Selections from “Pistis Sophia” – Chapters 65-66, Part 2 of 2

Let us continue with selections from “Pistis Sophia,” Chapter 66.

“And the First Mystery continued again in the discourse and said: ‘[…] It came to pass then, when Adamas, the Tyrant, had looked down out of the twelve æons, that he saw the emanations of Self-willed oppressing Pistis Sophia until they should take from her all her Lights. It came to pass then when the power of Adamas had come down into the chaos unto all the emanations of Self-willed. It came to pass then when that demon came down into the chaos, and it dashed down Pistis Sophia. And the lion-faced power and the serpent-form and the basilisk-form and the dragon-form and all the other very numerous emanations of Self-willed surrounded Pistis Sophia all together, desiring to take from her anew her powers in her, and they oppressed Pistis Sophia exceedingly and threatened her.

It came to pass then, when they oppressed her and alarmed her exceedingly, that she cried again to the Light and sang praises, saying: “1. O Light, it is Thou who has helped me; let Thy Light come over me. 2. For Thou are my protector, and I come hence unto Thee, O Light, having faith in Thee, O Light. 3. For Thou are my savior from the emanations of Self-willed and of Adamas, the Tyrant, and Thou shall save me from all his violent threats.”

And when Pistis Sophia had said this, then at the commandment of my Father, the First Mystery which looked within, I sent again Gabriēl and Michaēl and the great Light stream, that they should help Pistis Sophia. And I gave commandment unto Gabriēl and Michaēl to bear Pistis Sophia in their hands so that her feet should not touch the darkness below; and I gave them commandment moreover to guide her in the regions of the chaos, out of which she was to be led.

It came to pass then when the angels had come down into the chaos, they and the Light stream, and moreover [when] all the emanations of Self-willed and the emanations of Adamas had seen the Light stream, how it shone very exceedingly, and there was no measure for the light about it, that they became terror-stricken and quit Pistis Sophia. And the great Light stream surrounded Pistis Sophia on all sides of her, on her left and on her right and on all her sides, and it became a Light wreath round her head. It came to pass then when the Light stream had surrounded Pistis Sophia, that she took great courage, and it ceased not to surround her on all her sides, and she was no longer in fear of the emanations of Self-willed which are in the chaos, nor was she any more in fear of the other new power of Self-willed which he had cast down into the chaos as a flying arrow, nor did she any more tremble at the demon power of Adamas which had come out of the æons. […]’”