Lurianic-------- Basilidean-----------Sethian---------- Sethian (?)-------Kukean--------- Daoist
"counterpoise to the theory of emanation" (p. 262) |
"Why do we need "emanation" ... in order for God to make the universe ...?" (p. 126) |
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1. Withdrawal to originate Nothingness (pp. 260-1) |
1. Nothingness (p. 125) |
7. "Retirement" (p. 66) |
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2. Mustard-seed P. 126) |
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3. Peahen's egg (p. 126) |
1. World-egg (p. 214) |
8. "EGG" (p. 66) |
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4. 1st Sonship (p. 127) |
12. "ONE" (p. 70) |
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2. Fragrance (p. 264) |
5. 2nd Sonship, with Perfume of Holy Spirit (p. 128) |
2. Fragrance of the Spirit (p. 214) |
13. "fragrance" (p. 71) |
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3. Configuration of divine light, like a beam (p. 265) |
3. like ray of a star, a divided splinter, a light-spirit floating on the water (p. 215) |
1.God born of the Awakened Sea (p. 58) |
16. "IN ... WATER ... LIE HIDDEN" (p. 73) |
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4. The "world of punctiliform lights" (p. 265) |
6. 3rd Sonship: Heap of Seeds |
19. "FLOWER" (p. 77) [cf. Jain "flower-seeds" naks.atra] |
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5. "Breaking of the Vessels" (pp. 265-6) |
1. Smashing of the Jars (p. 102) |
2. The world boiled over with heat: |
21. "FROST" (p. 79) [cf. frost-giant Itztla-coliuhqui, praesiding over stoning] |
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6. the outflow streamed forth into the "Long Face", who had already existed in the form of 'the Holy Ancient One' (p. 270) |
7. the Great Arkhon (p. 128) |
2. a molded figure had been praepared by Plane (p. 44) |
3. the overflow poured into the being 'Gurha', who had already existed in the form of a dead image like a statue (p. 58) |
24. "The flowing pearl"; the "metal man" (p. 82) |
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3. Gnosis approached the woman Plane (p. 106) |
4. when the Mother of Life approached 'Gurha', |
25. "A BEAUTIFUL GIRL" is "ESPOUSED TO" "THE METAL MAN" (p. 82) |
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7. "lessening of the Moon" deprived the S^ki^nah of her substance (p. 275); this beginning on the 15th night of the month to the moonlight |
5. it defiled her (p. 59) |
29. "ON THE FIFTEENTH DAY OF THE ... MONTH, ENJOYING THE MOONLIGHT" (p. 87) |
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MTJM |
G |
FFF |
GT |
SBEG |
UR |
bibliography:--
MTJM = Gershom Scholem: Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism.
G = Hans Jonas: Gnosticism.
FFF = G. R. S. Meade: Fragments of a Faith Forgotten.
GT = The Gospel of Truth.
SBEG = Jean Doresse: Secret Books of the Egyptian Gnostics.
UR = Chang Po-Tuan (transl. by Thomas Cleary): Understanding Reality. U. of Hawaii Pr, Honolulu, 1987.