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Logos—His Birth, Inheritance, and Fall
The final Aeon, Logos, found himself sitting on top of the Hierarchy of the Fullness. And, since he contained within himself a copy of all of the other Aeons, he became confused as to his proper role
The Generation of the Aeons and Logos
It is said that although the Father put an unquenchable thirst to align themselves with the One into the minds of the Fullness, he did not reveal to them the Father's ineffable nature and the impossib
Introduction to A Simple Explanation of the Gnostic Gospel
And then around 2016, I read a copy of the Nag Hammadi Scriptures. At first I found the ideas shocking. These were the very heresies my conservative Christianity had warned me away from. According to
The Son, Part 2: The Generation of the Aeons
Last week’s episode was supposed to be about the Son. But we've hardly heard anything about the Son himself. We hear about the Father being indescribable and we hear about the infinite number of spiri
The Emanation of the Son and the ALL
The Son reflects the Father's boundless greatness and love. The Son possesses every trait of the Father, for the Son is a complete encapsulation of the Father in which it dwells. Every trait of the Fa
The God Above All Gods
I like to begin with the cosmos as it unfolded and rolled out. The word for that sort of study is “cosmogony,” which is defined as the study of the origins of the universe. This makes the most sense t
Redeeming the Demiurge and Creation
This episode finishes up our deep dive into the Tripartite Tractate's explanation of the Third Order of Powers. We learn about their relationship to the Christ, the ALL, the Fullness and the Father, a
Third Order Powers–the Army of Christ
"Then from the harmony, in a joyous willingness which had come into being, they brought forth the fruit, which was a begetting from the harmony, a unity, a possession of the Totalities, revealing the
Praise and Glory–Aeonic Romance
The Father loved and admired the Son, and the Son loved and admired the Father. These two were well pleased with themselves, and they gave praise and glory to one another. From their exchange of "kiss
“Why Are We Here?” A Listener Question
Why did the Fullness of God find it necessary to create the Second Order of Powers and send them (us) down here to redeem the demiurge? Why wasn't the demiurge simply abandoned after the Fall?