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Describing the divine only by negation—God transcends all positive categories and concepts; the via negativa.

The text emphasizes revealing truth without parable and mentions the Ineffable.

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

A clear distinction is drawn between the Light/Inheritances and the World/emanations as opposing realms.

The supreme God's radical concealment beyond ordinary knowledge or perception; the Hidden Father.

The text references the Ineffable and the darkness of darknesses as concealed aspects of the divine.

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

Light is repeatedly invoked as a central metaphor for the divine realm and Kingdom.

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 describes emanations flowing from the Treasury and mentions specific Voices and Trees structured in order.

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

Salvation is linked to seeking truth with exactness and receiving mysteries directly from the Saviour.

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

The text references 'mysteries of the Light' and secrets revealed to those ready to receive them.

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

The phrase 'inward part of the inward parts' suggests an internal divine presence.

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

Jesus is depicted as an active, responsive reality who reveals truth and responds to Maria's plea.

Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.

Specific numbers like twelve Saviours, seven Voices, and five Trees are used structurally in the text.

Using apparent contradiction, reversal, or riddle to destabilise ordinary understanding and induce insight.

The passage presents a paradox where the Land of Light is reckoned as a speck of dust.

The divine fullness or totality of the highest realm, populated by aeons and divine attributes, contrasted with the deficient material world.

The text explicitly mentions Pleromas, Pleroma complete in every knowledge, and the Ineffable as divine fullness.

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

Maria directly addresses Jesus with a plea for mercy and understanding.

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

The passage describes taking disciples to the Place of Inheritances and returning them to the Light.

Divine names or formulas that carry ontological power, used in prayer, liturgy, or magical practice.

The text references the Ineffable and specific names like 'First Mystery' as ontological categories.

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.

Maria's plea reflects a felt condition of seeking and distance from the divine source.

A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.

The text describes ascending to the Place of Inheritances and the catching-up of the Universe.