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Mysteries of the Pistis Sophia, reflection 5: The wheel of birth and death

We are all born with our own unique destiny, and we cannot help but follow the path that destiny directs. Great powers guide our destiny because we are born from the Heimarmene. Here the archons rule. These Archons follow the laws of planets, which follow their orbits relative to the fixed stars. They bind these forces to humanity through what the Gospel of Pistis Sophia calls: the false spirit.

The false spirit thus keeps us bound to the fate we received at birth. It propels our lives along...

Mysteries of the Pistis Sophia, reflection 4: getting to know and recognize

What is our true intention regarding life? Are we focused on the light that has descended into our hearts, to surrender itself within our being, to give our lives a turn toward a different realm of life?

We may struggle with that question. We may experience the light from the depths of our being, but we may get distracted and forget about it from time to time. Perhaps we sometimes become impatient, wanting to know exactly how we are doing and whether liberation is imminent. Or we may want to...

Mysteries of the Pistis Sophia, reflection 3, approaching the mysteries

Mysteries of the Pistis Sophia, reflection 3, approaching the mysteries

There is a luminous reality in the pleroma where the creator, the Ineffable, can directly reveal himself to Adam of light, as the ancients called this humanity. They also spoke of the pre-existent Christ, who is eternally existent, in contrast to our reality, which is defined by the experience of space and time.

Humanity that turns away from the pleroma loses its garments of light, as many of the Nag Hammadi scriptures...

Mysteries of the Pistis Sophia, reflection 2, conducting the dialogue When

When people gather based on their inner resolve to learn the mysteries, a power appears to help them. This is the mythical image depicted when Jesus stands with his disciples on the Mount of Olives. Jesus' power has already connected with the life-field of the earth, but in the disciples, this power finds people who not only believe, but also act. For the deeds of the disciples activate all the powers of the redeemer in the life-field of space and time.

Thus, at the beginning of the Gospel...

Mysteries of the Pistis Sophia, reflection 1, clarifying the context I've

I've often heard it: why should I delve into an ancient text or an old book? I have to live my life here and now, in the twenty-first century; that's where it has to happen. I follow a spiritual path with the possibilities of modern times; an old book can't help with that. Why would I put so much effort into understanding something as incomprehensible as the text we know as the Gospel of the Pistis Sophia?
On the other hand, we could say: I don't care how much effort it takes to find the...