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Divine archetypal beings or eternal attributes dwelling within the Pleroma, often arranged in male-female syzygies.

The passage explicitly names 'the Rulers of the twelve Aeons' as a specific group of divine beings that hold power over the Pistis Sophia.

Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.

The divine is addressed directly with human pronouns like 'O Light', 'my Lord', and 'thou'.

Eckhart's signature doctrine that the Father eternally begets the Son in the ground of the soul; the human interior as the actual site of the divine generative act, distinct from inner_light's static indwelling.

Thomas claims he received understanding and spiritual power directly from Jesus's spirit.

The material body viewed as a prison, tomb, or source of error that hinders spiritual knowledge and return.

The speaker prays to be delivered from the 'emanations of the Self-willed' that oppress him.

Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.

The text contrasts the Light with darkness and the Self-willed powers that oppress.

The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.

The text repeatedly invokes 'O Light' as a source of power and salvation against oppression.

Pronoia — the doctrine that the divine actively orders the unfolding of the cosmos and human affairs toward intelligible ends, against pure chance or blind necessity.

Jesus is portrayed as actively revealing words and teaching paths to guide the faithful.

Final, collective cosmic judgment as an event in which the wicked are sentenced and the cosmos restored; distinct from psychopomp_journey (individual passage at death) and emphasising verdict where Zoroastrian frashokereti emphasises restoration.

The text references the 'seventh repentance' and the final redemption of Israel from afflictions.

Salvation through direct experiential knowledge of the divine nature, not through faith, ritual, or moral works alone.

The text emphasizes receiving understanding and becoming spiritual through direct revelation rather than external faith.

Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.

Thomas describes receiving the 'explanation of the repentance' which reveals deeper truths to those ready.

The divine spark or luminous quality residing within the human person, potentially recognisable through introspection.

The speaker identifies with the Light and claims his spirit is ready within him.

The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.

God is depicted as active, responsive, and capable of teaching and guiding human affairs.

Disciplined inward attention — sitting, focused, or open-awareness practice — as a stand-alone term that umbrellas active_contemplation, inner_silence, and dhyana-style sitting.

The instruction 'Be watchful with my power' implies a state of attentive spiritual vigilance.

Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.

The passage is structured as a direct petition to the Lord for deliverance and mercy.

The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.

The speaker seeks to be delivered from darkness and oppression back to the Light.

The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.

Thomas declares he is 'sober' and the speaker asks God to forgive sins and see humility.

The recognition of one's own true divine nature as the primary path to liberation; 'know thyself' as soteriology.

Thomas identifies his own state as 'sober' and declares he is ready for the Lord.

The felt condition of exile from one's divine origin — Rumi's reed flute torn from its bed, Plotinus's 'we have forgotten,' the Gnostic forgetfulness; the affective wound that complements return_to_source and gives the return its motive.

The speaker describes being oppressed in darkness and wishing to be delivered from it.

The doctrine — central to Eastern Orthodox and Maximian theology — that the human person is progressively transformed into a partaker of the divine nature by grace, not merely justified or united in passing ecstasy.

Thomas claims he has become understanding and spiritual through receiving power from the Lord.

Iamblichean ritual practice that engages the gods directly through consecrated material symbols and actions, on the premise that divine power descends into properly prepared matter — distinct from philosophical contemplation alone.

The invocation of divine power ('my Lord') for deliverance implies ritual engagement with the divine.