That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And thou struckest the serpent, he of the seven heads through my hands.
And thou settest me up upon his matter, thou destroyedst him that his seed should not rise up from this hour.
And the word which thy power said, And thou wast being with me, and thou wast helping me.
That is the word which said the [147 ] Pistis Sophia, And thou wast being with me, thou art helping me in all these (things).
And the word which thy power said, And thy name surrounded me in every Place.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And thy light surrounded me in all their Places.
And the word which said thy power, And thy right (hand) destroyed the poison of the evil speaker.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And through thee were made powerless the emanations of the Self-willed, because thou tookest away the light of their power from them.
And the word which thy power said, Thy hand opened the road of thy faithful (ones).
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, Thou directedst my road to bring me out of the Chaos, because I believed thee.
And the word which thy power said, Thou redeemedst them out of the tombs, and thou removedst them out of the midst of the embalmed-corpses.
That is the word which said [148 ] the Pistis Sophia, And thou redeemedst me out of the Chaos, and thou removedst me out of the material darkness, namely, the emanations of darkness which (are) in the Chaos, these whose light thou tookest away from them.
And the word which thy power said, Thou tookest away bones being dead, thou clothedst them with a body, and those which move not, thou gavest to them an energy of life.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And thou tookest away all my powers, these in which there is not light, thou puttest in unto them a light being purified.
And all my members in which there is not light moving, thou gavest to them a light of life from thy Height.
And the word which thy power said, Thy road 80 became uncorruptness, with thy face.
[148 ] That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And thou directedst thy road for me and (with, MS) the light of thy face became to me a life indestructible.
And the word which thy power said, Thou broughtest thy Aeon upon the destruction, that they should loosen all the bonds.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, Thou broughtest me even me, thy power, upon the Chaos and upon the destruction, that should be loosened all the matter which becometh in that Place, and should be made new all my powers by the light.
And the word which thy power said, And thy light maketh foundation for them all.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, And thy light became in them [149 ] all.
And the word which thy power of light said by Solomon, Thou puttest thy richness upon him.
And he made a dwelling being holy.
That is the word which said the Pistis Sophia, Thou strengthenest the light of thy effluence upon me, and I became light, being purified.
This therefore, my Lord, is the explanation of the hymn which said the Pistis Sophia.
It happened therefore, the First Mystery having heard these words, saying them Mathaios, said he, Well (done) Mathaios and fairly, the beloved.
This is the explanation of the hymn which said the Pistis Sophia.
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.
The divine actively directs the path and redeems from tombs, indicating an ordering of cosmic affairs.
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 in Chaos and material darkness before redemption.
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.
The speaker states that through purification, they became light and were strengthened by the divine effluence.
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.
Divine power is invoked to effect physical and spiritual transformation through words and action.