Sophia Revealed

When he had finished creating the physical universe, Yaldabaoth boasted to the angels beneath him, demanding that they worship him as the supreme being:

"[Yaldaboth] said… 'I am a jealous God, and there is no other God besides me.' But by making this announcement, he suggested to the angels with him that there is another God. For if there were no other God, of whom would he be jealous?" [1]

Angered by Yaldabaoth's ignorant boasting, and saddened by the blemish his creation had become, Sophia warned him of an immortal, androgynous human who would one day descend to destroy him:

"…when [Sophia] saw the impiety of the chief Ruler, she was angry. Without being seen, she said, 'You err, Samael,' i.e., 'the blind god.' 'An enlightened, immortal man exists before you. He will appear within your molded bodies. He will trample upon you as potter's clay is trampled. And you will go with those who are yours down to… the abyss…'

After [Sophia] said these things, she revealed the likeness of her greatness in the waters…" [2]

When Sophia revealed her reflection to the Rulers, these hideous beings were filled with the desire for something they could grasp only by proxy - spiritual knowledge:

"As Sophia looked down into the region of the Waters, her Image appeared in the Waters; and the Authorities of the Darkness became enamored of her. But they could not lay hold of that Image which had appeared to them in the Waters, because of their weakness - since beings that merely possess a soul cannot lay hold of those that possess a spirit; for they were from below, while it was from Above. And thus she withdrew up to her light." [3]

This she did so that the archons would be inspired to create other beings even better than themselves, living creatures capable of striving towards wisdom and healing the rupture of creation in the process:

"This is the reason why 'Incorruptibility looked down into the region': so that by the Father's will, she might bring the Entirety into union with the Light." [4]

FOOTNOTES

1. The Secret Book of John, from The Secret Teachings of Jesus : Four Gnostic Gospels, pp. 67-68, translated by Marvin W. Meyer, pub. A.D.1986

2. On the Origin of the World, from Willis Barnstone's The Other Bible, p.65, pub. A.D. 1984

3. Hypostasis of the Archons, Barnstone, ibid, p.77

4. Ibid, p.76

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