What Does Pistis Sophia Mean?

Pistis Sophia is a Greek name that can be translated as “Faith-Wisdom” or “Faith and Wisdom.” The word pistis(πίστις)...

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Pistis Sophia English Translation | Modern English Edition

Read about the Pistis Sophia, the ancient Coptic Gnostic text preserved in the Askew Codex, and discover a modern English translation by John van den Berg.

What Does Pistis Sophia Mean?

Pistis Sophia is a Greek name that can be translated as “Faith-Wisdom” or “Faith and Wisdom.” The word pistis(πίστις) means faith, trust, or faithfulness, while sophia (σοφία) means wisdom.

In the Pistis Sophia, however, the name refers to more than these two words. Pistis Sophia is a heavenly being whose story...

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The word of the Pistis Sophia: Revealed in the order of Jeu

In late antiquity, in Egypt, the Jeuians write their inscrutable texts. In the 21st century there is again interest in the story of the Pistis Sophia among people who want to go the path of initiation. It is a late invitation to go aboard the heavenly ship of the Jeuians. The modern Egyptian mysteries of Osiris, Isis and Horus then become alive...

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The Last Myth of Alexandria

It is the year 415. When the gods fall silent and the world turns its back on wisdom, a single act of hope sets a new journey in motion. In Athens, a father entrusts his daughter Helen to the fading city of Alexandria, desperate that she might find, and perhaps rekindle, the last embers of true knowledge. Arriving in a city haunted by the ruins...

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Other Writing

The gospel of the Pistis Sophia is one of the few gnostic writings that were already available in the eighteenth century. An English translation appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century, so Carl Jung, for example, already had it in his bookcase. In the Sixties of the last century a Dutch translation appeared thanks to the Rosicrucian press. The collected Nag Hammadi writings that have become available in our time give a new image of the Pistis Sophia. She is the mythical...

Introduction course Pistis Sophia

The Thunder, Perfect Mind Reflection 1: Sent Forth from Power Listen, in

Listen, in the following passage, to how the Thunder—the Perfect Mind within you—speaks and longs to be known:

I was sent forth from Power,

and I have come to those who contemplate me;

and I have been found among those who seek me.

Look upon me, you who contemplate me,

and you who hear, listen to me.

You who wait for me, take me to yourselves,

and do not banish me from your sight.

And let not your voice hate me,

nor your hearing.

Do not remain ignorant of me,

anywhere or at any time.

We have grown...

Mysteries of the Pistis Sophia, reflection 8: Showing Repentance Christ is

Christ is the creator of the All in the pleroma. Pistis Sophia is the guardian of wisdom in the cosmic order within the All. Consequently, the light-humanity in the pleroma has the wisdom—that is, Sophia—of the Ineffable at its disposal as a power. When a part of humanity begins to live outside the pleroma, Sophia guides this humanity into the realm of life that then develops: the thirteenth aeon. Here Christ reveals Himself as the first mystery.

In the first book of the Gospel of the Pistis...

Mysteries of the Pistis Sophia, reflection 7: Controlling the astral fire

Suppose a soul has reached the point of reincarnating anew. It is in a virginal state, like a blank slate. The workers of the Order of Melchizedek guide this soul through this very delicate process of incarnation. In doing so, the soul is brought into a body and will learn, step by step, to express itself in a body of flesh and blood.

At the moment of incarnation, the soul is connected to an information field in which the essence of all previous incarnations is stored. The soul thus has a...

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