Pistis Sophia, by G.R.S. Mead, [1921]
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| PREFACE | xvii |
| INTRODUCTION | |
| The Askew Codex | xxi |
| The Scripts | xxii |
| The Contents | xxiii |
| The Title | xxiv |
| The Date of the MS. | xxv |
| Translated from the Greek | xxvi |
| Originals composed in Egypt | xxviii |
| Date: The 2nd-century Theory | xxix |
| The 3rd-century Theory | xxix |
| The 'Ophitic' Background | xxxi |
| Three vague Pointers | xxxii |
| The libertinist Sects of Epiphanius | xxxiii |
| The Severians | xxxiv |
| The Bruce Codex | xxxv |
| The Berlin Codex | xxxvi |
| The so-called Barbēlō-Gnostics | xxxvii |
| The Sethians | xxxviii |
| The present Position of the Enquiry | xxxviii |
| The new and the old Perspective in Gnostic Studies | xxxix |
| The Ministry of the First Mystery | xl |
| The post-resurrectional Setting | xli |
| The higher Revelation within this Setting | xlii |
| The Æon-lore | xlii |
| The Sophia Episode | xliii |
| The ethical Interest | xliii |
| The Mysteries | xliv |
| The astral Lore | xlv |
| Transcorporation | xlv |
| The magical Element | xlvi |
| History and psychic Story | xlvii |
| The P.S. a reserved Document | xlviii |
| Its general Value | xlix |
| A Skeleton of the Scheme of the System | l |
| ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY | lii |
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| TRANSLATION | |
| DIVISION I. | |
| THE FIRST BOOK OF PISTIS SOPHIA | |
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| Jesus hitherto instructeth his disciples only up to the regions of the First Mystery | 1 |
| What the First Mystery surroundeth | 1 |
| The regions of the great Invisible | 2 |
| The Treasury of the Light | 2 |
| The Light-world | 2 |
| Jesus and his disciples are seated on the Mount of Olives | 3 |
| A great light-power descendeth on Jesus | 3 |
| It surroundeth him entirely | 4 |
| Jesus ascendeth into heaven | 4 |
| The confusion of the powers and the great earthquake | 4 |
| Jesus descendeth again | 5 |
| The nature of his glory | 6 |
| Jesus addresseth them | 6 |
| He draweth his light unto himself | 6 |
| He promiseth to tell them all things | 7 |
| How the Vesture of Light was sent unto him | 8 |
| Of the souls of the disciples and their incarnation | 8 |
| Of the incarnation of John the Baptizer | 9 |
| That John was Elias in a former birth | 9 |
| Of his own incarnation through Mary | 10 |
| More concerning the light-powers in the disciples | 11 |
| Why they should rejoice that the time of his investiture had come | 11 |
| The mystery of the five words on the vesture | 12 |
| The solution thereof | 12 |
| The three robes of light | 13 |
| The first vesture | 13 |
| The second vesture | 13 |
| The third vesture | 14 |
| The day of 'Come unto us' | 15 |
| Jesus putteth on his vesture | 15 |
| He entereth the firmament | 15 |
| The powers of the firmament are amazed and fall down and adore him | 15 |
| He entereth the first sphere | 16 |
| The powers of the first sphere are amazed and fall down and adore him | 16 |
| He entereth the second sphere | 17 |
| The powers of the second sphere are amazed and fall down and adore him | 17 |
| He entereth the æons | 17 |
| The powers of the æons are amazed and fall down and adore him | 18 |
| Adamas and the tyrants fight against the light | 19 |
| He taketh from them a third of their power | 19 |
| He changeth the motion of their spheres | 19 |
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| Mary Magdalene asketh and receiveth permission to speak | 20 |
| Mary interpreteth the discourse from the words of Isaiah | 21 |
| Jesus commendeth Mary. She further questioneth him on the changing of the spheres | 22 |
| Jesus explaineth further the conversion of the spheres | 23 |
| Philip questioneth Jesus | 25 |
| Why the path of the æons was changed | 25 |
| Mary questioneth him again | 26 |
| The coming of Melchisedec | 27 |
| Of the fashioning of the souls of men | 27 |
| The rulers devour their matter so that souls may not be fashioned | 29 |
| Adamas and the tyrants fight against the light-vesture | 30 |
| Jesus taketh from them a third of their power and changeth their course | 30 |
| They no more have the power of devouring their matter | 31 |
| The powers adore the light-vesture | 32 |
| The tyrants become as the dead | 32 |
| Jesus entereth the thirteenth æon and findeth Pistis Sophia | 33 |
| Sophia and her fellow-powers behold the light | 33 |
| Mary desireth to hear the story of Sophia | 34 |
| THE STORY OF PISTIS SOPHIA | |
| Sophia desireth to enter the Light-world | 34 |
| The rulers hate her for ceasing in their mystery | 35 |
| Self-willed uniteth himself with the rulers of the twelve æons and emanateth a lion-faced power to plague Sophia | 35 |
| Sophia taketh the lion-faced power of Sell-willed for the true Light | 36 |
| She descendeth to the twelve æons and thence into the chaos | 36 |
| The emanations of Self-willed squeeze the light-powers out of Sophia | 37 |
| The first repentance of Sophia | 37 |
| Mary interpreteth the first repentance from Psalm lxviii. | 42 |
| The second repentance of Sophia | 45 |
| Peter complaineth of Mary | 47 |
| Peter interpreteth the second repentance from Psalm lxx. | 47 |
| Jesus promiseth to perfect the disciples in all things | 48 |
| The third repentance of Sophia | 49 |
| Martha asketh and receiveth permission to speak | 49 |
| Martha interpreteth the third repentance from Psalm lxix. | 50 |
| The fourth repentance of Sophia | 51 |
| John asketh and receiveth permission to speak | 53 |
| John interpreteth the repentance from Psalm ci. | 53 |
| Jesus commendeth John | 55 |
| The emanations of Self-willed again squeeze the light out of Sophia | 55 |
| The fifth repentance of Sophia | 55 |
| Philip the scribe complaineth | 57 |
| Jesus explaineth that the appointed scribes are Philip and Thomas and Matthew | 58 |
| Mary interpreteth the words of Jesus concerning the three witnesses | 58 |
| Philip is now given permission to speak | 59 |
| Philip interpreteth the fifth repentance from Psalm lxxxvii. | 59 |
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| Philip is commended and continueth writing | 61 |
| The sixth repentance of Sophia | 61 |
| Andrew interpreteth the sixth repentance from Psalm cxxix. | 62 |
| Jesus commendeth Andrew. He promiseth that the tyrants shall be judged and consumed by the wise fire | 63 |
| Mary interpreteth the words of Jesus | 63 |
| The repentance of Sophia is not yet accepted. She is mocked by the æons | 64 |
| The seventh repentance of Sophia | 64 |
| Thomas interpreteth the seventh repentance from Psalm xxiv | 67 |
| Jesus commendeth Thomas | 68 |
| Jesus leadeth Sophia to a less confined region, but without the commandment of the First Mystery | 69 |
| The emanations of Self-willed cease for a time to oppress Sophia | 70 |
| The eighth repentance of Sophia | 70 |
| The emanations of Self-willed oppress her again | 71 |
| She continueth her repentance | 71 |
| Matthew interpreteth the eighth repentance from Psalm xxx. | 73 |
| Jesus commendeth Matthew and promiseth his disciples that they shall sit on thrones with him | 74 |
| Mary interpreteth the words of Jesus | 74 |
| The ninth repentance of Sophia | 75 |
| James interpreteth the ninth repentance from Psalm xxxiv. | 78 |
| Jesus commendeth James and promiseth the first place unto the disciples | 81 |
| Mary interpreteth the words of Jesus | 81 |
| The repentance of Sophia is accepted. Jesus is sent to help her | 81 |
| The tenth repentance of Sophia | 83 |
| Peter interpreteth the tenth repentance from Psalm cxix. | 83 |
| Jesus commendeth Peter | 84 |
| The eleventh repentance of Sophia | 84 |
| Salome interpreteth the eleventh repentance from Psalm li. | 85 |
| Jesus commendeth Salome | 86 |
| Self-willed aideth his emanations and they again oppress Sophia | 86 |
| The twelfth repentance of Sophia | 87 |
| Andrew interpreteth the twelfth repentance from Psalm cviii. | 90 |
| The thirteenth repentance of Sophia | 92 |
| Martha interpreteth the thirteenth repentance from Psalm l. | 93 |
| Jesus sendeth forth a light-power to help Sophia | 93 |
| Sophia uttereth a song of praise | 94 |
| Salome interpreteth the song of Sophia from the Odes of Solomon | 95 |
| The power sent by Jesus formeth a light-wreath on Sophia's head | 96 |
| Sophia uttereth another song of praise | 97 |
| Mary, his mother, asketh and receiveth permission to speak | 97 |
| Mary, his mother, interpreteth the song of Sophia from the xixth Ode of Solomon | 98 |
| Jesus commendeth his mother | 98 |
| The commandment of the First Mystery is fulfilled for taking Sophia entirely out of the chaos | 98 |
| The First Mystery and Jesus send forth two light-powers to help Sophia | 98 |
| Mary Magdalene interpreteth the mystery from Psalm lxxxiv | 99 |
| Mary, the mother, further interpreteth the scripture | 100 |
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| The story of the phantom spirit | 101 |
| Of the spiritual and material bodies of Jesus | 102 |
| The other Mary further interpreteth the same scripture from the baptism of Jesus | 103 |
| Mary, the mother, again further interpreteth the same scripture from the meeting of herself with Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptizer | 104 |
| Of the incarnation of Jesus | 104 |
| THE NOTE OF A SCRIBE | |
| A note by a later hand, copied from another scripture | 105 |
| DIVISION II. | |
| SUPERSCRIPTION: | |
| THE SECOND BOOK OF PISTIS SOPHIA | |
| John further interpreteth the same scripture | 106 |
| Of Sabaōth, Barbēlō, Yabraōth and the light-vesture | 107 |
| Gabriēl and Michaēl are summoned to help Pistis Sophia | 108 |
| The light-stream restoreth the light-powers to Sophia | 109 |
| The light-stream, having accomplished its purpose, departeth from Sophia | 110 |
| Peter interpreteth the narrative from the Odes of Solomon | 110 |
| The emanations of Self-willed cry aloud to him for help | 114 |
| He sendeth forth another more violent power like unto a flying arrow | 114 |
| The fashioning of the serpent-, basilisk- and dragon-powers | 115 |
| The demon power of Adamas dasheth Sophia down | 115 |
| Sophia again crieth to the Light | 116 |
| Gabriēl and Michaēl and the light-stream again go to her aid | 116 |
| The transfiguration of Sophia | 117 |
| Jesus, the First Mystery looking without, causeth Sophia to triumph | 117 |
| James interpreteth the narrative from Psalm xc | 118 |
| Sophia singeth a song of praise | 124 |
| Thomas interpreteth the song of Sophia from the Odes of Solomon | 125 |
| Sophia singeth another song of praise | 129 |
| Matthew interpreteth the song of Sophia from the Odes of Solomon | 131 |
| Sophia continueth to sing | 135 |
| Mary is afraid of Peter | 135 |
| Mary interpreteth the song of Sophia from Psalm xxix | 136 |
| Sophia continueth her song | 136 |
| Martha interpreteth from Psalm xxix | 136 |
| Sophia continueth her song | 137 |
| Mary interpreteth from Psalm cii | 137 |
| Sophia is led to a region below the thirteenth æon and given a new mystery | 138 |
| She continueth to sing | 138 |
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| Andrew interpreteth from Psalm xxxix | 139 |
| The conversation of Sophia and the Light | 140 |
| The Light promiseth to seal the regions of Self-willed | 140 |
| How Sophia will know that the time of her final deliverance hath come | 141 |
| What will come to pass at that time | 141 |
| The time for the final deliverance of Sophia is completed | 142 |
| Adamas sendeth forth two emanations of darkness to plague Sophia | 143 |
| Sophia again singeth a song to the Light | 144 |
| James interpreteth the song from Psalm vii | 145 |
| Sophia addresseth Adamas and his rulers | 146 |
| Sophia again singeth to the Light | 147 |
| Martha interpreteth the words of Sophia from Psalm vii | 148 |
| Jesus bringeth Sophia again to the thirteenth æon | 148 |
| Sophia singeth the praises of the Light to her fellow-invisibles | 149 |
| Philip interpreteth the song from Psalm cvi. | 151 |
| END OF THE STORY OF PISTIS SOPHIA | |
| Mary questioneth Jesus | 153 |
| Of the glory of the four-and-twenty invisibles | 155 |
| Of the glory of the Fate | 156 |
| Of the glory of the twelve æons | 156 |
| Of the glory of the thirteenth Hon | 157 |
| Of the glory of the Midst | 157 |
| Of the glory of the Right | 157 |
| Of the glory of the Treasury | 158 |
| Of the glory of the Inheritance | 158 |
| Mary again questioneth Jesus | 159 |
| Of the twelve saviours and their regions in the Inheritance | 160 |
| Of the ascension of those of the Treasury into the Inheritance | 162 |
| Of their respective ranks in the kingdom | 162 |
| Of the powers of the Right and their emanation and ascension | 162 |
| Of the powers of the Midst and their ascension | 163 |
| But this shall not take place till the consummation of the æon | 164 |
| Of the ascension of the souls of the perfect | 164 |
| Of the rank of the souls of the perfect | 165 |
| Mary interpreteth the discourse from the scriptures | 166 |
| Of the last Helper | 167 |
| That the regions beyond the Helpers are indescribable | 167 |
| Mary further questioneth Jesus | 168 |
| Of the second Helper | 169 |
| Of the third, fourth and fifth Helpers | 169 |
| Mary again questioneth Jesus | 169 |
| Of those who receive the mystery in the last Helper | 170 |
| John questioneth Jesus | 171 |
| Of the first Commandment | 171 |
| Of the first space | 171 |
| Of the second space | 171 |
| Of the third space | 172 |
| Of the Thrice-spirituals in the third space, i.e. the first space of the Ineffable | 172 |
| Of the master-mystery | 173 |
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| Of the gnosis of the master-mystery | 173 |
| Of the gnosis of the mystery of the Ineffable | 176 |
| The disciples lose courage | 181 |
| Jesus explaineth that that mystery is really simpler than all mysteries | 182 |
| Of the rending asunder and emanation of the powers of the universe | 183 |
| Of those of the second space of the Ineffable | 183 |
| Of those of the first space of the Ineffable | 186 |
| Jesus promiseth to explain further all in detail | 188 |
| Of the mystery succinctly | 188 |
| Of the one and only word of the Ineffable | 189 |
| Of the ascension of the soul of him who shall receive the one and only mystery | 189 |
| Of the rank of such a soul | 191 |
| Such souls are one with the First Mystery | 192 |
| Of the dignity of the thrones in the kingdom | 193 |
| Of the gnosis of the word of the Ineffable | 194 |
| Of the distinction between the gnosis of the universe and the mysteries of the Light | 194 |
| Of the ascension of the souls of those who receive the twelve mysteries of the First Mystery | 196 |
| Mary again questioneth Jesus | 197 |
| Of the three mysteries and five mysteries | 197 |
| Of the first mystery | 198 |
| Of the second mystery | 198 |
| Of its efficacy | 199 |
| Of the third mystery | 200 |
| Of its efficacy for the uninitiated | 200 |
| Of the three and five mysteries | 201 |
| Of the mysteries of the three spaces | 201 |
| Of the reign of a thousand years of the Light | 202 |
| What is a year of the Light | 203 |
| Of those of the first space in the kingdom of the thousand years | 203 |
| Of those of the second space | 204 |
| Of those of the third space, the first from without | 204 |
| Of the Books of Yew | 205 |
| Andrew questioneth Jesus | 206 |
| That the disciples and the powers are from the same Mixture | 206 |
| Of transcorporation and purification | 207 |
| Of the purifying mysteries | 208 |
| That all who are purified will be saved | 209 |
| That finally they will be higher than all powers | 209 |
| Jesus pardoneth the ignorance of Andrew | 210 |
| SUB-SCRIPTION: | |
| A PORTION OF THE BOOKS OF THE SAVIOUR | |
| p. xii | |
| DIVISION III. | |
| THE CONCLUSION OF ANOTHER BOOK | |
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| Of the Limbs of the Ineffable | 210 |
| The Saviour is their treasury | 211 |
| Of the dignity of those who have received the mysteries | 211 |
| A THIRD BOOK | |
| Of the proclamation of the disciples | 213 |
| What men should renounce | 213 |
| The boundaries of the ways of the worthy | 217 |
| Unto whom are the mysteries of the Light to be given | 218 |
| The mysteries are for the forgiveness of sins | 218 |
| Mary questioneth the Saviour | 219 |
| Of the soul of the righteous man who hath not received the mysteries at death | 219 |
| John questioneth Jesus | 221 |
| The disciples are to forgive many times seven times | 222 |
| Of the reward of the savers of souls | 222 |
| John continueth his questioning | 222 |
| That the mysteries shall be given again unto a repentant brother even up to the three of the second space | 223 |
| The limit of the power of the disciples to forgive sins | 224 |
| A former saying explained | 224 |
| Of the master-mystery of the forgiveness of sins | 225 |
| John continueth his questioning | 225 |
| Further of the forgiveness of sins | 225 |
| John continueth his questioning | 227 |
| Of pretenders who receive the mysteries | 228 |
| A former saying explained | 228 |
| Mary again questioneth Jesus | 229 |
| How the souls of those who have come out of the body may be helped by those on earth | 230 |
| Mary continueth her questioning | 231 |
| How he who possesseth the mysteries can come forth out of the body without suffering | 231 |
| Mary continueth her questioning | 232 |
| The mystery of the raising of the dead | 233 |
| The disciples became frenzied at the sublimity of the prospect | 233 |
| How the disciples shall make proclamation | 233 |
| What mysteries they shall give | 234 |
| The mystery of the raising of the dead not to be given to any | 234 |
| Of the constitution of man | 236 |
| Of the counterfeiting spirit | 236 |
| The state of the sinful soul after death | 236 |
| How a sinful soul is brought back to birth | 238 |
| Of the ascension after death of the good soul that hath received the mysteries | 238 |
| Of the state after death of one who hath received the mysteries and yet hath transgressed | 240 |
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| The apology of the rulers of the ways of the midst | 241 |
| The apology of the rulers of the Fate | 241 |
| Of the ascension of that soul into the Inheritance | 242 |
| Mary interpreteth from former sayings | 243 |
| The piece of money which was brought unto Jesus | 243 |
| A saying of Paul | 244 |
| The foes of one's own house | 245 |
| A former saying concerning rebirth | 245 |
| Mary continueth to question Jesus | 246 |
| Of the retributive servitors | 247 |
| How the soul of the sinner is stamped with his sins | 248 |
| How the baptisms purify sins | 249 |
| The separation of the portions by the mystery of baptism | 249 |
| Mary interpreteth the same from a former saying | 249 |
| Mary further questioneth Jesus | 251 |
| Of the forgiveness of sins according to the higher mysteries | 251 |
| Mary interpreteth the same from the Psalm xxxi. | 252 |
| Of forgiveness even unto twelve times of those who have received the mysteries of the First Mystery | 253 |
| Of such initiated who sin and die without repentance | 253 |
| Of the unending forgiveness of those who have received the mystery of the Ineffable | 253 |
| Of such initiated who sin and die without repentance | 254 |
| Mary interpreteth the same from a former saying | 255 |
| Of the unending compassion of the great mysteries for the repentant | 256 |
| Of the unrepentant | 256 |
| Mary interpreteth from a former saying | 257 |
| If even men on earth are compassionate, how much more then the highest mysteries? | 257 |
| Jesus trieth Peter | 258 |
| Mary interpreteth the incident from a former saying | 259 |
| In the case of repentance only higher mysteries than those previously received can remit sins | 260 |
| There is no limit to the number of mysteries the faithful may receive | 261 |
| The fate of the gnostic who sinneth is more terrible than that of the ignorant sinner | 261 |
| Mary interpreteth the same from a former saying | 261 |
| Of those who procrastinate, saying they have many births before them | 262 |
| Of the time of the completion | 263 |
| Those who procrastinate are excluded from the Light | 263 |
| Their entreaties at the gates of the Light | 263 |
| Mary interpreteth the same | 264 |
| A FOURTH BOOK | |
| Of the dragon of the outer darkness | 265 |
| Of the rulers of the twelve dungeons and their names | 265 |
| Of the doors of the dungeons | 267 |
| The angels who watch the doors | 267 |
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| What souls pass into the dragon, and how | 267 |
| The nature of the names of the dragon | 268 |
| Of the severity of the chastisements of the dragon | 268 |
| Of the degrees of the fires of the chastisements | 268 |
| The disciples bewail the fate of sinners | 269 |
| Mary further questioneth Jesus | 269 |
| How to save the souls of the sinners | 270 |
| A summary of the formulæ | 270 |
| Of the light-beams and light-streams | 272 |
| Mary pleadeth for those who have neglected the mysteries | 273 |
| Of the efficacy of the names of the twelve angels | 275 |
| The souls who know the names escape and are taken to Yew | 275 |
| Of their subsequent fate | 276 |
| Mary interpreteth the same from a former saying | 277 |
| Of the light of the sun and the darkness of the dragon | 277 |
| Of the cup of forgetfulness | 278 |
| Of the counterfeiting spirit | 278 |
| Of the fashioning of a new soul | 278 |
| Of the inbreathing of the power | 279 |
| Jesus promiseth to reveal all in detail | 280 |
| Of the light-power and the counterfeiting spirit | 281 |
| The parents we are to abandon | 281 |
| Salome is in doubt | 282 |
| Mary removeth the doubt of Salome | 282 |
| Of the charge given to the counterfeiting spirit | 283 |
| Of the charge given to the servitors | 284 |
| Of conception | 285 |
| Of the compulsion of the parents | 286 |
| Of the process of gestation | 286 |
| Of the incarnation of the soul | 286 |
| Of the sealing of the plasm | 287 |
| Of the destiny | 288 |
| Of how a man cometh by his death | 288 |
| There is no escape from the destiny | 289 |
| Of the keys of the mysteries | 289 |
| The mysteries are all for men | 290 |
| A prophecy of John the Baptizer | 290 |
| The criterion of orthodoxy | 291 |
| The Books of Yew | 292 |
| Few only will accomplish the mystery of the First Mystery | 292 |
| No soul had entered into the Light before the coming of the First Mystery | 293 |
| Of the prophets | 293 |
| Of the patriarchs | 293 |
| Of the souls of the righteous from Adam to Jesus | 294 |
| The disciples know of a surety that Jesus is the Great Initiator | 294 |
| SUB-SCRIPTION: | |
| A PORTION OF THE BOOKS OF THE SAVIOUR | |
| p. xv | |
| DIVISION IV. | |
| A FIFTH BOOK | |
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| The disciples gather round Jesus | 295 |
| The invocation of Jesus | 295 |
| The grouping of the disciples | 295 |
| The interpretation of iaō | 295 |
| He continueth to make invocation | 296 |
| The apocalypse of the heavens | 296 |
| The figures of the disk of the sun and of the moon | 296 |
| Jesus and the disciples are transported to the ways of the midst | 297 |
| Of the repentant and unrepentant rulers | 297 |
| Of the hierarchies of the unrepentant rulers and the names of their five regents | 298 |
| Of the powers which Yew bound into the five regents | 298 |
| Of the functions of Zeus, the chief regent | 298 |
| The incorruptible names of the regents | 299 |
| Mary questioneth Jesus on the ways of the midst | 299 |
| Of the mysteries which Jesus will give unto his disciples | 300 |
| Of the constitution of the ways of the midst | 301 |
| Of Paraplēx | 301 |
| Of Yew and Melchisedec | 301 |
| How the demon rulers carry off souls | 302 |
| The chastisements of Paraplēx | 302 |
| Of Ariouth the Æthiopian | 303 |
| Of triple-faced Hekatē | 304 |
| Of Parhedrōn Typhon | 305 |
| Of Yachthanabas | 306 |
| The disciples beseech Jesus to have mercy upon sinners | 307 |
| Jesus encourageth his disciples | 307 |
| Jesus and his disciples ascend higher | 308 |
| He breatheth into their eyes | 308 |
| Their eyes are opened | 308 |
| Jesus explaineth the vision of fire and water, and wine and blood | 308 |
| The same explained from former sayings | 309 |
| Jesus and his disciples descend to earth | 309 |
| Jesus promiseth to give them the mystery of the forgiveness of sins | 310 |
| The mystic offering | 310 |
| The invocation | 310 |
| The rite is consummated | 312 |
| Directions as to the future use of the rite | 312 |
| Of three other mystic rites | 312 |
| Of the highest mysteries and of the great name | 313 |
| Of the efficacy of that name | 313 |
| A SIXTH BOOK | |
| Of the chastisement of the curser | 315 |
| Of the chastisement of the slanderer | 316 |
| Of the chastisement of the murderer | 317 |
| Peter protesteth against the women | 318 |
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| Of the chastisement of the thief | 318 |
| Of the chastisement of the arrogant | 319 |
| Of the chastisement of the blasphemer | 320 |
| Of the chastisement of him who hath intercourse with males | 321 |
| Of the chastisement of a foul act of sorcery | 322 |
| Of the after-death state of the righteous man who hath not been initiated | 322 |
| Of the cup of wisdom | 323 |
| A sinner suffereth for each separate sin | 323 |
| Even the greatest of sinners, if he repent, shall inherit the kingdom | 324 |
| Of the time favourable for the birth of those who shall find the mysteries | 324 |
| The disciples beseech Jesus to have mercy upon them | 324 |
| A LATER POSTSCRIPT | |
| The proclamation of the disciples | 325 |