Selections from “Pistis Sophia” – Chapters 1 to 7, Part 1 of 2

“Pistis Sophia,” meaning “Faith-Wisdom,” or “Faith in the Light,” is a Gnostic scripture of teachings given by Lord Jesus Christ in the 11 years following His resurrection. In this scripture, Lord Jesus Christ addresses His disciples regarding different aspects of Heaven and the Divine. Today, we are honored to share with you excerpts from Chapters 1 through 3 of “Pistis Sophia.”

“And Jesus said to His disciples: ‘I am come forth out of that First Mystery, which is the last mystery, that is the four-and-twentieth mystery.’ And His disciples have not known nor understood that anything exists within that mystery; but they thought of that mystery, that it is the head of the universe and the head of all existence; and they thought it is the completion of all completions, because Jesus had said to them concerning that mystery, that it surrounds the First Commandment and the five Impressions and the great Light, and the five Helpers and the whole Treasury of the Light.”

“And He had not told His disciples: ‘I have gone forth out of such and such regions until I entered into that mystery, and until I went forth out of it’; but, in teaching them, He said to them: ‘I am come forth from that mystery.’ For this cause then they thought of that mystery, that it is the completion of completions, and that it is the head of the universe and that it is the total Fullness.”

“And the disciples had not seen Jesus because of the great Light in which He was, or which was about Him; for their eyes were darkened because of the great Light in which He was. But they saw only the Light, which shot forth many Light-rays. And the Light-rays were not like one another, but the Light was of diverse kind, and it was of diverse type, from below upwards, one [ray] more excellent than the other, in one great immeasurable glory of Light; it stretched from under the earth right up to Heaven. – And when the disciples saw that Light, they fell into great fear and great agitation.”

“It came to pass then, when that Light-power had come down over Jesus, that it gradually surrounded Him entirely. Then Jesus ascended or soared into the Height, shining most exceedingly in an immeasurable Light. And the disciples gazed after Him and none of them spake, until He had reached unto Heaven; but they all kept in deep silence. This then came to pass on the fifteenth day of the moon, on the day on which it is full in the month Tybi (the fifth month).”