The Book of Enoch (1 Enoch, Charles translation) · 134 of 141 · tr. R.H. Charles
Chapter CIV
CIV. Assurances given to the Righteous: Admonitions to Sinners and the Falsifiers of the Words of Uprightness . CHAPTER CIV. 1. I swear unto you, that in heaven the angels remember you for good before the glory of the Great One: and your names are written before the glory of the Great One. 2. Be hopeful; for aforetime ye were put to shame through ill and affliction; but now ye shall shine as the lights of heaven, ye shall shine and ye shall be seen, and the portals of heaven shall be opened to you. 3. And in your cry, cry for judgement, and it shall appear to you; for all your tribulation shall be visited on the rulers, and on all who helped those who plundered you. 4. Be hopeful, and cast not away your hopes for ye shall have great joy as the angels of heaven. 5. What shall ye be obliged to do? Ye shall not have to hide on the day of the great judgement and ye shall not be found as sinners, and the eternal judgement shall be far from you for all the generations of the world. 6. And now fear not, ye righteous, when ye see the sinners growing strong and prospering in their ways: be not companions with them, but keep afar from their violence; for ye shall become companions of the hosts of heaven. 7. And, although ye sinners say: "All our sins shall not be searched out and be written down," nevertheless they shall write down all your sins every day. p. 150 [paragraph continues] 8. And now I show unto you that light and darkness, day and night, see all your sins. 9. Be not godless in your hearts, and lie not and alter not the words of uprightness, nor charge with lying the words of the Holy Great One, nor take account of your idols; for all your lying and all your godlessness issue not in righteousness but in great sin. 10. And now I know this mystery, that sinners will alter and pervert the words of righteousness in many ways, and will speak wicked words, and lie, and practice great deceits, and write books concerning their words. 11. But when they write down truthfully all my words in their languages, and do not change or minish ought from my words but write them all down truthfully--all that I first testified concerning them. 12. Then, I know another mystery, that books will be given to the righteous and the wise to become a cause of joy and uprightness and much wisdom. 13. And to them shall the books be given, and they shall believe in them and rejoice over them, and then shall all the righteous who have learnt therefrom all the paths of uprightness be recompensed.'
Themes
◆Cosmic Dualismtheology
Ontological opposition between two primal principles (light/darkness, truth/lie, spirit/matter) as the fundamental structure of reality.
The text explicitly contrasts light and darkness, and the righteous against sinners as opposing moral realities.
All passages →◆Divine Lighttheology
The uncreated luminous quality of the divine, sometimes experienced directly in mystical states; illumination as revelation.
The righteous are promised to 'shine as the lights of heaven' and light is said to see all sins.
All passages →◆Divine Providencetheology
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.
Angels remember the righteous, names are written before God, and sins are recorded daily by divine oversight.
All passages →◆Hidden Sayingssoteriology
Esoteric teachings reserved for those ready to receive them; outer meaning conceals an inner liberating truth.
The speaker explicitly states 'I know this mystery' twice regarding the fate of sinners and the books given to the righteous.
All passages →◆Living Godtheology
The divine conceived as active, present, and dynamic—not an abstract principle but a personal responsive reality.
The 'Great One' and 'Holy Great One' are depicted as active agents who judge, remember names, and open portals.
All passages →◆Prayerpraxis
Direct address to the divine, whether petitionary, contemplative, or liturgical; speech and silence offered upward.
The righteous are instructed to 'cry for judgement' as a form of direct address to the divine.
All passages →◆Rejection Of Hypocrisyethics
Critique of outward religious observance that lacks inner transformation; form without substance.
There is a strong admonition against lying and altering the words of uprightness or charging the Holy Great One with lying.
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 righteous are promised to become 'companions of the hosts of heaven', implying a return to the divine realm.
All passages →◆Spiritual Ascentpraxis
A staged journey of the soul upward through heavenly realms or levels of being toward the divine source.
The text mentions that 'the portals of heaven shall be opened to you' for the righteous.
All passages →◆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.
The promise that the righteous 'shall shine as the lights of heaven' suggests a transformation into a divine-like state.
All passages →◇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.
[auto] The passage centrally focuses on the 'day of the great judgement' where the righteous are vindicated and sinners punished.
All passages →Related passages · 20 parallels
◆egyptian|The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)|Chapter 18 (part 9)
“"(37) O ye who open the way and lay open the paths to perfected souls in the Hall of (38) Osiris, open ye the way and lay open the paths (39) to the soul of Osiris, the scribe and steward of all the divine offerings, Ani (40) [who is triump…”
Both passages deal with the journey of the soul after death and the assurance of a favorable outcome for the righteous. They share themes of divine judgment, protection, and the ultimate triumph of the soul, though they are rooted in different cultural and religious contexts.
◆egyptian|The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)|Chapter 18 (part 11)
“He shall (5) enter into the Fields of Aaru in peace, to learn the bidding of him who dwelleth in Tattu; (6) there shall wheat and barley be given unto him; there shall he flourish as he did upon (7) earth; and he shall do whatsoever pleaset…”
Both passages describe the afterlife rewards for the righteous, emphasizing eternal joy, prosperity, and divine favor. They share themes of divine judgment, the importance of righteousness, and the promise of a blessed existence in the afterlife.
◆egyptian|The Egyptian Book of the Dead (Papyrus of Ani)|Chapter 28 (part 1)
“PLATE XX.
Vignette: Osiris and Isis in a sepulchral shrine.
Text [CHAPTER XV.]: (I) A HYMN OF PRAISE To RA WHEN HE RISETH IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE HEAVEN.
They who are in (2) his train rejoice, and lo!
Osiris Ani in triumph saith "Hai…”
Both passages express a desire for divine connection and eternal life, with the individual (Osiris Ani in Passage A and the righteous in Passage B) seeking to align with the divine (Ra in Passage A and the Great One in Passage B) and be rewarded in the afterlife. They share themes of praise, adoration, and the promise of eternal existence.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FIRSTt
“And I trusted unto thee: now therefore, O Light of the Lights, I am afflicted in the darkness of the Chaos: if thou wishest therefore to come to deliver me, great is thy mercy; hear me in truth and deliver me: deliver me out of the matter o…”
Both passages share themes of affliction, deliverance, and divine justice. They both express a plea for help from a higher power and a desire for vengeance against oppressors, reflecting a common mystical tradition of seeking divine intervention in times of suffering.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FIRST
“But I, I trusted unto the Light, I shall rejoice and hymn, because thou hadst compassion upon me, and thou gavest heed unto the straits in which I become, and thou deliveredst me: and also thou wilt save my power out of Chaos, and thou dids…”
Both passages share themes of divine compassion, deliverance from suffering, and the ultimate triumph of righteousness. They both emphasize the intervention of a higher power to save the afflicted and the eventual justice meted out to the oppressors.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FIRST
“Thou hatedst those who keep that which is vain without cause; but I, I trusted, I shall be glad about the Lord, and I shall be delighted over thy mercy: because thou lookedst upon my humility and thou savedst my soul out of the necessities,…”
Both passages share themes of divine intervention, the righteous being rewarded, and the wicked being punished. They also emphasize the importance of trust in a higher power and the eventual justice that will be meted out.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FIRST
“Now therefore, O Light of the Lights, let them not take away my light from me, and let them not say within them, Our power was satisfied with her light, and let them not say, (We) swallowed (down) her power, but let darkness rather come upo…”
Both passages share themes of divine justice, the righteous being delivered from affliction, and the punishment of wrongdoers. They also emphasize the importance of truth and the eventual triumph of the righteous, though they come from different mystical traditions.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FIRST
“Let them not rejoice at me, those who are enemies unto me in violence, those who hate me without a cause, and they are winking with their eyes.
Because I indeed, they are wont to speak with me in words of peace, and they are [87 ] wont to…”
Both passages share themes of divine justice, the righteous being rewarded, and the punishment of the wicked. They also emphasize the importance of faith and the ultimate triumph of light over darkness, reflecting a common mystical insight across different traditions.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document FIRST
“This is the work of those who slander with the Lord and those who say contrary to lawful (things) against my soul.
But thou, O Lord, do mercy with me because of thy name.
Save me because I am poor and I am miserable: my heart was disturbe…”
Both passages deal with themes of repentance, divine mercy, and the struggle between righteousness and sin. They share a mystical tone and a focus on the individual's relationship with the divine, seeking forgiveness and redemption.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document SECONDg
“And I, the First Mystery, I stood upon it, and I took away all the powers which (are) in it, and I destroyed all its matter, that seed from it should not rise up from this hour.
But these while the First Mystery is saying unto the disciple…”
Both passages emphasize the protection and salvation offered by a divine entity to those who trust in it. They also share a theme of divine intervention and the ultimate reward for the righteous, though they come from different mystical traditions.
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◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document SECONDo
“But added also the First Mystery, said he, But added also the Pistis Sophia in this hymn, said she, I [149 ] shall say, Thou art the Light, that which is high, because thou deliveredst me; and thou broughtest me (close) to thee; and thou ca…”
Both passages emphasize themes of deliverance, light overcoming darkness, and divine intervention. They share a mystical tone and focus on the redemption and exaltation of the righteous, though they come from different religious traditions.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document SECONDy
“And ye will become in a great wonder greatly greatly.
And whenever I should take you unto the Place of the (Rulers of the) Destiny 93 [173 ] ye will see the glory in which they become, and out of their great glory which is preferable, ye w…”
Both passages describe a hierarchical and progressive understanding of spiritual realms or states, emphasizing the increasing glory and insignificance of lower realms when compared to higher ones. They share a theme of ascension and the revelation of divine glory, though they come from different mystical traditions.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document SECOND
“This is the answer of the words after which ye seek.
Now therefore also, Andreas, yet art thou being in unbelief and with ignorance?
But whenever ye should come out of the body and go unto the Height, and arrive at the Place of the Rulers…”
Both passages offer assurances and hope to the righteous, promising them a place of honor and glory in the heavenly realm. They also emphasize the eventual downfall of the wicked and the importance of righteousness and truth.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document THIRDd
“Say unto them, Do love of God and receive the mysteries of the Light, and go unto the Height unto the kingdom of the Light.
Say unto them, Be righteous and receive the mysteries, and go unto the Height unto the kingdom of the Light.
Say u…”
Both passages emphasize the importance of righteousness and the reception of divine mysteries or truths. They also discuss the fate of the righteous and the sinners, highlighting the ultimate reward for the righteous and the consequences for the unrighteous.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document THIRD
“Answered the Saviour, said he to Maria, If a sinner, he is being worthy of the Darkness which is outer, or otherwise indeed he did sin according to the punishment, the rest also of the punishments; and this (one) did not repent, or otherwis…”
Both passages discuss the fate of souls, the concept of repentance, and the intervention of divine or celestial beings to aid the righteous. They share a theme of redemption and the ultimate reward for the virtuous, though they come from different mystical traditions.
◆gnosticism|Pistis Sophia|Document THIRD
“Now therefore say unto them, If ye knew the face of the heaven with the earth out of the winds, Whenever some therefore now should come up (close) to you and preach to you a Godhead, and ye know in an exactness that their words agreed and s…”
Both passages emphasize the importance of righteousness and the recording of deeds, with assurances given to the righteous and warnings to the sinners. They also share a focus on divine mysteries and the role of sacred texts in revealing these mysteries.
◆greek_mystery|Orphic Hymns|Hymn LXXXV. THE DIVINITY OF DREAMS
“LXXXV. TO THE DIVINITY OF DREAMS. The FUMIGATION from AROMATICS. THEE I invoke, blest pow'r of dreams divine, Angel of future fates, swift wings are thine: Great source of oracles to human kind, When stealing soft, and whisp'ring to the min…”
Both passages emphasize the importance of divine communication through dreams or visions, the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, and the role of divine guidance in revealing future events and moral conduct. They share a common theme of divine justice and the significance of spiritual purity.
◆mandaean|Gnostic John the Baptizer — Portents at John's Birth|Section 4
“Yahyā proclaims in the nights, Yōhānā on the Night's
evenings. 4
YAHYĀ proclaims in the nights and says: "Through my Father's discourses
I give light and through the praise of the Man, my creator, I have freed my
soul from the world and fr…”
Both passages emphasize the righteousness and purity of the central figure (John the Baptizer in Passage A and the righteous in Passage B), their rejection of worldly temptations, and their ultimate ascension or reward. Both also highlight the contrast between the righteous and the sinners, with a focus on divine judgment and the recording of deeds.
◆mandaean|Gnostic John the Baptizer — Some Typical Extracts|Section 17
“My sons! See that you are not hinters and that your eyes make no
suggestions [ sc . to women]. For the hinters and wink-givers will be
assigned to the guard-stations. To the guard-stations will they be assigned
and be judged with stern just…”
Both passages emphasize moral conduct, warning against sin and idolatry, and promise judgment or reward based on one's actions. They share themes of righteousness, judgment, and the consequences of one's deeds, reflecting a genuine conceptual parallel across different mystical traditions.
◆zoroastrianism|Avesta (Gathas)|Vohu Khshathra Gatha, Yasna LI, Section 1b
“(Yea, grant me these two inseparable gifts, for having them in store) I will speak for Thee, O Mazda!
because to the man of understanding 4 one should declare for Thee that which is woe to the wicked, but salvation to him who has maintaine…”
Both passages emphasize the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, the importance of divine order and righteousness, and the ultimate reward or punishment. They also share a focus on the role of divine judgment and the importance of truthful speech and actions.