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)

       

1. Withdrawal to originate Nothingness (pp. 260-1)

1. Nothingness (p. 125)

     

7. "Retirement" (p. 66)

 

2. Mustard-seed P. 126)

       
 

3. Peahen's egg (p. 126)

1. World-egg (p. 214)

   

8. "EGG" (p. 66)

 

4. 1st Sonship (p. 127)

     

12. "ONE" (p. 70)

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)

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)

4. The "world of punctiliform lights" (p. 265)

6. 3rd Sonship: Heap of Seeds

     

19. "FLOWER" (p. 77) [cf. Jain "flower-seeds" naks.atra]

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]

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)

     

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)

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)

           

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.