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Chapter 18  
     
1.
 And I said, Lord, where will the souls of these go when they have come out of their flesh?
 
2.
 And he smiled and said to me, The soul in which the power will become stronger than the counterfeit spirit, is strong and it flees from evil and, through the intervention of the incorruptible one, it is saved, and it is taken up to the rest of the ages.
 
3.
 And I said, Lord, those, however, who have not known to whom they belong, where will their souls be?
 
4.
 And he said to me, In those, the despicable spirit has gained strength when they went astray. And he burdens the soul and draws it to the works of evil, and he casts it down into forgetfulness.
 
5.
 And after it comes out of (the body), it is handed over to the authorities, who came into being through the archon,
 
6.
 and they bind it with chains and cast it into prison, and consort with it until it is liberated from the forgetfulness and acquires knowledge.
 
7.
 And if thus it becomes perfect, it is saved.  
8.
 And I said, Lord, how can the effects of the counterfeit soul be reduced so we may return into the nature of our true mother and into a Son of God?
 
9.
 Then Jesus rejoiced when I asked him this, and he said to me, Truly, you are blessed, for you have understood!
 
10.
 That soul is made to follow another one (fem.), since the Spirit of life is in it.
 
11.
 It is saved through him. It is not again cast into another flesh.
 
12.
 And I said, Lord, these also who did not know, but have turned away, where will their souls go?
 
13.
 Then he said to me, To that place where the angels of poverty go they will be taken, the place where there is no repentance.
 
14.
 And they will be kept for the day on which those who have blasphemed the spirit will be tortured, and they will be punished with eternal punishment.
 
15.
 And I said, Lord, from where did the counterfeit spirit come?
 
16.
 Then he said to me, The Mother-Father, who is rich in mercy, the holy Spirit in every way, the One who is merciful and who sympathizes with you (pl.)
  
17.
 the Epinoia of the foreknowledge of light, he raised up the offspring of the perfect race and its thinking and the eternal light of man.  
18.
 When the chief archon realized that they were exalted above him in the height - and they surpass him in thinking - then he wanted to seize their thought, not knowing that they surpassed him in thinking, and that he will not be able to seize them.
 
19.
 He made a plan with his authorities, which are his powers, and they committed together adultery with divine Wisdom, the Holy Spirit, and bitter fate was begotten through them, which is the last of the changeable bonds.
 
20.
 And it is of a sort that is interchangeable.
 
21.
 And it is harder and stronger than she with whom the gods united, and the angels and the demons and all the generations until this day.
 
22.
 For from that fate came forth every sin and injustice and blasphemy, and the chain of forgetfulness and ignorance and every severe command, and serious sins and great fears.
 
23.
 And thus the whole creation was made blind, in order that they may not know the Father, who is above all of them.
 
24.
 And because of the chain of forgetfulness, their sins were hidden.
 
25.
 For they are bound with measures and times and moments, since it (fate) is lord over everything.
 
26.
 And he (the chief archon) repented for everything which had come into being through him.
 
27.
 This time he planned to bring a flood upon the work of man.
 
28.
 But the greatness of the light of the foreknowledge informed Noah, and he proclaimed (it) to all the offspring which are the sons of men.
 
29.
 But those who were strangers to him did not listen to him.
 
30.
 It is not as Moses said, They hid themselves in an ark, but they hid themselves in a place, not only Noah, but also many other people from the immovable race.
 
31.
 They went into a place and hid themselves in a luminous cloud.
 
32.
 And he (Noah) recognized his authority, and she who belongs to the light was with him, having shone on them because he (the chief archon) had brought darkness upon the whole earth.
 
33.
 And he made a plan with his powers.
 
34.
 He sent his angels to the daughters of men, that they might take some of them for themselves and raise offspring for their enjoyment.
 
35.
 And at first they did not succeed.
 
36.
 When they had no success, they gathered together again and they made a plan together.
 
37.
 They created a counterfeit spirit, who resembles the Spirit who had descended, so as to pollute the souls through it.
 
38.
 And the angels changed themselves in their likeness into the likeness of their mates (the daughters of men), filling them with the spirit of darkness, which they had mixed for them, and with evil.
 
39.
 They brought gold and silver and a gift and copper and iron and metal and all kinds of things.
 
40.
 And they steered the people who had followed them into great troubles, by leading them astray with many deceptions.
 
41.
 They (the people) became old without having enjoyment.
 
42.
 They died, not having found truth and without knowing the God of truth.
 
43.
 And thus the whole creation became enslaved forever, from the foundation of the world until now.
 
44.
 And they took women and begot children out of the darkness according to the likeness of their spirit.
 
45.
 And they closed their hearts, and they hardened themselves through the hardness of the counterfeit spirit until now.
 
46.
 I, therefore, the perfect Pronoia of the all, changed myself into my seed, for I existed first, going on every road.
 
47.
 For I am the richness of the light; I am the remembrance of the pleroma.
 
48.
 And I went into the realm of darkness and I endured till I entered the middle of the prison.
 
49.
 And the foundations of chaos shook.
 
50.
 And I hid myself from them because of their wickedness, and they did not recognize me.
 
51.
 Again I returned for the second time, and I went about.
 
52.
 I came forth from those who belong to the light, which is I, the remembrance of the Pronoia.
 
53.
 I entered into the midst of darkness and the inside of Hades, since I was seeking (to accomplish) my task.
 
54.
 And the foundations of chaos shook, that they might fall down upon those who are in chaos and might destroy them.
 
55.
 And again I ran up to my root of light, lest they be destroyed before the time.
 
56.
 Still for a third time I went - I am the light which exists in the light,
 
57.
 I am the remembrance of the Pronoia –
 
58.
 that I might enter into the midst of darkness and the inside of Hades.
 
59.
 And I filled my face with the light of the completion of their age.
 
60.
 And I entered into the midst of their prison, which is the prison of the body.
 
61.
 And I said, He who hears, let him get up from the deep sleep.
 

 
 
 

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