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Marsanes
(Scholar's Edition)

This original translation is presented in the Gnostic Society Library by permission of Dr. John D. Turner, who retains all copyright. The headings shown in bold text are added to the text by Dr. Turner. Line numbers are given in suprascript, bold numbers indicate codex page. Dr. Turner's fully annotated version of this translation, including his index of sections, is available here.

Marsanes is a complex text, and the original manuscript is fragmentary in many places. Using outlined headings, this translation offers the reader a guide to the themes of the text. Dr. Turner has indicated lacunae with ellipses [...]. Several long sections of the codex are too fragmentary for interpretation. This edition makes every effort to reproduce all decipherable text in the original Coptic manuscript.

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Exordium on the Steadfastness and Confidence of the Recipients of the Revelation

1 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [material ...] ¹¹ and a [power]. They ¹² found him (the supreme Father?) with a pure heart ¹³ without their being afflicted by ¹⁴ evils. Those who have received ¹⁵ you (pl.) will be given a ¹⁶ choice reward for ¹⁷ their endurance, and [they will] ¹⁸ endure [the] ¹⁹ evils.
[But] let none ²⁰ of us be distressed [and] ²¹ think [in] his ²² heart that the supreme ²³ Father [is aloof], ²⁴ for he looks upon the All [and] ²⁵ takes care of them all. ²⁶ And [he] has shown them ²⁷ his [command] ²⁸ since it is they who speak [...] 2 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [the things I said] at first. ¹² 

Marsanes' Vision of the Nature, Structure, and Deployment of the Entirety

A. The Thirteen Seals

But as for the thirteenth ¹³ seal, I have confirmed it ¹⁴ together with [the] limit of ¹⁵ knowledge and the certainty ¹⁶ of rest. 

1. Seals 1-3 The Corporeal: the Worldly and Material Levels

The first ¹⁷ [and the] second and the ¹⁸ [third] are for the worldly ¹⁹ and the material. I have ²⁰ [informed] you concerning these, that you should ²¹ [guard] your bodies. And ²² a sense-perceptible [power] ²³ will [hide] those who will rest, ²⁴ and they will be kept ²⁵ [from the] passion(s) and division ²⁶ [of the] (incarnational) union. 

2. Seals 4-5 The Incorporeal: the Sojourn (Seal 4) and Repentance (Seal 5)

The fourth (the Sojourn) ²⁷ [and the] fifth (the Repentance) which is above (it, i.e., the Sojourn), ²⁸ [are the ones] you have come to know ²⁹ [as divine]. ³⁰ [The fourth, concerning that which] 3 ¹ exists after (i.e., above) the [somatic type] ² and nature, ³ that is, that which [is divided in] ⁴ three. And you [were] ⁵ [informed] about [these and that which is] ⁶ in three [dimensions] ⁷ by these [two (the fourth & fifth?)]. ⁸ You [were informed that it] ⁹ is incorporeal ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ and after [...] ¹² within [...] ¹³ every [...] which [... and] ¹⁴ the things within them. 

3. Seal 5 The Repentance

The [fifth,] ¹⁵ [concerning the] repentance [of] ¹⁶ those that are within me and ¹⁷ {concerning those} who sojourn in that place (the fourth?). ¹⁸ 

4. Seal 6 The Self-generated Ones

But the sixth, ¹⁹ concerning the self-generated ones, ²⁰ concerning the incorporeal being ²¹ that exists individually (cf. the perfect individuals), ²² together with those who abide in ²³ the truth of the All [in regard to] ²⁴ understanding and ²⁵ assurance (or: stability). 

5. Seal 7 The Autogenes

And the [seventh,] ²⁶ concerning the self-begotten power ²⁷ which [is the] ²⁸ Third [perfect Mind, ²⁹ [the second (after Barbelo) who extended to] 4 ¹ [the] fourth (the Sojourn) for salvation ² [through] Wisdom. 

6. Seal 8 The Protophanes

And the eighth, ³ concerning the mind which is ⁴ [male, which] appeared ⁵ [in the beginning (i.e., "Protophanes")], as well as the substance ⁶ [which is incorporeal] and the ⁷ [intelligible] world. 

7. Seal 9 The Kalyptos

The ninth, ⁸ [concerning the head] of the power ⁹ [that] appeared [in the] ¹⁰ [beginning. 

8. Seal 10 The Aeon of Barbelo

The] tenth, [concerning] ¹¹ [Barbelo, the] virgin ¹² [who is male], that is, the Aeon.¹³ 

9. Seals 11-12 The Triple Powered One and the Invisible Spirit

[The eleventh] and [the] ¹⁴ [twelfth] speak of the ¹⁵ Invisible One who possesses ¹⁶ three powers ¹⁷ and the insubstantial Spirit ¹⁸ who belongs to ¹⁹ the first unbegotten one (fem., i.e., first unbegotten power of the Triple Powered One, which is the Invisible Spirit). 

10. Seal 13 The Unknown Silent One

The ²⁰ thirteenth speaks concerning ²¹ [the] Silent One who was not ²² [known], even the foundation (katarchê = ) of ²³ the indiscriminables. ²⁴ 

B. Marsanes' Insight into the Nature of Incorporeal and Corporeal Reality

For it is I who have ²⁵ [contemplated] that which truly exists. ²⁶ [Whether] individually or ²⁷ [as a whole], by difference ²⁸ [I knew] that they [pre]-exist ²⁹ [in the] entire place (i. e., the aeonic realm) that is 5 ¹ eternal: all those that have come into ² existence whether without substance ³ or with substance, those who are ⁴ unbegotten, and the divine aeons ⁵ together with the angels and the ⁶ souls without guile ⁷ and the soul-[garments], ⁸ the images of [the] ⁹ simple ones (souls?). And [afterwards they] ¹⁰ were mixed with [those that were distinct from] ¹¹ them (i.e., their bodies?). But [even the] ¹² entire [perceptible] substance ¹³ still resembles the [intelligible substance] ¹⁴ as well as the insubstantial. [I have known] ¹⁵ the entire corruption [of the former (the perceptible realm)] ¹⁶ as well as the immortality of ¹⁷ the latter (fem., i.e., the intelligible and insubstantial).
    I have discriminated ¹⁸ and have attained the boundary of the sense-perceptible ¹⁹ world (and) ²⁰ the entire realm ²¹ of the incorporeal essence. And ²² the intelligible world knew ²³ by discrimination ²⁴ that in every respect the sense-perceptible ²⁵ world is [worthy] ²⁶ of being preserved entire, [for] ²⁷ I have not ceased speaking [of the] ²⁸ Autogenes, [lest] ²⁹ [anyone] be [ignorant] 6 ¹ in turn of the entire place (i.e., the aeonic realm). ² 

C. The Saving Descent of Autogenes

He (Autogenes) descended, again he descended ³ from the Unbegotten One ⁴ who is insubstantial, who ⁵ is the Spirit. The one (Autogenes??) who exists ⁶ before all of them (the realms below the Barbelo Aeon) extends ⁷ [to the divine] self-generated ones. ⁸ The one who is ⁹ [substantial (Autogenes)] examines ¹⁰ [the all (the Barbelo Aeon)] and is ¹¹ [the all and] resembles ¹² [the all]. And from ¹³ [the single one] they [are] divided, ¹⁴ [so that] I experienced ¹⁵ many things, it being manifest ¹⁶ that he saved a multitude. ¹⁷ 

D. The Deployment of the Barbelo Aeon from the Triple Powered One

1. Marsanes inquires about the Aeonic Realm of the Triple Powered One

But beyond all of these, ¹⁸ I am seeking the kingdom ¹⁹ of the Triple Powered One, ²⁰ which has no beginning. Whence ²¹ did he appear and ²² act to fill the ²³ the entire place (i. e., the aeonic realm) with his power? And ²⁴ in what way did the unbegotten ones ²⁵ come into existence without being begotten? And ²⁶ what are [the] differences among the [aeons]? ²⁷ [And] as for those who are unbegotten, ²⁸ how many [are they]? And in what respect ²⁹ [do they differ] from each other? 

2. The Triple Powered One actualizes the Silence of the Unknown Silent One

7 ¹ When I had inquired about these things ² I perceived that he (the Triple Powered One) acted ³ from silence. He exists ⁴ prior to those that ⁵ truly exist, that belong to the realm of Being. ⁶ He (the Triple Powered One) is a pre-existent otherness ⁷ belonging to the one (the Invisible Spirit) that ⁸ actualizes the Silent One. ⁹ And the silence of [that (the Triple Powered One) which follows] ¹⁰ him (the Invisible Spirit) acts. For [so] ¹¹ [long as] the latter (the Spirit) [acts], ¹² the former (the Triple Powered One) [acts also]. ¹³ The [silence which belongs to the Un-] ¹⁴ begotten One (the Invisible Spirit) is among [the aeons, and from] ¹⁵ the beginning he is in-[substantial]. ¹⁶ But the activity of ¹⁷ that One (the Invisible Spirit) <is> the Triple Powered One. ¹⁸ The Unbegotten One (the Invisible Spirit) is prior to ¹⁹ the Aeon, since he is in-[substantial]. ²⁰
And as for the summit of the ²¹ silence of the Silent One, ²² it is possible <for> the summit (i.e., the Invisible Spirit) ²³ of the energy of the Triple ²⁴ Powered One to behold it. And the One (the Unknown Silent One) who ²⁵ exists, who is silent, [who is] ²⁶ beyond [insubstantiality], ²⁷ manifested [the Triple] ²⁸ [Powered, First-] ²⁹ Perfect One.  3. The Self-manifestation of the Triple Powered One

[When he appeared] 8 ¹ to the powers, they rejoiced. ² Those that are within me were completed ³ together with all the ⁴ rest. And they all blessed ⁵ the Triple Powered One, ⁶ one by one, who ⁷ is [the] First-Perfect One, ⁸ [blessing] him in purity, [every]where ⁹ praising the Lord ¹⁰ [who exists] before the All, ¹¹ [who (is) the] Triple Powered One. ¹² [It did not happen that] their worshippings ¹³ [were audible], but [it was my part] ¹⁴ [to keep on] ¹⁵ [inquiring] how they had ¹⁶ become silent. I would contemplate a ¹⁷ power that I hold ¹⁸ in honor. 

4. The Barbelo Aeon reveals Itself as the Triple Powered One's Third Power

When the third ¹⁹ power (i.e. the Barbelo Aeon) of the Triple Powered One ²⁰ contemplated him (the Triple Powered One), ²¹ it said to me (Marsanes), "Be silent ²² lest you should know and flee ²³ and come before me. But ²⁴ know that this One was ²⁵ [silent], and concentrate on understanding. ²⁶ For [the power still] keeps ²⁷ [guiding] me into ²⁸ [the Aeon which] is Barbelo, ²⁹ [the] male [Virgin]." 

5. Marsanes explains the Barbelo Aeon's Deployment from the Invisible Spirit

9 ¹ For this reason the ² Virgin became male (as nous, the Aeon of Barbelo), ³ because she had separated from the male (i.e., the Invisible Spirit). The ⁴ Knowledge stood outside of him, ⁵ as if belonging to him. ⁶ And she who exists is she who sought. ⁷ She is situated just as ⁸ the Triple Powered One is situated. ⁹ She withdrew ¹⁰ from [these] two [powers] (the first two powers of the Triple Powered One), ¹¹ since she exists [outside of] ¹² the Great One (the Invisible Spirit), [seeing what] ¹³ is above [her, the Perfect One (the Triple Powered One)] ¹⁴ who is silent, [who has] ¹⁵ this [commandment] ¹⁶ to be silent. His knowledge (gnôsis; cf. Mind) ¹⁷ and his hypostasis (hypostasis;  cf. Existence) ¹⁸ and his activity (energeia;  cf. Life) ¹⁹ are those things that the power (dynamis, i.e. Barbelo) ²⁰ of the Triple Powered One expressed: ²¹ 

6. The Barbelo Aeon describes the Praise of the Triple Powered One

"We all have ²² withdrawn to ourselves. We have [become] ²³ silent, [and] ²⁴ when we [too] came to know [that he is] ²⁵ the Triple Powered One, [we] ²⁶ bowed down; we [gave glory and we] ²⁷ blessed him. [He conferred] ²⁸ upon us [a great revelation]." ²⁹ 
    [Again] the Invisible [Spirit] 10 ¹ ran up ² to his place. The entire place (i. e., the aeonic realm) ³ was revealed, the entire place unfolded ⁴ <until> he reached the upper region. ⁵ Again he went forth and caused the ⁶ entire place to be illuminated, and the entire ⁷ place was illuminated.

E. Marsanes receives the Power of the Barbelo Aeon

And [I (Marsanes)] have been given ⁸ the third part (i.e., knowledge, the Barbelo Aeon) of ⁹ [the spirit] of the power of the Triple ¹⁰ [Powered] ¹¹ [One]! Blessed is ¹² [the Aeon (of Barbelo)]! It (the power) said: 

F. Through Marsanes the Barbelo Aeon urges the Ascent towards the Invisible Spirit

"O ¹³ [inhabitants of these] places (the sensible world?)! It is necessary ¹⁴ [for you (sg.) to contemplate] those that are higher ¹⁵ than these (the denizens of the Barbelo Aeon?), and tell them to the ¹⁶ powers. For you will become ¹⁷ [better] than the elect ¹⁸ [in the last] times. ¹⁹ Upward mounts the Invisible Spirit! ²⁰ And you (pl.) ²¹ [yourselves], ascend with him ²² [up above], since you have ²³ [the] great [radiant] crown! ²⁴ But on that day ²⁵ you will see ²⁶ [as you hasten to] ascend above ²⁷ [with him]. And [even] the sense-perceptible ²⁸ [things that are] visible ²⁹ [to you ...] and they ..." (pages 11-12 missing) 13 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [..] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ the intellection. He (the Invisible Spirit??) exists eternally ¹⁶ without substance ¹⁷ in the One who is, who is silent, ¹⁸ the One who is from the beginning, ¹⁹ who] is with-[out] substance ²⁰ [...] part of [...] ²¹ [...] indivisible. The [...] ²² [...] consider a [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [ ... ninth] ²⁵ [...] for [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 14 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [..] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...]. 

G. Marsanes' Ascent to the Triple Powered One

I [was dwelling] ¹⁶ among the aeons that were ¹⁷ generated. As I was permitted, [I] ¹⁸ came to be among those that were un-[begotten]. ¹⁹ But I was dwelling in the [great] ²⁰ Aeon (of Barbelo), although I [was separate from it]. ²¹ And [I saw] ²² [the] three powers [of] ²³ the Triple [Powered] One. ²⁴ The [first (third?)] ²⁵ [power ...] ²⁶ and [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 15 ¹ [... the] Silent One and the ² Triple Powered One, [and the One (i.e., the Spirit)] ³ that does not have breath. ⁴
    We took our stand [...] ⁵ [...] we [contemplated] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ we entered [...] ¹⁴ [...] breath (or: the intelligible? pnoê[tos]) [...] ¹⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [...] ²⁰ [...] ²¹ [...] ²² [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [... the Spirit] 16 ¹ [that] does not have breath, ² [and he] exists in [unknowability]. ³ 

H. Marsanes sees the Supreme Deity

And [through] him (the Invisible Spirit?) I saw ⁴ the great ⁵ [unknowable power (the Unknown Silent One?)]. ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [the one without] limit [...] ¹³ [...] and [I] ¹⁴ [saw the one who exists] alone ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [...] ²⁰ [...] ²¹ [...] ²² [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 17 ¹ [...] is active ² [...] why is there no knowledge ³ [among the] ignorant, and [...] ⁴ [...] he runs the risk ⁵ [...] that he become ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] and ⁹ [...] on account of ¹⁰ [...] in [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] those that are dis- ¹⁶ [similar].
    But it is necessary that ¹⁷ [that everyone who] is without image ¹⁸ [be like] those of the [single] one ¹⁹ [that] exists before ²⁰ [them all]. The ²¹ pre-[existent] thought ²² [...] the one that ²³ [...]... ²⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 18 ¹ [Now] these [are the images that I] ² saw in nine [cosmic] ³ hebdomads ⁴ [that are] in a [single eternal] day. ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] thirty [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [... herself]. ¹⁴

The Nomenclature of the Cosmic Powers and of the Soul

A. The Need to Know the Nomenclature of the Cosmic Powers and of the Soul

And [again after] ¹⁵ many [years, as for me], ¹⁶ when I saw the [Father (?) I came to] ¹⁷ know him, and [...] ¹⁸ many [...] ¹⁹ partial [...] ²⁰ for ever [...] ²¹ the material ones [...] ²² worldly [...] ²³ above [...] ²⁴ in addition [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 19 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] he [...] ¹⁴ [...] ... [It is necessary that] a deity [transfer them] ¹⁵ from [those who] ¹⁶ [observe] the things that ¹⁷ [act in] them into ¹⁸ [actuality]. Name ¹⁹ [them according] to their nomenclature, ²⁰ [and let no] one [think] ²¹ [that you (pl.) are] inferior to [their] ²² [knowledge] and their [hypostasis]. ²³ And [in addition, so that] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 20 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] hidden [...] ¹⁵ [... the] third ¹⁶ [power]. 

B. The Blessed Authority's Instructions on Preparing the Soul

[And] the blessed Authority (chief fem.) ¹⁷ said [to me]: ¹⁸ "Among these [may] ¹⁹ she who [does not have it receive no glory]. ²⁰ For there is no glory [...] ²¹ nor even the one (masc.) who [...] ²² For indeed the one [without glory] ²³ [is] a ... [...]. ²⁴ For [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 

C. The Configurations and Powers of the Zodiacal Signs

21 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] and the [Zodiacal signs] ¹⁵ [...] and the [...] ¹⁶ [...] and [...] ¹⁷ [...] which do not have [...] ¹⁸ [...] acquire for [...] ¹⁹ [...] revolution ²⁰ [...] And [it is the] soul [that] ²¹ [has] the this [sort of] ²² [corporeality], namely ²³ [the] celestial soul [that] ²⁴ [sur]rounds [the world]. ²⁵ [...] configuration [...] ²⁶ [...] which is [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 22 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [spiritual ...] ... [...] ¹⁵ [... And] those that [have likeness] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...]... those who [...] ¹⁸ [... the form ...] ¹⁹ [...] all the images [of which I] ²⁰ [spoke]. [It is necessary that] ²¹ all the forms [become] ²² configurations, so that [the forms may] ²³ become [the elements (cf. letters)] ²⁴ themselves [including the] ¹⁵ [smooth (cf. inaspirates)] and the [rough (cf. aspirates), like] ²⁶ [the voices] of animals [...] ²⁷ [...] and the [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] (pages 23-24 missing) 25 ¹ [...] there.
    But their (the signs of the Zodiac) ² powers, which are the angels, ³ are in the form of ⁴ beasts and animals. ⁵ Some among them are ⁶ [polymorphous] and contrary to ⁷ [nature]; they have [sounds] ⁸ for (adapted to?) their names, that [is], ⁹ they are [distinct] and [different] ¹⁰ in [appearance] ¹¹ and [they are bi-] ¹² [formed]. But these that are ¹³ [homo-] phonic by a third ¹⁴ originate from substance. ¹⁵
    And concerning these, all of ¹⁶ these (remarks) are sufficient, ¹⁷ since we have (already) spoken about them. For [this] ¹⁸ distribution takes place ¹⁹ again in these regions (i.e., here) in [the manner] ²⁰ we have mentioned from the [beginning]. ²¹ 

D. The Alphabet and the Configurations of the Soul

1. Vowels and Diphthongs: The First and Second Configurations of the Soul

However, the soul ²² too [has] ²³ its configuration, although it is diverse. ²⁴ It is [in] ²⁵ [its] form ²⁶ that the configuration of the only begotten soul ²⁷ resides. Its configuration ²⁸ is [the second] 26 ¹ spherical part--eêiou-- ² while the first goes around [it], ³ the self-begotten soul-- ⁴ aeêiouô. ⁵
    [The] second configuration-- ⁶ eêiou--derives from those [having] ⁷ two sounds (diphthongs). The first ⁸ that suffixes them is [the] ⁹ [upsilon], and [the iota is its] ¹⁰ [companion. And these are the ones] ¹¹ [you know] in [the radiance] ¹² of the light.
    [Control] ¹³ yourselves, receive [the] ¹⁴ imperishable seed, ¹⁵ bear fruit, and ¹⁶ do not be ¹⁷ attached to your possessions. ¹⁸ 

2. Tones/Accents

But know that the oxytones (jise = oxys; or should it be "long vowels" = makra = êô) ¹⁹ exist among the vowels ²⁰ and the ²¹ diphthongs ²² beside them. But the [short (vowels) (brachy eo; or should this be barytones = baru = gajb?)] ²³ are deficient, as well as the ²⁴ [other sounds that] originate ²⁵ through them. [And] those that [are drawn (~perispwmenon i.e., circumflex)], ²⁶ since they are intermediate, ²⁷ [are also deficient]. 

3. Consonants and their Combinations

The sounds of ²⁸ [the semivowels (hemiphwna = z x y l m n r s)] are 27 ¹ superior to the voiceless (consonants b g d k p t th ph c = aphôna). ² And those that are double (z x ps = dipla) are superior ³ to the semivowels which ⁴ do not change (lmnr =ametabola). And the aspirates (dasu = th ph xi) ⁵ are better than the inaspirates (psila = k p t) <of> ⁶ the mute consonants (b g d k p t th ph xi). ⁷ And as for those that are intermediate (b g d = mesa), ⁸ their combinations are many (e.g., by aspirate or "spiritual" precedence = ph b p - xi g k - th d t). ⁹ They are ignorant [of] ¹⁰ the good ones (i.e., combinations) and ¹¹ are combined with the worse ones in the [middle]. ¹²
    [As] in the case ¹³ of the nomenclature for the [gods] ¹⁴ and the angels, it is [not that] ¹⁵ they (the consonants) are combined with each other ¹⁶ indiscriminately, but ¹⁷ only that they have ⁸ a beneficial effect. ¹⁹ It just didn't happen ²⁰ that their intention (or: pronunciation) was apparent. ²¹
    Don't (sg.) [sin anymore], ²² and don't dare to ²³ have anything to do with sin.
    Now [I] ²⁴ speak to you (sg.) [concerning the] ²⁵ [three configurations of the form] ²⁶ of the soul.

4. Vowels and the Second and Third Configurations of the Soul

[The] ²⁷ third [configuration of the soul] ²⁸ is [a sphere and] 28 ¹ it is a spherical one that goes around ² it. From the ³ simple vowels ⁴ <aaa,> eee, <êêê,> iii, ooo, uuu, ôôô ⁵ the diphthongs were ⁶ as follows: ai, au, ⁷ [e]i, eu, êu, ou, ôu, oi, hi, ⁸ [u]i, ôi. auei, euêu, oiou, ⁹ [gg]g, ggg, ggg, aiau, ¹⁰ [eieu], êu, oiou, ôu, ggg, ¹¹ [ggg], aueieu, oiou, êu-- ¹² three times for a male soul. ¹³ The third ¹⁴ configuration is spherical; ¹⁵ the second configuration, ¹⁶ since it goes around it, has ¹⁷ two sounds (is a diphthong).
    The male soul's ¹⁸ third configuration ¹⁹ (consists) of the ²⁰ simple vowels: ²¹ aaa, eee, êêê, iii, ooo, ²² uuu, ôôô, ôôô, ôôô. ²³ [And] this configuration is distinct ²⁴ [from] the first, but ²⁵ [they resemble] each other ²⁶ [and they] make some ²⁷ [easy sounds] of ²⁸ [this sort: aeê]oô (i.e., the protactic vowels of the diphthongs). And 29 ¹ from these (are made) the diphthongs (by appending I or u). ² 

5. Vowel Combinations and the Fourth and Fifth Configurations of the Soul

So also the ³ fourth and the fifth: ⁴ with regard to them, not everything was allowed to be ⁵ revealed, ⁶ but only those things that are obvious. ⁷ You (pl.) were taught ⁸ about them, that you should contemplate them ⁹ in order that they, too, might ¹⁰ seek and find [what] ¹¹ they all are, either ¹² through themselves alone ¹³ or through one another, ¹⁴ or (seek) to reveal [limits] ¹⁵ set from the beginning, ¹⁶ either with reference to themselves alone [or] ¹⁷ with reference to one another.
    Just as [they (the letters)] ¹⁸ coexist with each other [in] ¹⁹ speech, whether individually ²⁰ or by similarity, [they are] ²¹ prepended (or) [they] ²² are appended. Either their ²³ [part] is derivative and ²⁴ similar, whether through [the] ²⁵ [long (makron)] (vowels êô) or [through] ²⁶ those of [dual time value (dichronoi aiu), or] ²⁷ through [the short (vowels brachy eo)] ²⁸ which are short [...] ²⁹ [...] 30 ¹ or the oxytones (or: short vowels) or the ² intermediate tones (i.e., perispômena) or the barytones (or: short vowels). ³

6. Consonant-Vowel Combinations: Syllables

And (sometimes) <the> consonants ⁴ exist with the vowels, ⁵ and by turns ⁶ they are prepended ⁷ and appended. ⁸ They constitute a nomenclature ⁹ [for] the angels. And (sometimes) ¹⁰ [the] consonants are ¹¹ independent (self-existent?), ¹² [and] diverse-- ¹³ they (txt. "it": sg. vb w. neut. pl. subject?) prefix and they (txt. "it") suffix ¹⁴ the hidden ¹⁵ gods (the graphically unrepresented phenomena of speech?). By means of ¹⁶ beat and ¹⁷ pitch and ¹⁸ silence and attack ¹⁹ [they] summon the semivowels, ²⁰ all of which ²¹ are subjected to a ²² single [sound]. Just as it is only ¹³ the [unchanging (consonants l m n r s)] <and> the double (consonants z ch ps) ²⁴ that exist among the semivowels (z ch ps l m n r s), ²⁵ the aspirates (dasy th ph xi) ²⁶ [and the inaspirates (psiloi k p t)] and the ²⁷ [intermediates (b g d)] constitute ²⁸ [the voiceless (consonants [mute b g d k p t th ph xi]).
Contrary to] ²⁹ [nature they (the consonants and vowels)] are combined ³⁰ [with one another, and] they are separate 31 ¹ from one another. They are ² prepended and appended, ³ and they constitute an ⁴ ignorant nomenclature. ⁵ And they (the resulting syllables) become one or ⁶ two or three or [four] ⁷ or five or six up to ⁸ seven having a ⁹ [simple] sound. These that [have] ¹⁰ two [sounds (diphthongs)] are grouped with [the] ¹¹ [seventeen consonants.
    Among] ¹² the previously named (~proônumos) [some] are ¹³ deficient and ¹⁴ they are as if [they] had no substance, ¹⁵ or as if [they] were an image [of] ¹⁶ substance, [or] as if they separate ¹⁷ the nature [that is] good [from the one] ¹⁸ that [is evil] in the [middle.] ¹⁹ And you (sg.) [will assemble] ²⁰ into those (patterns) that resemble each other ²¹ the vowels [together with] ²² the consonants. Some ²³ are: bagad[a]zatha, ²⁴ beged[e]zeqe, [bêgêdê] ²⁵ zêthê, [bigidizithi, bogo] ²⁶ dozotho, [buguduzuthu], ²⁷ bôgôdô[zôthô, and] ²⁸ the rest. [And some are]: ²⁹ ba[bebêbibobubô]. 32 ¹ But the rest are ² different: abebêbi ³ [b]ob, in order that you (sg.) might [assemble] ⁴ them and become separate from the ⁵ angels. 

7. Arithmology

And there ⁶ will be some effects. ⁷ A good point of departure ⁸ is from ⁹ [the] Triad. It [extends] ¹⁰ [to that which (i.e., the Dyad)] has need of [the One] ¹¹ [that] confined ¹² [it in] a shape (the Triad). <The> Dyad ¹³ and the Monad ¹⁴ do not resemble anything; rather ¹⁵ they are principles. ¹⁶ The Dyad [constitutes] ¹⁷ a division [from the] Monad, [and] ¹⁸ [it] belongs to the hypostasis (should this be substrate = hypokeimenon?). ¹⁹ But the Tetrad received (the) [elements] ²⁰ and the Pentad ²¹ received concord, and the ²² [Hexad] was perfected by ²³ itself. The ²⁴ [Hebdomad] received beauty, ²⁵ [and the] Ogdoad ²⁶ [attuned its constituents] ²⁷ [to harmony], ²⁸ [and the Ennead is] ²⁹ [honored much more]. 33 ¹ And the [Decad revealed] ² the entire place (i. e., the aeonic realm). ³ But the Hendecad and the ⁴ [Dodecad] have passed over ⁵ [into the boundless], ⁶ [and] it [is higher than] the ⁷ Hebdomad [which is] ⁸ [bounded. ...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ 

8. Syllables and Nouns

[...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² from [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [noun(s) ...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ promise that [the articulation marks (diairesis)] ¹⁸ begin [to separate] ¹⁹ them by means of ²⁰ a sign [and] ²¹ a point, the [uninflected (upright = :) one] ²² and the [inflected (bent = klje)] one. ²³ So also [are the images] ²⁴ of being: ²⁵ they derive [from a joining] ²⁶ of the letters (elements) ²⁷ in [a holy union] 34 ¹ according to a [juxtaposition] ² where they exist independently. ³ [And] <they> exist with each ⁴ [other] by generation or [by] ⁵ [their kinship]. And] according to [their own] ⁶ [generation] they do not have ⁷ [...] these [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [... they have] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] one [...] speaking ¹⁹ [the] riddle. Just as within ²⁰ [the] sense-perceptible world ²¹ there exists the temple ²² [which measures] seven hundred ²³ [cubits], and a river which ²⁴ [...] within ²⁵ [an] eternity, they ²⁶ [...] three ²⁷ [...] to the four ²⁸ [...] seal(s) ²⁹ [...] clouds 35 ¹ [and the] waters, and the [forms] ² [of the] wax images, ³ [and] some emerald images. ⁴
    For the rest, I will ⁵ [teach you (sg.)] about them. This is ⁶ [the] generation of the names. That (fem.) which [was not] ⁷ generated [... from the] ⁸ beginning [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ with regard to [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ however, [... three] ¹⁸ times, when [closed], when ¹⁹ lengthened, when [short]. ²⁰ 

9. Words

But there exists gentle [discourse] ²¹ and there exists another ²² discourse [related to] ²³ [permanent (ahe for rmhe?)] substance ²⁴ of this [sort, by speaking] ²⁵ of [that which is invisible], ²⁶ and it [manifests] ²⁷ the difference [between the Same] ²⁸ and the [Different and] 36 ¹ between the whole and a [part] ² of an [indivisible] substance. ³ And [that] power ⁴ has [a] ⁵ share in [the joy]-- ⁶ in (both) discord and [harmony--] ⁷ [of their honor], whether ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [... it is] possible ¹⁶ [to know that the things that] exist ¹⁷ everywhere [are honored] ¹⁸ always, ¹⁹ [since they] dwell (both) with the corporeal ²⁰ and the incorporeal ones. ²¹ This is the discourse on the hypostases ²² that one should ²³ [know] in this way. If ²⁴ [they do] not [speak] with one another, ²⁵ [how then] does it (the discourse) help ²⁶ [those who] are troubled [with] ²⁷ [it (the discourse) about that which is] visible? ²⁸ [Therefore] if one 37 ¹ knows it, one will ² [speak] it. ³
But there are words, some ⁴ of which are [dual], ⁵ [and others] that exist ⁶ [separately, the ones that pertain] ⁷ to [substance (proper nouns?) ...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [and] they [...] ¹⁴ ... [...] ¹⁵ or those which [...] ¹⁶ [... according to those that perdure] ¹⁷ or according to [those that] have ¹⁸ time . And [these] ¹⁹ either are separated ²⁰ or they are joined with one another ²¹ or with themselves, either [the] ²² diphthongs, or the ²³ simple [vowels], or every [...] ²⁴ or [...] ²⁵ or [...] ²⁶ [exist] just as [...] ²⁷ [exist] ... [...] ²⁸ the [consonants ...] 38 ¹ they exist individually ² until they are divided ³ and joined.
    Now some ⁴ are able ⁵ [to generate the consonants] ⁶ [letter] by [letter] ...] ⁷ [... difference] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] become ¹³ [... being]... ¹⁴ [.... ] ¹⁵ [They (the letters) will count] once ¹⁶ [or twice], and thrice ¹⁷ [for the] vowels, ¹⁸ and twice ¹⁹ [for] the consonants, ²⁰ [and] once for ²¹ the entire ensemble, and with ²² uncertainty for ²³ [things that] are subject to change ²⁴ [as well as those things that] originated ²⁵ [from them] and [everything] ²⁶ thereafter. And ²⁷ they are all [the names] ²⁸ [at once. They] were 39 ¹ hidden, but they were pronounced ² openly. They did not ³ stop being revealed, ⁴ nor did they stop ⁵ naming the angels. ⁶ The vowels [are joined with] the ⁸ [consonants, whether] externally ⁹ [or] internally, ¹⁰ by means of [...] they ¹¹ said [...] ¹² [teach you ...] ¹³ again [in this way they were counted] ¹⁴ four times, (and) they were [engendered] ¹⁵ three ¹⁶ times, and they became ¹⁷ [twelvefold]. ¹⁸ 

Being Worthy of and Safeguarding the Revelation

For these reasons we have acquired ¹⁹ sufficiency; for it is fitting that ²⁰ each one acquire ²¹ power for himself that he may bear fruit, ²² and that we ²³ never heap ²⁴ scorn [on] the mysteries ²⁵ [...] the [...] ²⁶ For [...] which [is ...] ²⁷ [... the] souls [...] ²⁸ [... the] signs of the Zodiac [...] ²⁹ [...] ³⁰ [...] 40 ¹ a new hypostasis. ² And the reward which will ³ be provided for such a one ⁴ is salvation. ⁵ But the opposite will ⁶ happen there to the one ⁷ who commits sin. [The one who commits] sin ⁸ by himself [...] will be ⁹ [in a ... in a] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [... these]. ¹²
    [Ponder them] so that, ¹³ before you (sg.) examine ¹⁴ what one ¹⁵ might [convey] to another, ¹⁶ [you may receive an] exalted power ¹⁷ and a divine knowledge ¹⁸ and an ability that ¹⁹ cannot be resisted. ²⁰ But you (sg.) shall examine ²¹ who is worthy that he should ²² reveal them, knowing ²³ that they [will ... down] ²⁴ to the [...] who ²⁵ sin. Therefore [...] ²⁶ [the Father ...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 41 ¹ that which is fitting. Do not desire ² to empower the sense-perceptible world ³ by not attending to me, ⁴ the one who has received the salvation ⁵ (that comes) from the intelligible world. ⁶
    But as for these <discourses>, beware your ⁷ [divulging] them to [any] one. ⁸ [...] ... ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] lest [he succeed] ¹² [in understanding them] and take [them away]. ¹³ [And, as for the remainder], ¹⁴ I [will speak to] them of the [completion] ¹⁵ [of my discourse] lest ¹⁶ the sinful person ¹⁷ [divulge them to others]. ¹⁸ They did not understand them, namely the embodied ¹⁹ souls upon ²⁰ the earth, as well as those outside of ²¹ the body, who are in heaven, ²² more numerous than the angels.
    The topic ²³ which we [talked] about in ²⁴ [every] discourse, these [...] ²⁵ [...] stars [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ say [...] ²⁸ whether already [...] ²⁹ into the [...] ³⁰ those who [...] 42 ¹ whether he observes the ² two (sun and moon) or observes ³ the seven planets ⁴ or the twelve ⁵ signs of the Zodiac or ⁶ the thirty [-six] Decans ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [... which] ¹² are [the twelve zones (dôdekatêmoria, i.e., 12 signs of 30 degrees each)] ¹³ [that total] ¹⁴ [three hundred-sixty] ¹⁵ degrees (monomoiria [up to] the ¹⁶ [loci (twelfths of the ecliptic)] in [association] with ¹⁷ [these] numbers (i.e., degrees traversed), whether [those in heaven] ¹⁸ or those upon the earth, ¹⁹ and those that are under the [earth,] ²⁰ according to the sympathies and ²¹ the divisions (allotments?) deriving from ²² these and from the remaining ²³ [three hundred sixty] degrees ²⁴ [according to kind and] according to ²⁵ [species ...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...
    They] will [submit] ²⁸ [since] she (the soul?) has power ²⁹ [...] above ³⁰ [... they exist] individually 43 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ the time [...] ⁶ every [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [... who are incorporeal]. ²⁰ [Those that are] ²¹ [to-]gether [surround the divine Barbelo] ²² [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [intelligible ...] ²⁸ ... [...] ²⁹ [...] 44 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] reveal them [...] ⁵ [...] of this [sort] ⁶ [...] this [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [...] ²⁰ [intelligible angels], as she (the soul?) [...] ²¹ [...] intelligible [...] ²² [...] above ²³ [...] save(d) from [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] them [...] ²⁸ [...] . . . [...] ²⁹ [...] 45 ¹ [...] ² [...] ... [...] ³ [...] world ⁴ and [...] ⁵ ... [...] ⁶ [world ...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [...] ²⁰ ... [...] ²¹ 

Marsanes' Concluding Vision concerning the Destiny of Souls

A. The (Baptismal?) Names

They came [...] ²² ... [...] ²³ and [...] ²⁴ those who [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 46 ¹ [...] ² [...] ... [...] ³ [...] ... [...] ⁴ [...] ... [...] ⁵ [...] is [...] ⁶ [...] like [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [...] ²⁰ [...] the voice of ²¹ [...] name(s) [and] ²² [...] ... [...] ²³ [... for] ever [...] ²⁴ [... name(s)] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] (pp. 47-54 are missing) 55 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ 

B. Marsanes' Query about the (Baptismal?) Powers

Now when I became silent, [I said,] ¹⁸ "Tell [me ...] ¹⁹ what is the [power ...] ²⁰ [...] will wash (complete?) [...] ²¹ [entire generation ...] ²² [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 56 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] only, the ¹⁸ [...] [and] since the ¹⁹ [first (number)] is [not a quantity], and ²⁰ [...] all [...] ²¹ [...] in the [...] ²² [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 57 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [knowledge ...] ¹⁹ [...] ²⁰ persevere [...] ²¹ the great [...] ²² for I [became ...] ²³ [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] 

C. (Response?)

58 ¹ [...] ² [...] ³ [...] ⁴ [...] ⁵ [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [...] ... ²⁰ [...] bone(s?) of the ²¹ [...] in the [worldly] ²² [...] ... ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] (pp. 59-60 are missing) 61 ¹ [...] for your daughters ² [...] ³ [...] for just as ⁴ [... the] kingdom of [the] ⁵ [Triple Powered One].
    But this one [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] every [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [...] ²⁰ [...] ²¹ [...] ²² [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [.... Don't] 62 ¹ [speak] on the basis of what [you don't know] ² [And ...], ³ for it is [...] that you (sg.) [...] the one whose [...] ⁴ [you (pl.) did not] know. 

D. Marsanes' (apocalyptic) Vision of the Fearsome Angels

And] ⁵ I [said ...] for the [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [partially ...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [...] ²⁰ [...] ²¹ [...] ²² [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 63 ¹ [...] in ² [... the] remainder ³ down [against the] earth. And they ⁴ spoke like the angels. ⁵ [And one] was like the ⁶ wild [beasts].
    And he said, ⁷ [...] ⁸ [... for] ever ⁹ [...] beast ¹⁰ [...] beast ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ from [...] ¹⁸ [...] of my [soul ...] ¹⁹ [...]
    I saw [a ...] ²⁰ [standing ...] ²¹ and his [image] was [fearsome]. ²² And [his face] was [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 64 ¹ I [...] ² because I [saw] all of [the lights] ³ around [me blazing] ⁴ [with] fire. [And I looked at myself] ⁵ in their midst [...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] angel(s) [attending] ¹⁷ me. 

E. Gamaliel comes to Marsanes' Aid

[And] ¹⁸ [...] the [one ...] ¹⁹ [...] Gamaliel, ²⁰ [the one] who presides over [those spirits]. ²¹ [...] ²² [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 65 ¹ [... the great] angels ² [who are those] that receive ³ [all of them ...] ⁴ [...] with those whom they [...] ⁵ [... 

F. Gamaliel's Revelation

And] he [led] ⁶ [me down], and he] ⁷ [me ...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [... her] members ¹³ [...] ... ¹⁴ [...] the [invisible] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ [... judgment ...] ¹⁸ [...] thrown ¹⁹ [...] every [... who is placed] ²⁰ [...] ²¹ [... everflowing fountain] of ²² [the] living [water] ²³ [...] the two ²⁴ [... silent] ²⁵ [... god(s) ...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 66 ¹ cleanse it (fem.) from [...] ² [of...] ³ the one whom they [sealed] ⁴ has been adorned [with the] ⁵ celestial [seal. ...] ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ to his [...] ¹² great [...] ¹³ [...] ¹⁴ [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] ¹⁷ 

G. Marsanes' Vision of the Judgment of Souls

And I [saw ...] ¹⁸ [...] ¹⁹ [unmixed ...] ²⁰ those who [...] ²¹ ... [...] ²² [...] ²³ [...] ²⁴ [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] 67 ¹ [...] they will become ² [...] of God ³ [...] a woman ⁴ [...] while she is in [travail] ⁵ [...] while the offspring ⁶ [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [...] ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] with ¹¹ [...] ¹² [...] all of [...] ¹³ [...] thing ¹⁴ [...] men [...] and ¹⁵ [...] women [and men] ¹⁶ [of this sort ...] ¹⁷ [it is others [that are upon the] earth. ¹⁸ [Know] that they [...] ¹⁹ [...] every [...] them, ²⁰ [...] ... on these, [together with the] ²¹ home-[born], for these will [pay] ²² [...] God [...] ²³ [...] ... ²⁴ [...] aeon(s) [...] ²⁵ [...] ²⁶ [...] ²⁷ [...] ²⁸ [...] ²⁹ [...] 68 ¹ with those who will [...] ² who have [...] ³ God [...] ⁴ from the [beginning ...] ⁵ in [the ⁶ horror [...] ⁷ [...] ⁸ [name (s) ⁹ [...] ¹⁰ [...] ¹¹ [...] ¹² [mysteries ¹³ [...] in [...] ¹⁴ [...] God [...] ¹⁵ [...] ¹⁶ [...] manifest [...] ¹⁷ [...] those who will know. ¹⁸

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