Greco-Christian stream·Pistis Sophia·Fourth Book — Books of the Saviour·Chapter 137
Of the powers which Yew bound into the five regents
I may tell you their mystery · Chaïnchōōōch, who also is one of the three triple-powered gods, and bound it to Hermēs
Source context
- Theme
- post-mortem fate of souls under archontic receivers and the dispensation of punishment or ascent after death
Steiner
not engaged in the GA corpus
Cross-tradition
- Egyptian funerary tradition (Book of the Dead)The soul's passage through successive gatekeepers who weigh deeds and assign fate shows cross-tradition congruence with Egyptian psychostasia and the forty-two assessors of the Hall of Two Truths.
- Neoplatonic demonology (Porphyry, Iamblichus)The archontic receivers as sphere-wardens who intercept ascending souls show cross-tradition congruence with Neoplatonic accounts of daimones governing planetary spheres through which the subtle body must pass at death.
- Zoroastrian eschatology (Chinvat Bridge)The structuring of post-mortem fate according to the moral quality of deeds, adjudicated by appointed beings at threshold-moments, exhibits cross-tradition congruence with the Zoroastrian Chinvat Bridge judgment and the role of Mithra as witness.
Chapter 137
CHAPTER 137
Of the powers which Yew bound into the five regents.Jesus continued and said: "Hearken then, that I may tell you their mystery. It came to pass then, when Yew had thus bound them, that he drew forth a power out of the great Invisible and bound it to him who is called Kronos. And he drew another power out of Ipsantachounchaïnchoucheōch, who is one of the three triple-powered gods, and bound it to Arēs. And he drew a power out of Chaïnchōōōch, who also is one of the three triple-powered gods, and bound it to Hermēs. Again he drew a power out of the Pistis the Sophia daughter of Barbēlō and bound it to Aphroditē.
Of the functions of Zeus, the chief regent."And moreover he perceived that they needed a helm to steer the world and the æons of the sphere, so that they might not wreck it [the world] in their wickedness. He went into the Midst, drew forth a power out of the little Sabaōth, the Good, him of the Midst, and bound it to Zeus, because he is a good [regent], so that he may steer them in his goodness. And he set thus established the circling of his order, |362. that he should spend thirteen [? three] months in every æon
confirming [it], so that he may set free all the rulers over whom he cometh, from the evil of their wickedness. And he gave him two æons, which are in face of those of Hermēs, for his dwelling.
The incorruptible names of the regents."I have told you for the first time the names of these five great rulers with which the men of the world are wont to call them. Hearken now then that I may tell you also their incorruptible names, which are: Ōrimouth correspondeth to Kronos; Mounichounaphōr correspondeth to Arēs; Tarpetanouph correspondeth to Hermēs; Chōsi correspondeth to Aphroditē; Chōnbal correspondeth to Zeus. These are their incorruptible names."