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GLOSSARY OF GNOSTIC TERMS
Compiled by
LAURENCE CARUANA
Author of
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S - Z

- The Gnostic Glossary is divided into FOUR sections: A-F / G-L / M-R / S-Z.
- To access an entry, click on a term ('Aeons') or scroll down.
- For consistency and easy comparison, certain standard terms have been introduced
in the explanations (and in parentheses in the quotations). These standard terms are:

             - The One - for God, Father, Parent, Root etc.
             - The saviour - for the Son, Christ, Word, Autogenes, Seth etc.
             - Sophia - for Wisdom, Achamoth, Pistis etc.
             - Yaltabaoth - for Chief Archon, Archigenetor, Saklas etc.
             - The Elect - for the Gnostics, Pneumatics, Chosen ones, sons of Seth etc.

- All quotations are from the standard translations of the Nag Hammadi texts, unless otherwise noted.
- All square and pointed brackets (which indicate lacuna and corrected omissions in the standard translations) have been removed.
- Parentheses are used for the addition of standard terms.
- Only the title of the text is given as a reference. On some occasions, the standard page and line numbers are added.
- The source of the quotation may be found by copying a few words and doing an on-line search at the Nag Hammadi Library complements of Gnosis.org.
- Comments may be sent to Laurence Caruana at: visionnaire@lcaruana.com
A - F G - L M - R S - Z
-------- A --------

- ACHAMOTH
- ADAM AND EVE
- ADAMAS
- AEONS (UPPER, LOWER)
- ALIEN - See STRANGER
- THE ALL
- ANDROGYNE
- ANGELS
- ANGELIC ORDERS
- ANIMALS
- ANOINT - See CHRISM
- ANTHROPOS
- APOCALYPSE
- APOCRYPHON
- ARCHONS
- (TO GO) ASTRAY
- AUTOGENES - See BEGET

-------- B --------


- BAPTISM
- BARBELO
- BEAST - See ANIMALS
- BEGET
- BITTER
- BLIND
- BODY
- BONDS
- BOOK OF THE LIVING
- BRIDAL CHAMBER

-------- C --------

- THE CALL
- CAVE
- CHRISM
- CONSENT
- CONSORT
- CONSUMMATION OF THE AGE - See RESOLUTION
- COUNTERFEIT
- COUNTERFEIT SPIRIT
- CROWN

-------- D --------

- DEFICIENCY
- DESIRE
- DISCIPLES
- DOUBLE-MINDEDNESS
- DRUNK
- TO DYE

-------- E --------

- THE ELECT
- END OF TIME - See RESOLUTION
- ENNOIA (Thought)
- EPINOIA (After-thought)
- EUCHARIST
- EXISTENCE

-------- F --------

- FACE
- FATE (Heimarmene)
- FIRE
- FIVE SEALS
- FOG
- FOREIGNER - See STRANGER
- FORM - See IMAGE
- FOUR LIGHTS
- FRAGRANCE
- FRUIT
- FULLNESS - See AEONS, PLEROMA

 -------- G --------

- GARMENT (OF LIGHT)
- GOD-WRITTEN BOOKS
- GOSPEL
- GRACE

-------- H --------

- HELL
- HOLY SPIRIT - See SPIRIT

-------- I --------

- IGNORANCE
- IMAGE
- INSIDE / OUTSIDE
- INVISIBLE SPIRIT - See SPIRIT

-------- J --------

- JARS

-------- K --------

- KINGDOM - See AEONS
- KISS

-------- L --------

- LANGUAGE
- LISTEN
- LOVE
- LOWER AEONS - See AEONS
 -------- M --------

- MALE AND FEMALE
- MARRIAGE - See BRIDAL CHAMBER
- THE MIDDLE
- MOUNTAIN

-------- N --------

- NAKED - See GARMENT
- NAMES
- NARROW AND BROAD
- NOREA

-------- O --------

- OREA - See NOREA

-------- P --------

- PAROUSIAS
- PEARL
- PERFECT
- PLEROMA
- PNEUMA - See SPIRIT
- PRE-EXISTENCE
- PRISON
- PRONOIA (Fore-thought)
- PROSTITUTION
- PROTONOIA (First Thought)
- PUT ON - See GARMENT

-------- Q --------

- Q-LIST

-------- R --------

- RANSOM
- REDEMPTION
- REFLECT
- REPENTENCE
- RESOLUTION
- REST
- RESTITUTION - See RESOLUTION
- RESTORATION - See RESOLUTION

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- RESURRECTION
- RIGHT AND LEFT
- ROOT
- RUBBING
 SECTION S - Z
IS PRESENTLY
UNDER CONSTRUCTION


-------- S --------

- SAVIOUR
- SEAL
- SECRET
- SEED
- SETH
- SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
- SILENCE
- SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE
- SOPHIA
- SLAVE
- SLEEP
- SMALL AND LARGE
- SOUL
- SPARK See SPIRIT
- SPIRIT
- TO STAND (AT REST)
- SRANGER
- SUBSTITUTION
- SWEET
- SYZYGY - See CONSORT, ANDROGYNE

-------- T --------

- TEARS
- THREE TIMES - See THRICE
- THREE TYPES OF HUMANS
- THRICE
- TREASURE HOUSE - See AEONS
- TRINITY
- TRIPLE - See THRICE
- TWIN
- TYPE - See IMAGE

------ U V W ------

- UPPER AEONS - See AEONS
- VEIL
- VIRGIN
- WATER

------- XYZ -------

- YALTABAOTH


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