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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 8 — Berlin Codex
1. However, from Precognition with Perfect Mind, by means of God, ⟦page 35⟧ by means of the good will of the great unseen Spirit, and the good will of the self-generated one, the true Perfect Man came forth first.
2. He named him Adam, and appointed him over the first aeon together with the great God, the self-generating Christ, by the first aeon Harmozel, escorted by his powers.
3. The unseen Spirit also granted him an invulnerable spiritual strength.
4. He said: ‘I extol and praise, O unseen Spirit, because on your account the All has come forth into being, and into you will be the All.
5. I praise you and the self-generated one, and the three aeons: the Father, the Mother, and the Son, the perfect power.’
6. He appointed also his son Seth ⟦page 36⟧ over the second light, Oroiael, but appointed inside the third aeon was the seed of Seth, the souls of the holy ones, who exist forever inside the third light, Daveithe.
7. Further, inside the fourth aeon were placed the souls of those who were acquainted with their perfection and who failed to repent immediately, but who instead continued (unrepentant) for some time. At last, they repented.
8. They will remain inside the fourth light, Eleleth,
9. who has assembled them to himself, extolling the unseen Spirit.