Greco-Christian stream·Pistis Sophia·First Book — Post-Resurrection Discourses·Chapter 9
Source context
- Theme
- hierarchical aeon-structure and the veiling powers encountered in the cosmic ascent-descent narrative
Steiner
not engaged in the GA corpus
Cross-tradition
- Valentinian GnosisValentinian cosmology maps a structurally parallel pleroma of successive aeons, with veils (horoi) separating higher from lower light-regions, corresponding to the Pistis Sophia's layered cosmic architecture.
- Neoplatonism — Proclus / PlotinusThe Neoplatonic procession of hypostases (One, Nous, Soul) offers cross-tradition congruence with the descending and re-ascending movement through differentiated cosmic strata described in this chapter.
- Jewish Merkabah mysticismHekhalot literature describes the soul's passage through successive heavenly palaces guarded by angelic powers, showing cross-tradition congruence with the veiling and gatekeeping powers of the Pistis Sophia's aeon-structure.
Chapter 9
CHAPTER 9
It came to pass then, when Jesus had finished saying these words to his disciples, that he continued again in the discourse, and said unto them: "Lo, I have then put on my Vesture, and all authority hath been given me through the First Mystery. Yet a little while and I will tell you the mystery of the universe and the fulness of the universe; and I will hide nothing from you from this hour on, but in fulness will I perfect you in all fulness and |16. in all perfection and in all mysteries, which are the perfection of all perfections and the fulness of all fulnesses and the gnosis of all gnoses,--those which are in my Vesture. I will tell you all mysteries from the exteriors of the exteriors to the interiors of the interiors. But hearken that I may tell you all things which have befallen me.