Nag Hammadi #6

Secret Book of John

I supremely enjoyed this text.....it had a soothing energy and many profound passages. The basic topics are The Fall of Sophia, Yaldabaoth, The Creation of Humanity and the potential for redemption.

While reading, I had a surprise vision of the Primordial Abyss.....I didn't understand what I was perceiving at first....but checked in with Michael and he explained. Primordial Abyss is the space beyond the Crown and Halo. I asked him how I could better understand this realm which is Beyond and he told me I'd need to go through a very long and deep initiatory process (not something for this lifetime).

There were no "messengers"....but I did have 2 visitors: John (Author) and Sophia.

Gnostic John came through as an extremely powerful golden spirit and said that he has mastery over Mysticism and a Golden Angelic Light.....he'd be open to working with human beings in both those spheres.

Sophia descended into the space as a large owl-shaped bird and said she is always open to doing healing work and loves humanity.

Jesus said the Secret Book of John is an expression of "Angelic Light" and that people can read in order to "tap in" to that energy.

My favorite passage: The Fall of Sophia (pg 114)

"Now, Sophia, who is the Wisdom of Insight and who constitutes and aeon, conceived of a thought from herself, with the conception of the Invisible Spirit and Foreknowledge. She wanted to bring forth something like herself, without the consent of the Spirit, who had not given approval, without her partner and without his consideration. The male did not give approval. She did not find her partner, and she considered this without the Spirit's consent and without the knowledge of her partner. Nonetheless, she gave birth. And because of the invincible power within her, her thought was not an idle thought. Something came out of her that was imperfect and different in appearance from her, for she had produced without her partner. It did not resemble its mother and was misshapen.

When Sophia saw what her desire had produced, it changed into the figure of a snake with the face of a lion. Its eyes were like flashing blots of lightning. She cast it away from her, outside that realm so that none of the immortals would see it. She had produced it ignorantly . She surrounded it with a bright cloud and put a throne in the middle of the cloud so that no one would see it except the holy Spirit, who is called the Mother of the living. She named her offspring Yaldabaoth."

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Next is the Gospel of Thomas.