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The Secret Book of John
Samuel Zinner, edited by Mark M. Mattison; Other Gospels · Translated text
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Chapter 11 — Codex III
1. He also commanded that seven should rule over the heavens, and five over Chaos and the netherworld.
4. Those in charge of the seven heavens, their glorious names are these:
5. The first is Aoth, the lion-faced; the second is Eloaios, the donkey-faced; the third is Astophaios, ⟦page 18⟧ the hyena-faced; the fourth is Yazo, the dragon-faced, lion-faced; the fifth is Adonaios the dragon-faced; the sixth is Adonin, the monkey-faced; the seventh is Sabbadaios, the glowing fire-faced.
6. This is the sevenfold (aspect) of the week; these rule over the world.
7. Then Yaldabaoth, who is Sakla, he of many forms, able to manifest himself with any face he wished,
8. shared with them of his fire, but of the pure light, which is the power he had derived from the mother, he gave nothing to them. As a consequence, he became their overlord.
9. On account of the glory of the radiant power of the mother inside him, on account of this he called himself ‘God over them.’ In this way he disobeyed the substance from which he had originated,
10. and he joined powers with authorities. When he spoke, they came into existence, and he named them, and he set up [...].
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