Gnostic cosmos & myth
Aeon
Also: emanation, divine power
A divine emanation, power or principle within the Pleroma. Aeons may appear as paired divine qualities, intelligences or aspects of fullness.
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Gnostic cosmos & myth
The basic grammar of Gnostic language: powers, worlds, divine depth, false creation, awakening and return.
Gnostic cosmos & myth
Kenoma
Also: emptiness, deficiency
The emptiness or deficiency of the lower realm, often contrasted with the Pleroma’s fullness.
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What Is the Kenoma?
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Gnostic cosmos & myth
Pleroma
Also: Fullness, divine fullness
The Fullness: the divine realm of wholeness, source, completion and undivided reality.
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Nag Hammadi & early Christian texts
Terms for codices, tractates, hidden gospels, schools, rituals and the buried library that reshaped modern Gnostic study.
Nag Hammadi & early Christian texts
Valentinian
Also: Valentinian Gnosticism
A sophisticated form of early Gnostic Christianity associated with Valentinus and later teachers, emphasising the Pleroma, aeons, Sophia, Christ and restoration.
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Gnostic Schools Explained
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