Selections from “Pistis Sophia” – Chapter 67, Part 2 of 2

“Again the word which Thy power has spoken: ‘He will not be afraid of a thing which slinks in the darkness,’ that is: Sophia has not been afraid of the lion-faced emanation, which caused fear for Pistis Sophia in the chaos, which is the ‘darkness.’

And the word which Thy power has spoken: ‘He will not be afraid of a mischance and of a demon at midday,’ that is: Pistis Sophia has not been afraid of the demon emanation of Tyrant Adamas, which has cast Pistis Sophia to the ground in a great mischance, and which has come forth out of Adamas out of the twelfth eon; wherefor then has Thy power said: ‘He will not be afraid of the demon mischance at midday,’ ‘midday,’ because it has come out of the twelve eons, which is ‘midday’; and again [‘night,’ because] it has come out of the chaos, which is the ‘night,’ and because it has come out of the twelfth eon which is in the midst between both; therefore has Thy Light-power said ‘midday,’ because the twelve eons lie in the midst between the thirteenth eon and the chaos.

And again the word which Thy Light-power has spoken through David: “A thousand will fall on his left, and ten thousand at his right hand, but they shall not come near him,” that is: When the emanations of Self-willed, which are exceedingly numerous, could not bear the great Light of the Light-stream, many of them fell on the left hand of Pistis Sophia and many at her right, and they could not come near her, to do her [harm].

And the word which Thy Light-power has spoken through David: ‘Nay rather with thine eyes will thou behold, and will see the requital of the sinners, for Thou, O Lord, are my hope,’ that is the word: Pistis Sophia has with her eyes beheld her foes, that is the emanations of Self-willed, who all have fallen one on another; not only has she with her eyes beheld this, but Thou also Thyself, my Lord, the First Mystery, had taken the Light-power which is in the lion-faced power, and had moreover taken the power of all the emanations of Self-willed and moreover Thou had imprisoned them in that chaos, [so that] from henceforth they have not gone forth to their own region. Therefore, then has Pistis Sophia with her eyes beheld her foes, that is, the emanations of Self-willed, in all which David has prophesied concerning Pistis Sophia, saying: ‘Nay rather with thine eyes will thou behold, and thou will see the requital of the sinners.’ Not only has she with her eyes beheld how they fall one on another in the chaos, but she has also seen the requital with which it was requited them. Just as the emanations of Self-willed have thought to take away the light of Sophia from her, so had thou requited them and repaid them in full, and had taken the light-power in them instead of the lights of Sophia, who has had faith in the Light of the Height.

And as Thy Light-power has spoken through David: ‘Thou had established the Most High for thyself as refuge; harm will not come near unto thee, scourge will not come near thy dwelling,’ that is: When Pistis Sophia had faith in the Light and was afflicted, she sang praises unto it, and the emanations of Self-willed could not inflict on her any harm, nor could they [injure] her, nor could they at all come near her. […]”