Give me, physically, an example of that which you call intuition, the faculty of inter-penetration. We placed upon the Tree of Life the rune Ingwaz, so that you can see what we are talking about. The Abstract Absolute Space has three aspects: We were addressing the region of Barbelo which is the Ain Soph Aur, which is called Bar-Bel (the son of Bel, the son of the Sun). In some of these Gnostic texts, Yaldabaoth is further identified with the Ancient Roman god Saturnus.[4]. What he said is true. There are many beautiful churches, temples, etc of the different religions; if the adherents of those religions really practiced what they preach, those temples, synagogues, mosques, or any temples of any religion, would gather Christ. This Darkness is contained within the Uterus and that the Great Wind, the Great Breath, (Ruach Elohim our own, particular Chesed, the Spirit of God) must come in order to free it. This name comes from the name of the God of the Babylonian and Germanic people, who named their Sun God Bel or Beleno. But, we have the possibility of developing it. But, though we call it a black hole, in truth it is not really black. Naming and associations. That Sun that rotates around Alcyone is also Barbelo; any Sun is Barbelo, "the son of the Sun.". At least, our own sphere, which is our own physicality. Of course, Ileen, Ilin, the word Leen with the Yod in front, means, "your Yod above and below." Habel is related with our consciousness. Gender [2], We dont know what the name Barbelo means, but it might be related to the Coptic verb berber, to overflow or to boil over. That connection would be fitting in light of Barbelo having been born from the overflowing thought of God in some Gnostic scriptures. We are the Microcosmos. The first Aleph of Aelohim represents Ain, the unknowable; as we said, the letter Aleph relates to the Abstract. The History, Mythology, and Worldview of Gnostic Christianity. Because that light is dark to our eyes. And he is impious in his arrogance which is in him. 8 + 8 = 8. But, here in America, that solar light is symbolized with corn; the people of America didn't eat bread, but tortillas, made with corn. So, when through sexual transmutation you become a real human being, God (Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei) is in you, personalized, and you are named Jehovah . [33][34][35][36] Gnosticism presents a distinction between the highest, unknowable God, and the Demiurge, "creator" of the material universe. Instructor: According to the measurements of their intellect, which is very subjective. On this weekend of official piety, let us all therefore give thanks for our deliverance from religion, and raise high the wafer that summons us to the wonders and bliss of the faraway realm ofBarbelo and brings us the joyous and long-awaited news that Judas saves.*. In the graphic we see this beautiful image of the galaxy that is the neighbor of our own, which is called Andromeda: beautiful. Indubitably, Barbelo is what in Kabbalah is called the Ain Soph Aur, which is the third aspect of the Absolute Abstract Space. That is why it is stated that the one who gave birth to Kain and Abel was Havah (Eve). This seems to be a conception that was actively cultivated in at least some early Christian circles. But, nowadays, ignoramuses think that the Egyptians were so ignorant, that they were worshiping the physical Sun. * Correction, April 13, 2006: This article originally and incorrectly identified a legendary realm discussed in the Gospel of Judas as Barbelo, which is actually the name of a god said to inhabit it. All rights reserved. That is a type of intelligence that controls this infinite and that is in union with all of the Suns of this infinite, which, in turn, are related with all the galaxies of this infinite, including our solar system. Oxford University Press. It is what is called in the Nahua language, the Teuhtlampa. Master Jesus of Nazareth (Master Aberamentho) perceives with his common sense (with his consciousness, which is called "Paramartha") many infinites. So prominent was her place amongst some Gnostics that some schools were designated as Barbeliotae, Barbl worshippers or Barbl gnostics. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [13], Helped by these events, Hilgenfeld's etymology remained the majority view until a 1974 analysis by Scholem explained its origin. Because Kain and Abel are symbols of a permutation that we have to work with. They said that mankind should only fear what Darkness represents, which is hell (none developed seed-germs), since Light is imprisoned by Darkness itself and tries to free itself from it. Translated by John Bowden. The Region of Barbelo Defense for Spiritual Warfare - Glorian The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity. When Saklas completes the time span that's been determined for him, their first star will appear with the generations, and they'll finish what's been said. It is not as people think; that because they believe in the Master Jesus who came 2000 years ago, that their inner archetype will become developed No. If you don't know what the 7th symphony of Beethoven is, I advise you to listen to it; that is beautiful but, in comparison with hearing that in space; everything was completely dark, only the river of sound is what I saw and heard. Was it true, I had asked him, that in the Coptic Christian tradition Judas was considered to be a saint? [14] Ptrement, Simone. Many. The point is this: if Krishna states that he came from the region of Barbelo, we will understand, because he is also part of that Abstract Solar Absolute. Every Lord, every infinite has its own Barbelo. There are many fallen Angels whose names contain the word Bel Bel-ial. Barbelo is the perfect aeon. The Judas gospel would make one huge difference if it was accepted. As microcosmos we came from the Chaos, which is the womb of the mother; our intelligence developed there, within her womb. The common sense really can become very well-developed; in accordance with our work. Master Samael Aun Weor called the abode of the Solar Absolute, in his book Hell, the Devil and Karma, the Protocosmos (the first cosmos.) It is the same instinct that we have, but developed in the heart, in relation with the pineal gland: that is intuition, and, what we call "common sense." In the most famous variation of narratives alleging Jewish onolatry Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a Seleucid king famous for raiding the Jerusalem Temple, supposedly discovered, that its Holiest of Holies was not empty, but instead contained a donkey idol. In any event, the Father and Barbelo generate a divine family of entities, each of which is a mythic personification of a divine faculty or attribute: Do you understand that? Abrahamic, Gnostic In ancient Gnostic texts, Barbelo is the Divine Mother of all and the Forethought of the Infinite One. [11], Where the Idea of the Gnostic Demiurge Came From. Barbelo is a region that he describes as being where the light is. That Bar (son) is that archetype that we call Jesus Christ; the name for that archetype in Aramaic is Bar. [2][3][4] He is identified as the Demiurge and false god who keeps the souls trapped in physical bodies, imprisoned in the material universe. It is very sad to see, in this day and age, the intellectual souls or intellectual animas, the intellectual animals, scarcely do they have intuition; they have instinct. If that initiate of the Solar Absolute, if that Barbelo you could also call it Barbelo, individually speaking but Barbelo is something expanded, it is beyond the infinite. In the Apocryphon of John, Yaldabaoth and Saklas are the same person. The first is Ain, which means nothing, zero. Saklas is fully devoted to Yaldabaoth, being even more devout than Sabaoth before discovering that Yaldabaoth was a fake. Or perhaps it fell into the hands of the Heavens Gate sect-maniacs, as they castratedly awaited the satellite that lurked behind the comet?). Barbelo, also known as Barbl, is the Aeon of impenetrability, stasis and ineffability and refers to the first emanation of Asherah in several forms of Gnostic cosmogony. HarperOne. Now, the reason we quoted that from the Bible is to show that in Hebrew the name Abel is written with the letter Hei followed by the word Bel people translate that word as Abel, but in reality, in Hebrew, we say Habel, which means "the Sun." Yesod and Malkuth, together, are one feminine sephirah; they are called the physical body and the vital body they are one body. 15, p.323). Yaldabaoth | Gods and Demons Wiki | Fandom 2003. Killing Kain means killing our animal instinct, and transforming it into intuition. This is saying that above Jehovah is Aelohim. That is something that is your business, that has to be performed. All subsequent acts of creation within the divine sphere (save, crucially, that of the lowest aeon Sophia) occurs through her coaction with God. [5][6], The first etymology was advanced in 1575 by Feuardentius, supposedly translating it from Hebrew to mean Latin: a patribus genitus, lit. Lewis always had a copy of this esoteric text in one of his wardrobes? [27][28], According to Litwa, this tradition forms the basis for the development of Gnostic beliefs about Yaldabaoth. [j][31], Gnosticism originated in the late 1st century CE in non-rabbinical Jewish and early Christian sects. Harvard University Press. HarperOne. A Brief Overview of the Gospel of Judas - Reasons for Faith But, if you take the beginning of the two words, it is Bel. Understand that Jesus is a Hebrew word which means savior (Yeshuah) and Christ is a Greek word that relates to the light, to the fire; it is from that point of view that we have to understand that name, in order to comprehend the gospels. [7] Scopello, Madeleine, and Marvin Meyer. That is what we have to understand about what the Solar Absolute is: it is everywhere. [2][3] In the Apocryphon of John, "Yaldabaoth" is the first of three names of the domineering archon, along with Saklas and Samael. He started just as any of us. Intuition is that common sense, about which many people talk. 2010. In the Apocryphon of John c. AD 120180, the second name of Yaltabaoth is Saklas ["fool"], and the third is Samael. And we answer; Belilin is Bel, Christ, the solar light, which is everywhere. In the beginning of the Bible, we always address the first verse, which says: Bara Elohim The son of AElohim, Aleph-Tav in the Hei of Schamayim Thou Heavens, And Aleph-Tav in the Hei of Aretz And thou earth" - Genesis 1: 1. Introduction to Gnosticism: Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds. I have brought the water and the fire out of the region of the Light of the lights of the Treasury of the Light; and I have brought the wine and the blood out of the region of Barbelo.. p. 137. Strange as it may at first seem, this, too, was probably a good-faith interpretation of Christian scriptures that were already widespread, popular, and authoritative in the Gnostics time. That aspect is an archetype that in Christianity is called Jesus Christ. Most famously so in the earliest known depiction of the crucifixion of Jesus, the Alexamenos graffito, where a Christian by the name of Alexamenos is shown worshipping a donkey-headed crucified god. [18] Seth's appearance was thought of as resembling a man with a donkey's head. This became the late 19th, early 20th century majority view, which was supported by Schenke,[d] Bhlig, and Labib. And you can see why the early Christian fathers were leery of such texts. And to () Seth, to him also a son has been born, and he called his name Enosh (human being ); then they (those initiates) began to be named as the name of ( Chokmah).- Genesis 4: 25, 26. Babel is formed with two words: Ba , which means gate, and Bel , which means Sun. Audience: Talking about the central Suns of the galaxies, it is also said that we observe black holes, do they have any relation with this? As an example let us listen the third movement of the 7th symphony. The fantasy wiki with fictional characters, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Christians inherited and extended this tradition, such as when the first chapter of the Gospel of John identifies Christ with Gods Word/Logos and gives him an indispensable role in creation.[13]. We see animals who use that common sense. Instructor: Well, Seth is the dark light. A spark ignites from this light, resulting in yet another pale light. But, in Hell, there is also music but it is noise. So, the letter Aleph is related with Ain, which is what we call the Abstract. If any self-realized Master comes to us and says, "I am part of that region of Barbelo" we will understand that; any self-realized Master is part of that. Edited by Marvin Meyer. All things receive and give. Ain, the uncreated Father; the Ain Soph, the uncreated Mother; and the Ain Soph Aur, the uncreated Son, the third Abstract Aspect of the Absolute. In order to belong to that planet, that region of Barbelo, you have to develop your own particular individual archetype, which in Christianity is called Jesus Christ. An Angel? The emanation of Barbl may be said to function as an intermediary generative aspect of the Divine, or as an abstraction of the generative aspect of the Divine through its Fullness. Bar, which means son, and Bel (Belo or Belus) which means Sun. Instructor: Yes. The development of the sexual organs depends upon the pineal gland, because it is through the pineal gland that we receive the solar light, which then descends into our sexual organs. That is why the next verse says, Jehovah Tzabaoth, which means the army of Jehovah, the army of all of those elements that are in each one of you. Audience: Speaking about this, my question, correct me if I'm wrong, but about the uncreated. It comes to my mind, one of the lectures of the Master Samael Aun Weor, who said; we have to know ourselves, and, if we know ourselves, we will know the Gods and the universe this is the Greek axiom: Homo Nosce Te Ipsum. How did the Gnostics get the idea that the demiurge was instead malevolent? The portrayal of Jesus in the Gospel of Judas - LitNet [6] Brakke, David. But, we have to control these two forces; Kain and Abel. Spirit of What is that stable of Bethlehem? That is the meaning of Genesis 4: 25, 26. The Gospel of Judas - Evidence and Answers "The Equatorial Astral Sun is located in the Pleiades, because the physical Sun that illuminates and gives us life is the seventh Sun of the Pleiades. From the center of that sphere, flows all the galaxies towards the surface, or we will say, the periphery, and from the periphery to the center. The connection to God and the immortal realm became extinct. Sirius is talked about in many texts of ancient Egypt; in the past, they knew about this. But the extant Gnostic texts certainly seem to assume such a view in their mentions of Barbelo, such that we can indeed tentatively ascribe that view to most if not all of the Gnostics. And, as I was about to answer, another Christian appeared to my left side, and said, "He is not Christian. The answer is equally simple: If Christianity had to excuse one group of humans from everlasting blood-guilt, how could it avoid excusing them all? The Gnostic God Yaldabaoth | Gnostic Warrior By Moe Bedard If somebody wants to investigate your archetype there, or the self-realized atom of Jesus of Nazareth, that person will find that his particular archetype is one with all of the Suns of the universe, not only with our particular Sun, but with all of the Suns of the universe. From the other Hei, which we are addressing here; the Abstract Absolute Space, the divine unmanifested Mother. Or, we will say, in the Nahua language, we can penetrate into all of the Teuhtlampas, infinites. That is a permutation that is written about in the book of Genesis that people do not understand. The Barbeloites were a baptizing group that in the mid-2nd century fused with Christian baptizing groups. [h] Thus he rendered Yald' Abaoth as 'begetter of Sabaoth'. If the world had been created by a lesser being rather than the ultimate God, and if the world was currently ruled by a demonic being, and if Christ had come to correct the flaws of Judaism, why not posit that the Jewish creator god was the demonic being who ruled the world that Christ came as an emissary from the ultimate God to save humankind from the creator? Then form another circle outside of that, and another outside of that, etc." The more we fornicate, the more we destroy the pineal gland, the gland that relates to the development of intuition, to common sense. I do not nullify the grace of God; for if justification comes through the law, then Christ died for nothing.[17]. [24], Accusations of onolatry against the Jews, spread from the Egyptian milieu, with its understanding of the donkey's Seth-related importance, to the rest of the Graeco-Roman world, which was largely ignorant of this context. Jesus and the Gospel of Judas: What Do We Know? Now, let us penetrate, from the galaxy, into our solar system. We live in this infinite, with, as the Master says, its hundreds of thousands of galaxies but there are other infinites. They are wrong and do not know what they are saying. You have to be an Aurus in order to enter into the unmanifested Isis. [1] Elsewhere, its said that Barbelo arose when God stared down into the primal waters and saw his luminous reflection, which then became a new being. It is very hard to develop. A Brief Overview of the Gospel of Judas - Probe Ministries The Spirit bestowed five powers upon her: image of the invisible spirit, foreknowledge, indestructibility, eternal life and truth. As punishments, he tried to make humanity acknowledge him as God. 4, 3), as a form of Barbl, which may have the same meaning. This is why, when we address the Holy Tetragrammaton (Iod-Hei-Vav-Hei) we understand that it is related with the letter Aleph, in its shape: that is, through the values of the letters that together form the shape of Aleph, which is the Holy Tetragrammaton. The most common of the senses are our sight, our smell, touch, hearing but common sense itself? But never mind these trifling failures of analogy. This is why it is stated that Kain and Abel were brothers, because of the inner-relationship of the sexual glands with the pineal gland. Male An atomic weight table of the elements of nature. Thus, by Judas saying Christ came from the realm of Barbelo is to say that he came from the supreme God, whereas the rest of the disciples worshiped the evil god Saklas/Ialdabaoth. No. In the Omeyocan the infinite stillness swirls about before the manifestation of the Solar Logos. So, this is how you have to understand the unfoldment, the descent of that light, little by little in us. A Separate God: The Origins and Teachings of Gnosticism. v. 26, p. 151). So, by performing this permutation, this transmutation, is how we develop Seth, which Krumm-Hellar stated is the same Christ. Contents 1 Overview 2 Appearance 3 Personality 4 Powers and Abilities 5 History 6 Myths and Legends 7 Quotes 8 Gallery 9 Trivia Overview Of course, this sphere, which we are showing in this graphic, is not easy to perceive like when we perceive the Earth; the sphere of the Earth, in comparison with the infinite, is nothing. Now, when we address the Tree of Life, in the world of Atziluth, we name each Sephirah with a sacred name that we have written in English (with Latin letters) and in Hebrew, and we place the word Ain-Elohim (Aelohim) in order to show you how this is hidden in the scriptures. It is, in other words, a constellation. But, there is another element that we have spoken about in other lectures, called Prana (energy). - Samael Aun Weor. That Omeyocan is everywhere; it is not only at the center of a galaxy, it is also at the center of any solar system, and at your own center too. From where did this Iod-Hei-Vav emanate? In my experience they were asking about my own particular cosmic development, and I was about to answer, when the other Christian said, "No, I am Christian." I dont normally mind offending holy men, but I can remember feeling absolutely aghast at the injured look that spread across the fine features of the Coptic Archbishop of Eritrea as we sat in his quarters in Asmara in 1993. The Prana of our creative waters is always represented by the two Iods shown in the shape of the letter Aleph, which is hidden within the spelling of the letter Hei, this, in order for us to understand that the letter Aleph (which is seen many times in the first verse of the Bible) is from which everything emerges: the Aleph from the Hei. They claimed that Jesus Christ and Seth were the same since both were children of ( Chokmah) Wisdom.". Here we have another quotation from Psalm 16: 2: Bel means the solar light. When we talk about somebody who for instance is called Sam; Sam has three brains, but the whole body, the whole organism, is formed by many organs; and each of those organs by many cells. His name was Nebro, which means 'rebel'; others call him Yaldabaoth. [8] (In ancient Greek philosophy, the lion was frequently a symbol of irrational passions. You came from the immortal Aeon of Barbelo, the one who sent you is he whose name I am not worthy to speak" (GJ 35:15-20; translations of GJ are taken from . Therefore, the birth in () Belen or ( -) Bethlehem was in order to make the reality of a man who had incarnated ( Bel) the Christ-Sun understandable.. Aliases Harvard University Press. Saklas is one of the false angels was created by Yaldabaoth, probably being the first angel created by him. After God, she's the foremost inhabitant of the Pleroma, the Gnostic name for Heaven. Thus Blacks' proposal renders Aramaic: , romanized: yald beh, lit. But, we always state that that verse is an anagram. Where is the Solar Absolute, Barbelo, in other words, in us? But, let me tell you; when you develop your common-sense, your intuition, the type of intellect that you develop expands in another level, and is difficult for person that is a fornicator to understand that type of intellect. For he said, 'I am God and there is no other God beside me,' for he is ignorant of his strength, the place from which he had come. That is why we have to respect this type of being. She is one of the gods, "a great power of the Invisible God" (373), joined with Him and the three "Thrice-powerful deities" (379), the mother of Pistis Sophilight" or heavenly body (13, 128; cf. For his proclamation, he used John the Baptist. This name comes from the name of the God of the Babylonian and Germanic people, who named their Sun God Bel or Beleno. I dont think any summarizing sentence on all this could be more wrong than the one written by Adam Gopnik in the latest New Yorker. Now, this Protocosmos emanated from another part of the Absolute. From this unknowable entirety, or radical zero, emanates in the beginning any sidereal universe, Pythagorean Monad, Gnostic Father/Mother, Hindu Purusha-Prakriti, Egyptian Osiris-Isis, dual Protocosmos or Kabbalistic Adam Kadmon, the Theos-Chaos of the Theogony of Hesiod, the Chaldean Ur-Anas or fire and water, Semitic Iod-Heve, Parsi Zeru-Ama, Unique-One, Buddhist Aunadad-Ad, Ruach Elohim or Divine Spirit of the Lord floating upon Genesis waters of the first instant. That means that particular individuality is in everybody. All of the Suns, in themselves, form a singular force, which is Barbelo; the son of Bel, the Sun of the Sun. Until 1974, etymologies deriving from the unattested Aramaic: , romanized: bhth, supposedly meaning "chaos", represented the majority view. The Egyptians call the Solar Absolute, together with the Trinity, Osiris-Ra. I have had many experiences in the interior worlds, where that ultra-violet light is, for me, darkness, because I still do not possess the common sense necessary to penetrate into that light. So, when the brain develops and creates Seth, we are done. Pure light radiates between the Spirit and Barbelo. Darkness alone filled the boundless all, for father, mother and son were once more one, and the son had not awakened yet for the new wheel, and his pilgrimage thereon. - Stanzas of Dzyan 1:5. The rune Ar relates to Bar, Baron, the son. The Omeyocan is also call Yoalli-Ehecatl, because of the wind and the darkness. In English, the suffix "ing" is added to any verb, when that verb is in action. The Omeyocan is the place where we find only darkness and wind in reciprocal whirlwinds, like chaos. It is the completion of all the work. But, of course, when we are addressing Bel, we are addressing the light. Gods and Demons Wiki is a FANDOM Lifestyle Community. This significance is reflected both in her apparent androgyny (reinforced by several of her given epithets), and in the name Barbl itself. The planet Earth is also the outcome of all of that solar light. In many lectures, people ask us why does the Bible, the book of Genesis, begin with the letter Beth and not the letter Aleph we state that this is because the letter Aleph relates with the unmanifested aspect of creation. Tomorrow they'll torture the one who bears me. This is how we have to understand Akasha and Prana. She is noticed in several neighbouring passages of Epiphanius, who in part must be following the Compendium of Hippolytus, as is shown by comparison with Philaster (c. 33), but also speaks from personal knowledge of the Ophitic sects specially called "Gnostici" (i. They started to view the pre-existing Christ as the "self-generated ( Autogenes) Son of Barbelo," who was " anointed with the Invisible Spirit's "Christhood"." [37][34] Gnostic Christians considered the Hebrew God of the Old Testament as the evil, false god and creator of the material universe, and the Unknown God of the Gospel, the father of Jesus Christ and creator of the spiritual world, as the true, good God. So, the subjects of that queen brought those 100 mirrors, and the wise man said, "Put those mirrors in a circle facing each other. The human soul, or in other words Tiphereth, receives from above and from below. Such Sun unifies and coordinates the Pleiades in their entirety. [15], Scholem's own theory rendered the name as Yald' Abaoth. That is why the Son is called the Word, which is found in the upper part of the Ingwaz. It is the solar light within the plant kingdom. The galaxies are expanding and rotating in spherical manner, from the center to the periphery and from the periphery back to the center: that is how any infinite is. When Yaldabaoth breathed the soul into the first man, Adam, Sophia instilled in him the divine spark of the spirit. Master Samael Aun Weor says in his book, Cosmic Teachings of a Lama: In the beginning or dawn of each universe, the eternal dark light or absolute obscurity is converted into the Chaos. Barbelo in Gnosticism is the first emanation of God, often described as a motherfather figure. [17] Following the Assyrian conquest of Egypt in the 7th century BCE, Seth was seen as an evil deity by the Egyptians and not commonly worshipped, in large part due to his role as the god of foreigners. I am Christian." [37] Gnostic Christian doctrines rely on a dualistic cosmology that implies the eternal conflict between good and evil, and a conception of the serpent as the liberating savior and bestower of knowledge to humankind opposed to the Demiurge or creator god, identified with the Yaweh from the Hebrew Bible. English is only for Ing-Land, Hyperborea, the land of the Sun. He states: Can Gopnik not discern the difference between George III and Benedict Arnold, let alone the difference between a man-made screed and a series of texts sometimes claimed to be inerrant and divinely inspired? T & T Clark. That is why the law, which is called the Cosmic-Common-Trogo-Auto-Egocrat the law of the reciprocal nourishment of all species, on every planet; "eat, and be eaten" is related with the solar light. Barbelo, Sophia Offspring Ennoea, Horos, Thelesis The Bythos, also know as The One or Absolute, is an emanation of God venerated in various forms of Gnosticism. To keep the angels in subjection, Yaldabaoth generated the material universe. She is not manifested, but abstract, a feminine force. saklas and barbelo. The supreme God of the Gnostics is, however, an unknowable God who created celestial beings called Aeons and Archons, one of which is this being Saklas/Ialdabaoth. He then created the material world, which, like all creations, was a reflection of the personality of its creator.
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