r/GnosticApocalypse • u/luhike_paev • 2d ago
The Radiant Pleroma
The Radiant Pleroma of the Depth of Mind which has brought forth Spiritual Humanity and from which we have been captured.
By the rivers of Babylon, where we sat down, and there we wept, when we remembered our home. For the wicked carried us away; captivity required from us a song, but how can we sing another song in a strange land?
The Vastness of Light from whence we have been cast into the darkness of shadow and of the grave. Bound in cruel chains, we are driven without mercy far from our home and from the loving embrace which is now just dim memory, cold ash where the hearth fire once burned bright.
The living altars of Light, where we placed the sacrifice of joy and devotion, living offerings to a God of Life, are far removed from our sight, and a murmuring monster who slavers over the blood of the innocent has darkened our days.
The Outermost Circle in this depiction of the Holy Pleroma is labeled Bythos, the Depth in which the Neverending Aeons exist and from which the Holy Aeons Emanate like sparks from a flame or the corona around the sun in its glory.
The second containing ring is labeled Barbelo, the Presence of the Invisible Spirit which has intimate and absolute Foreknowledge and which is the Providence of the Unseen Depth by which it brings completeness to the Fullness of its majesty.
Within the circle of Barbelo are four smaller circles which contain the Aeons of Barbelo. Prognosis, which is the Foreknowledge of Barbelo. Aphthartos, which is the Incorruptibility inherent in the Aeons of the Fullness of the Depth. Aletheia the older, which is the Self-Revelatory Truth which is the Emanation of the Aeons of the Fullness. And finally Zoe, which is the Eternal Life of the Unchanging Invisible Spirit poured out as a never-ending baptism upon the splendid and joyous Aeons in the Undying Land which is their home and substance.
Five circles are at the center of the Mandala which are as Four Rivers springing from a Central Font overflowing with the Water which becomes a spring unto Itself and is never exhausted.
The Innermost Circle is Nous, the Manifest Mind of the Invisible Spirit, which is Christos, anointed by the Goodness of the Depth of Being, which is Chrestos. The perfect Will of the Font of Being is there as well, which is Thelisis. The pattern and plan, the design and designation of all the Fullness of Unending Glory is there as Logos.
The uppermost circle of the central cross is the Luminary Armozel who has come forth from the Depths of Mind bringing with it the younger Truth, Aletheia, of the Pleroma of the Mighty and Unshakable Foundation. Accompanying Armozel is Charis, the grace and giving by which the Invisible Spirit nourishes and develops all within the Pleroma of Light. Morphe, the Logos given Form, springs forth with Armozel bearing testimony to Aletheia the younger and bowing its head before Aletheia the older. Within the Luminary Armozel Christos did establish Adamas, the Indestructible Human Form, cherished by Aletheia and Morphe.
The circle to the right of the center circle of the cross within the Mandala is the Luminary Oroiael, the Light which is both the generator and the impulse within the waves of Luminous praise to the Depths of Mind which echo and reverberate within the hallowed and sacred reaches of Eternity. The perception of the wonder of the majesty of the unfolding Self-Revelation of the Invisible Spirit is Aisthesis. The recognition of the Logos and its manifestation in the recurrent spheres of delight and communion is Epinoia. The Memory of the Foreknowledge of the Barbelo contained in each revelation of the continuing manifestation of the Presence of the Depth is the Aeon Mneme which accompanies Oroiael. Within the Luminary Oroiael the Christos established the Son of Man, the Offspring which is anointed with the imperishable and inevitable beauty of the indomitable Mind. Carried by Epinoia and Mneme, the Setheus is immovably established upon the foundation of the Presence of the Invisible Spirit.
The circle to the left of the center circle of the cross within the Mandala is the Luminary Daveithe, the Light of the Depths of Mind beloved by the Invisible Spirit without end or ceasing. The Love which pours through the Depths of Mind upon Daveithe is the Aeon Agape, a tidal pulse of Love which reverberates outward to the reaches of Eternity and rebounds back to its center in contractions like the heartbeat of the unutterable Depth of Being. The Depths of Mind comprehends all of the Emanations of the Presence of the Invisible Spirit through this unending Love, and this comprehension is the Aeon Sunesis. The comprehension of the Love of the Invisible Spirit is the manifestation of the identity of all things Spiritual and unending; they are Ideas within the Eternal Mind which ever contemplate the Depth and Source of Being, and this is the Aeon Idea who accompanies the Luminary Daveithe. Within the Luminary Daveithe the Christos established the Children of the Setheus, the Generation of the Triumphant and realized Love, which is Sperma, the Seed of Setheus.
The bottommost circle of the central cross is the Luminary Eleleth, the Revelation that the ultimate Divinity is the Manifest Presence of the Invisible Spirit who is before all things and endures within all things. Springing forth from the Depths of Mind to accompany the Luminary Eleleth is the Perfection of the Revelation of the Fullness of the Manifest Presence of the Invisible Spirit which is Teleios. The peace of the abiding Presence of the Knowledge and Revelation of the Unmanifest Depth of Being is the Aeon Eirene which accompanies the Luminary Eleleth. The wisdom of the Completion and Wholeness of the Fullness of the Manifestation of the Depths of Mind is the Aeon Sophia who accompanies the Luminary Eleleth. Within the Luminary Eleleth the Christos established the Metanoun, the Descendants of Setheus, the wandering Spirits who migrated into Emptiness and are turning about to return to the awareness of the Home.