Editing Gnostic Text/The Secret Book of John (section)

===These are the five entities of the Father:===
# The first human, the reflection of the Invisible Spirit, Forethought, # Barbelo;
# Foreknowledge;
# Incorruptibility;
# Eternal Life;
# Truth.

These are the five androgynous beings, who with their partners are a group of ten entities, and together they are the Father.

As Barbelo now stood amidst the untainted light that surrounds the Father and upon which the Father gazes, the Father gazed into her, and she conceived by him. She begot a spark of light that resembled the Father’s blessed light, but was not as great. This spark was the only-begotten Son of the Mother-Father and the only-begotten Son of the Father, the pure light.

The Invisible Virgin Spirit was overjoyed at this newborn light that had shone forth from Barbelo, the Forethought of the Father, the first power. The Spirit anointed the new light with his goodness until it, too, was perfectly good, needing no further goodness to complete it. The Son stood at rest in the presence of the Spirit as the Spirit poured his goodness upon the Son. Once the anointing was complete, not a moment passed before the Son glorified the Spirit and perfect Forethought, from whom he had come forth.

The Son then asked for a companion: Mind. The Spirit agreed, and Mind came into being. It stood at rest next to Christ, the anointed Son, and glorified Barbelo and the Spirit, in whose silence it had come to be.

Mind desired to make something through the Word of the Invisible Spirit. Its Will became something new, and stood within the light, glorifying it. Will was followed by Word. For it was through the Word that Christ, the Self-Made Son, made the Fullness. Word, Will, Eternal Life, and Foreknowledge stood side by side and glorified the Father and Barbelo, those through whom they had come to be.

The Great Invisible Spirit took the Self-Made Son, the child of the Spirit and Barbelo, and made him perfect so that he could stand at rest next to the Great Invisible Virgin Spirit. The Self-Made Son, Christ, the light of Forethought, glorified the Spirit with resounding praise. And the Invisible Virgin Spirit placed the Self-Made Son at the head of the Fullness and made all authority and all truth subject to him, so that he would know all there is to know about the Fullness. His name is greater than every other name, and it will be told to those who are worthy of hearing it.

Then from Incorruptibility, from the grace of the Spirit, from the light of Christ, Four Luminaries arose from the Self-Made Son and gazed out so that they could stand before him in his light. With them were Will, Thought, Life, Understanding, Grace, Perception, and Thoughtfulness.

The first of the Four Luminaries is the angel Harmozel, and three other beings dwell in his realm: Grace, Truth, and Form.

The second of the Four Luminaries is the angel Oroiael, and three other beings dwell in his realm: Insight, Perception, and Memory.

The third of the Four Luminaries is the angel Daveithai, and three other beings dwell in his realm: Understanding, Love, and Idea.

The fourth of the Four Luminaries is the angel Eleleth, and three other beings dwell in his realm: Perfection, Peace, and Wisdom (Sophia).

These are the Four Luminaries who stand before the Self-Made Son, and these are the twelve beings who stand before them, through the will and the grace of the Invisible Spirit. The twelve beings belong to the Self-Made Son. And through the will of the blessed Spirit and the Self-Made Son, the Fullness was strong.

Then from Foreknowledge and perfect Mind, through the revelation of the desire of the Invisible Spirit and the Self-Made Son, the perfect man came forth. The Virgin Spirit named the perfect man “Geradamas,” and placed him in the realm of the first Luminary, that of Harmozel, where he would dwell close to Christ and the power of that Self-Made Son. The Invisible Spirit made his mind invincible.

Geradamas spoke for the first time and glorified the Invisible Spirit with these words: “Because of you the Fullness has been made, and to you the Fullness shall return. I praise you and glorify you, and Barbelo, and the Self-Made Son – the Father, the Mother, and the Son – the perfect power.”

The One placed Geradamas’s son, Seth, in the realm of the second Luminary, that of Oroiael. And in the realm of the third Luminary, that of Daveithai, the Invisible Spirit placed the race of Seth and the souls of holy men and women. Then in the realm of the fourth Luminary, that of Eleleth, he placed the souls of those who did not know the Fullness and did not repent as soon as they could have, but held out longer, yet still repented in the end.

And all of these beings glorified the Invisible Spirit.