cosmology
Barbelo
The Sethian divine realm of the first emanation — the 'immortal realm of Barbelo' in the Gospel of Judas, the womb or fullness of the supreme Spirit from which the aeons, the Self-Begotten, and the luminaries arise; the threshold between the hidden God and the structured light-world.
2 passages · 2 traditions
gnosticism1
Gospel of Judas | Jesus Criticizes the Disciples
“One day he was with his disciples in Judea. He found them sitting together practicing their piety. When he [came up to] his disciples 34 sitting together praying over the bread, [he] laughed. The disciples said to him, "Master, why are you…”
theosophy1
The Secret Doctrine | Page 85 (part 4)
“The writer presumes to explain these things neither to the Hindus, who have their own Gurus; nor to the Orientalists, who think they know more than all the Gurus and Rishis, past and present, put together.
These rather lengthy quotations a…”