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

The text explicitly mentions 'Aeons of the Sphere' and 'Ministers of the Sphere' who distribute the soul to specific Aeons for punishment.

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

Divine beings are described with human characteristics such as tongues, faces of horses, and bodies that are lame or maimed.

The doctrine of the periodic restoration or recurrence of all things to their original state after vast cycles.

The passage describes a purification process where the soul is cleansed by smoke until it is entirely purified.

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

The soul is cast into a body that is lame, maimed, blind, dumb, or deformed, which hinders her ability to perceive truth.

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

The text contrasts the purifying water below the Sphere with the chaotic realm of Ialdabaoth and demons.

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

A reference is made to the 'Virgin of the Light' who judges the soul at a specific cosmic level.

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 passage details a structured cycle of judgment where souls are sentenced by specific Aeons and Rulers for specific sins like pride and blasphemy.

Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.

The text outlines a series of destinations the soul visits after death, including Amente, the Chaos, and the Virgin of the Light.

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

The dialogue format between Jesus and Thomas suggests esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them.

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

The Virgin of the Light is referenced as a judge who holds the soul accountable for her actions.

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

Divine beings like Ariel and Ialdabaoth are depicted as active agents who punish souls with specific punishments.

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

Specific durations such as three days, eleven years, and twenty months are assigned to the punishments of the soul.

Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.

The passage describes the soul's guided passage through various afterlife realms under the authority of Aeons and Rulers.

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

The soul is described as being purified by water until it becomes smoke boiling that eats in at her to restore her entirely.

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

The purification process involving smoke and water implies a requirement for spiritual cleanliness before judgment.

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 soul is cast into a body that is lame and maimed and blind, representing an exile from her divine state.

The transmigration of the soul across lives.

The text implies the soul moves between different bodies and realms after death based on her sins.

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

The purification process involves the soul being taken out of water to become smoke boiling that eats in at her until she is purified.

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 ultimate goal of the purification process is for the soul to be entirely purified and restored to a state of wholeness.