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Aeonscosmology
Divine archetypal beings or eternal attributes dwelling within the Pleroma, often arranged in male-female syzygies.
The text explicitly mentions Aeons and their emanations as sources of demonic power.
All passages →Anthropomorphismtheology
Attributing human characteristics, emotions, or form to the divine; embodied divine imagery.
Divine beings are described with human-like attributes such as faces (lion, serpent, basilisk), hands, and the ability to fall.
All passages →Archonscosmology
Malevolent planetary rulers or demiurgic powers that govern the material world and obstruct the soul's ascent.
The text describes demonic powers and emanations that obstruct the Pistis Sophia and are overcome by divine light.
All passages →Body As Obstacleanthropology
The material body viewed as a prison, tomb, or source of error that hinders spiritual knowledge and return.
The Chaos is depicted as a realm of darkness and deficiency contrasting with the light.
All passages →Cosmic Dualismtheology
Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.
The passage establishes a fundamental opposition between the enlightening Light and the demonic powers of the Chaos.
All passages →Cosmogonycosmology
Narratives or doctrines of cosmic origin — how heaven, earth, and the primordial deities first came into being. The Kojiki's deities born alone on the Plain of High Heaven, Voluspo's Ginnungagap, Genesis's tohu wa-bohu, the Timaeus's Demiurge fashioning the Receptacle, the Hesiodic Theogony, the Kalevala's egg-cosmogony, Egyptian Nun-and-Atum. Distinct from emanation_hierarchy (structural-ontological cascade), letters_of_creation (mechanism of creation), and apocatastasis/frashokereti (end-state restoration); cosmogony is temporally-narrative beginning.
The narrative describes the descent of angels into Chaos and the subsequent illumination that brings order to the fallen powers.
All passages →Divine Lighttheology
The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.
Light is the central motif, described as an effluence that surrounds the Pistis Sophia and overcomes demonic powers.
All passages →Emanation Hierarchycosmology
A chain of divine beings or principles flowing downward from a single transcendent source (the One or the Father), each level less perfect than the one above.
The text references emanations of the Self-willed and Adamas flowing from a higher source into the Chaos.
All passages →Fall Of Sophiacosmology
The Gnostic myth of Wisdom's prolapse from the Pleroma — her unilateral desire or error producing the Demiurge and the entrapment of divine sparks in matter.
The Pistis Sophia is depicted as having been cast down into the Chaos by the Self-willed before being rescued by divine light.
All passages →Hidden Sayingssoteriology
Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.
The text reveals a secret knowledge of the Pistis Sophia's liberation from the Chaos.
All passages →Inner Lightanthropology
The divine spark or luminous quality residing within the human person, potentially recognisable through introspection.
The Pistis Sophia is described as being surrounded by light on every side and remaining in the midst of it.
All passages →Kingdom Withinanthropology
The claim that the divine realm is present inside the individual, accessible without external mediation.
The Pistis Sophia remains in the midst of the light, suggesting the divine realm is accessible internally.
All passages →Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
The Father and Son are depicted as active agents who command and descend into the Chaos to intervene directly.
All passages →Monadcosmology
The absolutely simple, undivided first principle from which all multiplicity and existence flows.
References to the 'First Mystery' imply a singular first principle from which emanations flow.
All passages →Mystical Unionsoteriology
The merging of the individual soul or self with the divine, transcending personal identity.
The Pistis Sophia is described as being surrounded by light and remaining in the midst of it, indicating a state of union with the divine.
All passages →Paradox As Teachingethics
Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.
The Pistis Sophia is described as being trampled by evil powers yet remaining unharmed.
All passages →Pneumatic Electsoteriology
A spiritual elite who possess the divine spark and are predestined for salvation, contrasted with psychic (faithful) and hylic (material) persons.
The Pistis Sophia is distinguished from the fallen emanations and is rescued by divine command.
All passages →Return To Sourcesoteriology
The soul's journey back to its divine origin, reversing the fall into matter through stages of purification or illumination.
The Pistis Sophia is brought out of the Chaos and returned to the light through divine command.
All passages →Ritual Puritypraxis
The maintenance of a state of cleanliness—physical, moral, or spiritual—required for encounter with the divine.
The Pistis Sophia is described as being cleansed by the light and free from demonic fear.
All passages →Separation From Sourcesoteriology
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 Pistis Sophia is initially cast down into the Chaos and feared the emanations of the Self-willed.
All passages →Spiritual Ascentpraxis
A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.
The narrative depicts a movement from the fallen state in the Chaos back to the light through divine intervention.
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