as therefore composed before 180 A.D., states that from
the Light of the Christ and the Incorruptible proceed forth four great
Lights to surround Autogenes. Their names are Harmozel, Oroiael,
Daveithi, and Eleleth. Irenaeus says, "Charis [Grace] was conjoined
with the great and first Luminary, and this they will have to be the
Saviour and call him Harmogen"--the Harmes-begotten. The name "Harmes"
appears in the present MS., and is evidently a name for Barbelo. These
things are important for the date of the Greek original. The allusions
to Pistis-Sophia are probably interpolated; there seems to be no room
for her adventures in the scheme of the text. But what are we to make
of the mysterious "Baptism in the name of Barpharanges"? Does
"Barpharanges" (the meaning of which no one seems to know) simply =
Harmogenes = the begotten from Barbelo, "the Virginal Spirit," the
Image seen in the "pure water of Light"? If so, then we have in all
probability an allusion to the Gnostic Baptism with the Holy Spirit or
Light. "Harmogenes" will be the Child of the Mystical Marriage with
the Virginal Spirit by which the "Spiritual" recover their true
manhood, a "blessed aeon of aeons": that is to say, that the Epopt
himself is mystically "Autogenes," the "Self-begotten," having been
reborn a god in God.

The rest of the text is missing.

43. This Hymn to the Light seems to stand in some close connection
with the text we have been discussing. If what has been suggested
concerning the contents of the Greek original should prove correct,
both the nature and position of the Hymn become plain. It consists of
various acts of the will not altogether unlike some of those prescribed
in certain Catholic manuals for those in the Unitive way. It is the
form of Prayer given by the "Director" or "Master" to his disciple, to
be used together with the MS. as part of his preparation for, what I
believe to be, the "Baptism of Light." A large part of the Hymn seems
to be missing owing to the state of the MS., and the order is uncertain.

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