Greco-Christian stream·Pistis Sophia·Second Book — The Repentances of Pistis Sophia·Chapter 94
Light before him, that ye may sense with sureness
Jesus utter these words, that they gave way and let go entirely
Source context
- Theme
- post-mortem soul-purification mechanics and the role of the mystery-receivers in the afterlife economy
Steiner
not engaged in the GA corpus
Cross-tradition
- Neoplatonism (Plotinus, Porphyry)The graduated ascent of the soul through hierarchical regions, each administered by intermediate powers, shows cross-tradition congruence with Plotinian soul-descent and return through the planetary spheres.
- Egyptian funerary tradition (Book of the Dead)The assignment of souls to purifying receivers and the weighing of moral account shows cross-tradition congruence with the Hall of Two Truths and the forty-two assessors of the Egyptian judgment scene.
- Orphic eschatologyThe differentiated fate of souls according to their degree of initiation — some ascending, others cycling through purificatory realms — shows cross-tradition congruence with Orphic tablet instructions for the soul's post-mortem navigation.
Chapter 94
CHAPTER 94
And Jesus continued again and said unto his disciples: "Still further, O my disciples, be
sober and let every one of you bring hither the power of sensing the Light before him, that ye may sense with sureness. For from now on I will discourse with you concerning the whole region in truth of the Ineffable and concerning the manner, how it is."
The disciples lose courage.It came to pass then, when the disciples had heard Jesus utter these words, that they gave way and let go entirely.
Then Mary Magdalene came forward, threw herself at the feet of Jesus, kissed them and wept aloud and said: "Have mercy upon me, my Lord, for my brethren have heard and let go of the words which thou saidest unto them. Now, therefore, my Lord, concerning the gnosis of all the things which thou hast said, that they are in the mystery |217. of the Ineffable; but I have heard thee say unto me: 'From now on I will begin to discourse with you concerning the total gnosis of the mystery of the Ineffable,'--this word, therefore, which thou saidest, thou hast not gone forward to complete the word. For this cause, therefore, my brethren have heard and have let go and ceased to sense in what manner thou discoursest with them. Concerning the word which thou saidest unto them, now, therefore, my Lord, if the gnosis of all this is in that mystery, where is the man who is in the world, who hath the ability to understand that mystery with all its gnoses and the type of all these words which thou hast spoken concerning it?"