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The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 91 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles

Chapter LXX

LXX. The Final Translation of Enoch . CHAPTER LXX. 1. And it came to pass after this that his name during his lifetime was raised aloft to that Son of Man and to the Lord of Spirits from amongst those who dwell on the earth. 2. And he was raised aloft on the chariots of the spirit and his name vanished among them. 3. And from that day I was no longer numbered amongst them: and he set me between the two winds, between the North and the West, where the angels took the cords to measure for me the place for the elect and righteous. 4. And there p. 93 I saw the first fathers and the righteous who from the beginning dwell in that place.
Themes
Eschatological Judgmentsoteriology

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 separation of Enoch from those on earth and the designation of a place for the righteous implies a final sorting or judgment.

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Fana Annihilationsoteriology

Sufi self-effacement in God — the via by which the lover is unmade as a separate ego and recovered as God's act; specifies the practice/event rather than mystical_union's resulting state.

The phrase 'his name vanished among them' suggests a dissolution of individual identity into the divine host.

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Funerary Navigationpraxis

Texts and rituals guiding the soul through death.

The text describes the transition from earthly life to a heavenly abode, functioning as a guide for the righteous dead.

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Pneumatic Electsoteriology

A spiritual elite who possess the divine spark and are predestined for salvation, contrasted with psychic (faithful) and hylic (material) persons.

The text explicitly mentions a place measured for the 'elect and righteous' distinct from earthly dwellers.

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Psychopomp Journeycosmology

Guided passage of the soul through afterlife realms.

Enoch is guided by angels and chariots of the spirit to a specific heavenly dwelling place.

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Return To Sourcesoteriology

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

Enoch is raised to the 'Son of Man' and 'Lord of Spirits', indicating a return to the divine origin.

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Theosis Deificationsoteriology

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.

Enoch's name vanishing among the spirits suggests a transformation into an angelic or divine state.

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Spiritual Ascentpraxis

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

[auto] The passage centrally describes Enoch being 'raised aloft on the chariots of the spirit' to the Lord of Spirits.

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Related passages · 4 parallels
egyptian|The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)|Chapter 6 (part 17)
Unas is in heaven, Unas is in heaven, in the form of air, in the form of air; he perisheth not, neither doth anything which is in him perish.[4] He is firmly stablished in heaven, and he taketh his pure seat in the bows of the bark of Ra.…”
Both passages describe a mystical ascension to the heavens and a transformation or elevation of the individual to a divine or exalted state. They share themes of transcendence, divine connection, and the afterlife, though they come from different religious traditions.
egyptian|The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)|Chapter 36 (part 2)
Verily the soul of Sut, which (22) is greater than all the gods, hath departed to [Amenta]. May it be granted that I bind his soul in the divine boat (23) at my will . . . . . . . . . O my Osiris, thou hast done for me that which…”
Both passages describe a mystical ascension or translation of a figure (Enoch and the deceased in the Egyptian text) to a divine or exalted state, where they are honored and given power. Both texts also mention the figure's name being raised aloft and their newfound status among the divine or revered dead.
egyptian|The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)|Chapter 43 (part 58)
Unas is in heaven, Unas is in heaven, in the form of air, in the form of air; he perisheth not, neither doth anything which is in him perish.[4] He is firmly stablished in heaven, and he taketh his pure seat in the bows of the bark of Ra.…”
Both passages describe a mystical ascension and transformation of the individual, who is raised to a divine or celestial realm and takes on a new, exalted status among the divine beings. The themes of transcendence and union with the divine are central to both traditions.
gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FOURTHb
And Jesus with his disciples remained in the midst of the aëry Place in the roads of the road of the Middle, this which is below the Sphere. And they came unto the first array of the road (added in margin, MS ) which is in the Middle. But…”
Both passages describe a mystical ascension and a journey through celestial realms, involving divine beings and the measurement or organization of sacred spaces. They share themes of transcendence and the interaction between the divine and the chosen individuals.