mind], the guardian [I provided] 10 [for you] taught you. And it is the power that 11 [exists] in you that [extended] 12 [itself], since [it (you?)] often 13 [rejoiced] in the Triple Powered One who 14 [belongs to] all [those] who [truly] exist 15 with the [immeasurable] one.
O 16 eternal [light of] the knowledge
17 that has [appeared]!
O 18 male virginal [glory]! 19
[O first] aeon from 20 [a] unique threefold
[aeon]! 21
[O] Triple-Powered One who 22 [truly
exists]!
For after it [contracted] 23 [it expanded],
and 24 [it spread out] and became complete,
25
[and] it was empowered [with] 26 all
of them,
by knowing [itself] 27 [in addition to
the perfect Invisible Spirit], 28
and it [became] 29 [an] aeon.
By knowing [herself] 30 she knew that one, 31 [and] she became Kalyptos 32 [because] she acts in those whom she 33 knows. 34
She is Protophanes, a perfect, 35 invisible Intellect, 36 Harmedon.
Empowering 37 the individuals, she is Triple Male, 38
since she is individually 46 1
[...] 2 [...] 3 [...] 4 [...] 5
[...] 6 [they are] 7 [unified since she] is
[their] 8 [Existence],
and she [sees] 9 them all [truly] existing. 10
[She] contains the 11 divine Autogenes:
When she [knew] 12 her Existence 13
and
when she stood at rest [upon] 14 this
one (Autogenes),
he (<she>?) saw them [all] 15 existing
individually just as [they] 16 are.
And when [they (he? she?)] 17 become as
he is,
[he (she? they?) shall] 18 see the divine
Triple Male, 19
the power that is [higher than] 20 God.
[He is the thought] 21 of all those who
[are] 22 unified.
When he (the Triple Male) [contemplates them (unified)],
23
he contemplates the 24 great male, 25
[perfect?], Intellect [Protophanes].
He is their 26 [procession]; when [he]
27 sees it,
[he also sees] 28 [the truly existing
ones], 29
[since it is the] procession [for those who] 30
are unified.
And when [he has seen] 31 these (truly existing), he has seen Kalyptos. 32
And when he sees 33 the unity of the hidden
ones,
[he] 34 sees the Barbalo-Aeon, [the]
35 unbegotten offspring of [that One]. 36
When one should [see] how it [lives] (one sees the Triple Powered One)
47 1 [...] 2 [...] 3 [...] 4 [...] 5 [ ... you have heard about the] 6 abundance of each one 7 of them certainly. [Now] concerning 8 the Triple-Powered Invisible Spirit 9 One, hear!
And [he] exists 18 [in] them all,
being ineffable, 19 unnamable, 20
being [one] who exists 21 through them
all
--he whom, 22
[should] one intelligize 23 him, one [would not desire] anything
that 24
[exists]
before him among those 25 [that possess] existence-- 26
for [he] is the [source] 27 [from which
they were all emitted]. 28
[He is prior to 29 Perfection];
[he was prior] 30 [to every] Divinity,
31 [and]
he is prior [to] 32 every Blessedness,
since he 33 provides for every power.
And 34 he is an insubstantial substance,
35
a God over whom there is no 36 Divinity,
the 37 surpasser of his own 38
greatness and <beauty>.
48 1 [...] 2 [...]
3 [...] 4 [...] 5 [...] 6 [power.
For he is a Unity, 20 subsisting as
a [true cause] 21 and source of [Being],
even [an] 22 immaterial [matter
and an] 23 innumerable [number
and a] formless 24 [form]
and a [shapeless] 25 [shape]
and [a powerlessness with] 26 [power
and an insubstantial substance] 27
[and a motionless] 28 [motion
and an inactive] 29 [activity,
except that he is] 30 [a] provider of
[provision] 31
[and] a divinity [of] 32 divinity.
when he 8 is intelligized as the Delimiter
(D) 9 of the (indeterminate)
Boundlessness (B) of the 10 Invisible
Spirit (IS) [that subsists] in him (D), 11
it (B) causes [him (D)] to revert to [it (IS)] 12
in order that
it (B) might know what it is 13 that
is within it (IS) and 14 how it (IS) exists, and 15 that
he (D) might guarantee the endurance of 16
everything
by being a 17 a (determining) cause of
truly existing things. 18
For through him (D) 19 knowledge of it
(IS) became available, 20
since he (D) is the one who knows what 21
it (IS) is.
But they brought forth nothing 22 [beyond]
themselves,
neither 23 power nor rank nor 24
glory nor aeon, 25 for they are all 26 eternal.
He is Vitality and 27 Mentality and Essentiality.
28 So then:
Essentiality 29 constantly includes its
30 Vitality and Mentality, 31 and {Life has} 32
Vitality includes 33 {non-} Substantiality
and 34 Mentality;
Mentality includes 35 Life and Essentiality.
36
And the three are one, 37 although individually
they are three." 38
51 1 [...] 2 [...] 3 [...] 4
[...] 5 [...] 6 ... [ ] ... [ ... to] you [a] 7
form [and a revelation]. 8
As for the Triple-[Powered] Invisible Spirit, 9
outside of him [there is
situated] 10 a non-discriminating, 11
incorporeal, [timeless] knowledge. 12
Like all [the] aeons, 13 the Barbelo-Aeon
is 14
also endowed with the types 15 and forms
of the things that truly 16 exist,
the image of 17 Kalyptos;
and endowed 18 with their intelligent rational principles,
19
it bears the male Intellect 20 Protophanes as 21
an image,
and acts 22 within the Individuals
either with 23 craft or with skill 24 or with partial
instinct; 25
endowed with the 26 divine Autogenes as 27 an image
and knowing 28 each one of these (individuals),
29
it acts separately and 30 individually,
continually rectifying 31 defects arising
from 32 Nature;
endowed with 33 the divine Triple Male
34
as an integration (or preservation) of them all
35 with the Invisible Spirit, 36
it is a rational expression of deliberation, 37
the perfect Child. 38
And this hypostasis is a 52 1 [...]
2 [...] 3 [...] 4 [...] 5 [...]
6 [...] ... [...] 7
But you have <this capability to hear> concerning 30 the Triple-Powered One, who exists 31 in Blessedness 32 and Goodness, the 33 cause of everything 34 by virtue of encompassing 35 a vast magnitude 36 even though he is <unitarily> One. 53 1 [...] 2 [...] 3 [...] 4 [...] 5 [...] ... [...] 6 of [preconception], 7 not as if [through things that exist] 8 within comprehension [and knowledge] 9 and [understanding.
And] 10 that one moved motionlessly 11 in his 12 governance, lest he sink 13 into the boundless by means 14 of another act of 15 Mentality. And he entered 16 into himself and appeared 17 all-encompassing. 18
Everything that is higher than perfect 19 is anterior to 20 knowledge. 21 Just as there is no possibility for complete 22 comprehension, so also he is not known by me. 23 And that's the way it is.
On account of the 24 third silence of
25 Mentality and
the undivided secondary 26 activity (i.e.
Vitality) that appeared 27 in
the First Thought-- 28 that is, the Barbelo-Aeon--
29 and
the undivided 30 semblance of division,
even
the Triple-Powered 31 One and the non-substantial
Existence, 32
the power appeared 33 by means of an activity 34
that is stable 35 and silent.
It uttered 36 a sound in this fashion: `ZZA 37
ZZA ZZA.' But when she heard 38
the power and she was filled 54 1 [...] 2
[...] 3 [...] 4 [...] 5 [...] ... 6
In accord with the Vitality 9 [that is
thine,
even] the primary activity 10 from which
derives 11 Divinity:
Thou art great, 12 Armedon! Thou art
perfect, 13 Epiphaneus!
And in accord with that activity 14 of
thine,
the secondary power, 15 even the Mentality
from 16 which derives Blessedness: 17
Autoer, Beritheus, 18 Erigenaor, Orimenios,
Aramen, 19
Alphleges, Elelioupheus, 20 Lalameus,
Yetheus, Noetheus! 21
Thou art great! He who knows thee 22
knows the All!
Thou art one, thou 23 art one, O Good
one, Aphredon! 24
Thou art the Aeon of 25 aeons, O perpetually
existing one!' 26
Then she praised 27 the entire One, saying:
28
`Lalameus, Noetheus, Senaon, 29
Asineus, Oriphanios, 30 Mellephaneus,
Elemaon{}, 31 <I>smoun, Optaon!
He who 32 is! Thou art He who is, 33
the Aeon of aeons!
O 34 unbegotten one higher than the unbegotten
ones, 35 Yatomenos!,
It is thou alone 36 for whom all the
unborn ones were begotten, 37 O unnamable one!'
55 1 [...] 2 [...] 3[...] 4[...] 5 [...] 6[...] 7[...] 8[...] 9[...] 10 [...] ... [...] 11 [...] knowledge." 12
If you [seek with] 16 [perfect] seeking, [then] 17 you shall know the [Good that is] 18 in you; then [you shall know yourself], 19 as well, (as) one who [derives from] 20 the God who truly [pre-exists]. 21
[And after a hundred] 22 years there shall [come to you] 23 a revelation [of that One] 24 by means of [Salamex] 25 and Semen (Selmen?) [and Armê, the] 26 Luminaries of [the] Barbelo-Aeon." 27
And [she said to me:] 28 "It is appropriate [that you know
him] 29 at first, so as [not to forfeit your] 30 kind.
[And when you succeed], 31 then <...>. When [you receive]
32 a conception [of that One, then] 33 you [are filled
with] 34 the Word [to completion]. 35 And then [you
become divine] 36 and [you become perfect. You receive] 37
them [ ] 57 1 [...] 2 [...] 3 [...]
4 [...] 5 [...] ... [...] the seeking [...] 6
[...] the Existence [...] 7
If it [apprehends] 8 anything, it is [apprehended by] 9
that One and by 10 that which is comprehended, 11
which amounts to the same thing.
And then that 12 becomes greater 13
which comprehends and knows
than 14 that which is comprehended and
15 known.
But if 16 it descends to its nature 17
it is less,
for the 18 incorporeal natures have not
associated with 19 any magnitude; 20
thus endowed, they are everywhere 21
and they are nowhere, 22
since they are greater than every magnitude 23
and less than every exiguity." 24
When I was seized 27 by the eternal light, 28 by 29 the garment that was upon 30 me, and was taken up to 31 a pure place whose 32 likeness cannot be 33 revealed in the world, 34 then by means of a 35 great Blessedness I 36 saw all those about whom I had 37 heard. And I 38 praised them all and I 59 1 [stood at rest] upon my knowledge and [I] 2 turned to the Knowledge [of] 3 the Universal Ones, the Barbelo-Aeon. 4
"O great power! O name that has 9 come to be in the world! O Allogenes, 10 behold your Blessedness, 11 how silently it abides, 12 by which you know 13 your proper self, and, 14 seeking yourself, ascend to the Vitality 15 that you will 16 see moving.
And even if 17 you cannot stand, fear 18 not! But if you 19 wish to stand, ascend 20 to the Existence, and you will 21 find it standing and 22 still after the likeness of the One 23 who is truly still 24 and embraces all these 25 silently and 26 inactively.
And should you experience 27 a revelation of that One by 28 means of a primary revelation 29 of the Unknowable One, 30 should you 31 know him, you must be incognizant! 32 And if you become 33 afraid in that place, 34 retreat because of those 35 activities (that disrupt tranquillity); And should you become 36 complete in that place, 37 stay still! And 38 as in your own case, 39 be further aware 60 1 [that] it's like this with [everyone], 2 just as in (your) case!
And 3 [do not] further dissipate, [so that] 4 you may be able to stand, 5 and do not desire to be active, 6 [lest] in any way you fall away 7 [from] the inactivity [in] 8 [you] of the Unknowable One. Do not 9 know him, for it is impossible; 10 but if by means of an 11 enlightened thought you should know 12 him, stay incognizant of him!" 13
And I ascended to the 20 Vitality as I sought it. And 21 I mutually entered it 22 and stood, 23 not firmly but 24 quietly. And I saw 25 an eternal, intellectual, undivided motion, 26 all-powerful, 27 formless, unlimited 28 by limitation.
And when 29 I wanted to stand firmly, 30 I ascended to 31 the Existence, which I found 32 standing and at rest, 33 resembling and 34 similar to (the standing and resting) 35 covering me.
By means of a revelation 36 of the Indivisible and the 37 Stable I was filled 38 with revelation; by means 39 of a primary revelation 61 1 of the Unknowable One, [as though] 2 incognizant of him, I [knew] 3 him and was empowered by 4 him. Having been permanently strengthened, 5 I knew that [which] 6 exists in me, even the Triple-Powered One 7 and the revelation of 8 his unattainableness.
[And] 9 by means of a primary 10 revelation of the universally prime Unknowable One-- 11 the God 12 who is beyond perfection--I saw 13 him and the Triple-Powered One that exists 14 in them all. I was seeking 15 the ineffable 16 and unknowable God 17 of whom--should one 18 know him--one would be completely 19 incognizant, the one who mediates 20 the Triple-Powered One, the one who subsists in 21 stillness and silence and is 22 unknowable.
62 1 And although he is an entity along with 2
its own attributes, 3
he is not left over in 4 any way,
as if he yields 5 something that is assayed
or purified [or] 6
as if he receives or gives.
Nor is he 7 diminished in any way, 8
[whether] by his own desire 9
or whether by giving or receiving through 10
another.
Neither does he have 11 any desire, whether
his own 12
or that would have been added 13 by something
else. 14
But neither does he 15 produce anything
by himself 16
lest he become diminished 17 in some
other way.
Therefore, 18 he requires neither 19
Mind nor Life
nor indeed anything 20 at all.
He is neither 2
boundless
nor 3 is he bounded
by 4 another.
Rather he is something superior.
5
He is neither corporeal 6
nor incorporeal, 7
neither Great [nor] Small,
8
neither a quantity nor a
[<quality>]. 9
Nor is he something 10
that exists that 11 one can know;
rather 12 he is something else that is
superior that 13 one cannot know. 14
Even if primary revelation 15 and self-knowledge
characterize him, 16
it is he alone who knows himself. 17
Since he is not among existing
things, 18
he is something else 19
superior to superlative, 20
even in comparison what
does
and 21 does not
apply to him.
He neither participates in
22 eternity
nor 23 does he
participate in time, 24
nor does he receive anything
from 25 anything else.
He is neither diminishable, 26
nor diminishing, 27
nor undiminishable. 28
But he is self-comprehension, 29
like something 30 so unknowable, 31
that he exceeds those who excel 32 in
unknowability. 33
Even if he is endowed with blessedness 34
and perfection 35 and silence,
(he is) not the Blessed One, 36 nor is
he Perfection 37 or Stillness. 38
But he is something existing 39 that one
cannot 64 1 [know]--and which is at rest. 2
Rather they are completely unknowable aspects 3
of him, 4
while he is much superior in 5 beauty
than all 6 good things.
And in this way he 7 is universally unknowable
8 in every respect,
and 9 it is through them all that he
is 10 in them all.
Not 11 only is he the unknowable knowledge
12 that is proper to him, 13
he is also united with the 14 ignorance
that sees him.
<Whether> 14a <one sees> 15 in what way he is unknowable, 16 or sees 17 him as he is 18 in every respect or 19 would say that 20 he is something like 21 knowledge, he has acted impiously against him, 22 being liable to judgment because he did not 23 know God. He will not 24 be judged by 25 that One, who 26 is neither concerned for anything nor 27 has any desire, 28 but he is (judged) through himself 29 because he has not found the truly existing origin. 30 He was blind 31 apart from the quiescent source 32 of revelation, 33 the actualization 34 deriving from the Triple-Power 35 of the First Thought 36 of the Invisible Spirit. 37
Rather he is a maximum 37 of greatness.
And he 38 transcends his stillness in
order that 66 1 [...] 2 [...] 3
[...] 4 [...] 5 [...] 6 [...] 7
[...] 8 [...] 9 [...] 10 [...] 11
[...] 12 [...] 13 [...] 14 [...] 15
[ ] ... [ ] 16 [ ... the In]visible [Spirit.
Although] 17 he [empowered them all],
[they do not] 18 concern themselves with
that One at 19 all,
nor if one should 20 participate him,
is he empowered. 21
In accordance with 22 (his) immobile Unity,
nothing acts on him. 23
For he is unknowable; 24 he is a breathless
place of 25 the boundlessness.
Since 26 he is boundless and powerless
27 and nonexistent,
he was not providing 28 Being.
Rather he contains 29 all of these in
himself,
being at rest, 30 (and) standing.
From 31 the One who constantly stands, 32 there appeared 33 an eternal Life, 34 the Invisible and Triple Powered Spirit, 35 the One that is in all existing things and surrounds 36 them all 37 while transcending 38 them all. A shadow 67 1 [...] 2 [...] 3 [...] 4 [...] 5 [...] 6 [...] 7 [...] 8 [...] 9 [...] 10 [...] 11 [...] 12 [...] 13 [...] 14 [...] 15 [ ] ... [ ] 16 [ ] ... [ ] 17 he [was filled with power. And] 18 he stood before [them], 19 empowering them all, and he filled 20 them all.
And concerning 21 all these matters, you have heard 22 certainly. And do not 23 seek anything more, 24 but go. 25 We do not know whether 26 the Unknowable One has 27 angels or 28 gods, or whether the One who is at rest 29 contains 30 anything within himself except 31 that very stillness. For he <...>, 32 lest he be diminished. 33 It is not appropriate to 34 further dissipate 35 through repeated seeking. It was 36 appropriate that you <alone> know 37 and that they speak 38 with another. Instead, you will lead them 68 1 [...] 2 [...] 3 [...] 4 [...] 5 [...] 6 [...] 7 [...] 8 [...] 9 [...] 10 [...] 11 [...] 12 [...] 13 [...] 14 [...] 15
These are the things that 35 were disclosed to me, O my [son] 69 1 [Messos ... ] 2 [...] 3 [...] 4 [...] 5 [...] 6 [...] 7 [...] 8 [...] 9 [...] 10 [...] 11 [...] 12 [...] 13 [...] 14 [ ... proclaim] 15 [them, O my] 16 son Messos.