PISTIS-SOPHIA Notes and Comments by H. P. Blavatsky

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H.P. Blavatsky

COLLECTED WRITINGS

VOLUME XIII

189!1891



PISTIS!SOPHI"

N#t$s a%& C#''$%ts (y H. P. Blavatsky

[PS 1] It came to pass when Jesus had risen from the dead and passed

eleven years (1) speaking with his isciples! and teaching them only up tothe "egions (#) of the $irst Precepts (%) and of the $irst &ystery! the&ystery within the 'eil! within the $irst Precept! to wit! the $ourandwentieth &ystery! and *elow these (Precepts) which are in the SecondSpace of the $irst &ystery! which is *efore all &ysteries! the $ather in thelikeness of a ove (+)! that Jesus said to his isciples, -I am come fromthat $irst &ystery! which also is the .ast (/)! the $ourandwentieth&ystery0 2ow the isciples knew not this &ystery! nor did they

understand it! *ecause (as they supposed) there was not anything withinthat &ystery 0 0 0 0 0

33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 (1) he num*er eleven gives the key to the situation0 he eleventh trial or degree of initiation has *een safely passed through and the twelfth and last which! if the candidate was successful would crown the whole work! was now *eing enteredupon0 4ercules was to enter upon his twelfth la*our! and the sun of the twelfth sign of the 5odiac0 6ven the popular adage -at the eleventh hour! is an echo of this mystery0In the second volume of the ogme et "ituel de la 4aute &agie7 (pp0 %89 et se:0)!

6liphas .evi gives the 2ychthemeron of ;ppollonius of yana0 3333333333 < he 6nglish word -to know corresponds to &iddle 6nglish knowen! knawen= ;ngloSa>oncnawan= ?ld 4igh @erman knaan= ?ld 2orse kna= ?ld Slavonic Anati (to know)= .atin gnoscere!noscere= @reek gignoskein= Sanskrit Banati (knows)= .ithuanian Cinoti (to know)= @othic kunnan07 [6nglish r0 *y ;0 60 Daite as, ranscendental &agic! 20E0F0! Samuel Deiser! 1GH#0]

3333333333 2ychthemeron means the space of a day and a night or twentyfour hours0 6ach gradeof initiation had two degrees! in all twentyfour0 his e>plains -the $irst &ystery!which is the $ourandwentieth of the te>t0 "eaders of the ;**e Fonstants work!

who are ignorant of @reek! should *e warned that the $rench *elow the @reek is noteven the vaguest possi*le paraphrase! *ut simply .evis idea a*out the te>t0 4e is!however! right in saying that -these twelve sym*olical hours! which may *ecompared with the signs of the 5odiac and the la*ours of 4ercules! represent thecycle of degrees of Initiation0 (See he Secret octrine! I! +/0)(#) he @reek word translated *y -"egion is topos= it corresponds to theSanskrit loka0 In the second volume of he Secret octrine! p0 1H+! we are told that-SamBna0 the daughter of 'isvakarman! married to the Sun! Kuna*le to endure thefervours of her lord! gave him her Fhhaya (shadow! image! or astral *ody)! while she

herself repaired to the Bungle to perform religious devotions! or apas0 'er*0 Sap0(%) In &asonic .odges the yler demands the sacramental words (or precepts)from the apprentice or candidate! thus repeating the ancient formulae0 ;s "agon!



following the occult tradition! has well proved! &asonry was a forced product of the@nostic mysteries! *orn of a compromise *etween Political Fhristianity and@nosticism0(+) [ove0] Fompare, -hou art the $irst &ystery looking within! thou hastcome from the spaces of the 4eight and the &ysteries of the Lingdom of .ight and

thou hast descended on the 'esture of .ight! which thou didst receive from Mar*elo!which vesture is Jesus! our Saviour! on which thou didst descend as a ove0 (Page1#8 of SchwartAes Foptic0) 2ow! the Second Space of the $irst &ystery correspondsin 6soteric parlance to the second plane of consciousness from within or a*ove! onwhich plane is Muddhi (the Spiritual Soul)! the vehicle of ;tman (Nniversal Spirit)!the -$irst &ystery! which is also -the last &ystery in the endless cycle of emanation and rea*sorption0 In 6gyptian 6sotericism the -dove sym*ol of the@nostics was represented *y the glyph of the winged glo*e0 he dove! that descendson -Jesus at his *aptism is typical of the conscious -descent of the -4igher Self or

Soul (;tmaMuddhi) on &anas! the 4igher 6go= or in other words! the union duringinitiation of the Fhristos! with Fhrestos! or the imperisha*le -Individuality in the;ll! with the transcendent PersonalityOthe ;dept0(/) [.ast &ystery0] In the same way that ;tman is the first or seventh principle!as previously e>plained0

[PS #] &oreover! Jesus had not told his isciples the whole emanation of all the "egions of the @reat Invisi*le and of the hree riplePowers! and

of the $ourandwenty Invisi*les (1)! and of all their "egions! ;eons and?rders (that is to say) the manner in which the latter which are also theProBections of the @reat Invisi*le! are distri*uted0 2or (had he spoken of) their Nngenerated! Selfgenerated! and @enerated(#)! their .ightgivers and Nnpaired (%)! their "ulers and Powers! their .ords and ;rchangles! their ;ngels and ecans! their &inisters and all the4ouses of their Spheres! and all the ?rders of each one of them0 2or had Jesus told his isciples the whole emanation of the ProBections of

the reasure! and their ?rders= nor of their (+) Saviours and their ?rders 0 0 0 0 0 3333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 (l) he triple powers are an aspect of the triple .ogos! and the #+ invisi*les arethe #1 (H > %) emanating "ays! with their three .ogoi0(#) ?r the 6ternal! un*orn powersO;Ba in Sanskrit, the Selfgenerated! the;nupapadaka (parentless)! the Selfe>istentOin Sanskrit! Swayam*hu= and thegenerated! including *oth the emanations from higher 6manations (+th plane)! andthose hyaniFhohans and evas who have *een men! i0e0! already gone through the

&anasic cycle0(%) [Nnpaired ones0] he -eternal celi*ates! the Lumaras= literally thosewithout a SyAygy! dou*le! pair! mate! or counterpart0 It is the 4ierarchy of the



Lumaras which incarnates in man as his 4igher 6go or &anas0(+) [heir saviours0] Sc0 of the 6manations or ProBections0 ?n pages 1G and1G1 the scale of the twelve Saviours is given0 he first seven preside over the

proBections or emanations of the seven 'oices! 'owels! or ;mens! and the last fiveover the five rees= they are all of the reasure of .ight0

[PS %] 0 0 0 0 0 nor the "egion of the Saviour of the wins! who is the Fhildof the Fhild (1)= nor in what "egions the three ;mens emanate= nor yet the"egion of the $ive rees and Seven ;mens! which are also the Seven'oices (#)! according to the manner of their emanation0 2or had Jesus told his isciples of what type are the $ive Supporters andthe "egion of their emanation= nor of the $ive Impressions and the $irstPrecept! in what type they are evolved (%) 0 0 0

333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 (1) he -Fhild of the Fhild is &anas! the child of Muddhi on a higher plane!and the lower &anas! the child of the higher! on an inferior semihuman plane0 he-twins are the dual &anas! in 6sotericism0(#) he -hree ;mens are, the upper triad in septenary man= the region of the-$ive rees is the earth and localities wherein the actual and past $ive "oot"aceshave developed= the -Seven ;mens and the -Seven 'oices are identical with the-Seven ;ums and the Seven &ystic 'oices! -the voice of the inner @od (vide he'oice of the Silence! pp0 G and 10< he -seven thunders spoken of in "evelation aretypical of the same mystery of spiritual Initiation0 ;gain! from a &acrocosmic aspectthe Seven ;mens are the seven rays of each of the -hree ;mens! making up the-wentyfour Invisi*les! and so on ad infinitum0(%) [he $irst precept! etc0] ;s many of these terms are to a certain e>tente>plained in the se:uel! it will *e unnecessary to go into an ela*orate dis:uisition of the hierarchies0 $or the *road outline students should compare the he Secretoctrine! I! #1%! +%/! and also Pt0 1 of the ransactions of the Mlavatsky .odge07

[PS +]0 0 0 0 0 herefore they thought that it was the 6nd of all 6nds and thesum of the Nniverse and the whole Pleroma (1)00 0 0 0 0 we have received all fullness [pleroma] and perfection0 0 0 0 0It was on the fifteenth day of the moon of the month o*e (#)! the day of the full moon! when the sun had risen in its going! that there came forthafter it a great flood of most *rilliant light (%) of immeasura*le *rightness 00 0 0 0

3333333333 < [See Jnaneshwari *y Sri Jnanadeva! pp0 1++/= ransl0 *y "0 L0 Mhagwat! &adras! Samata Mooks!1GHG0]7 [Fonsult them in 'olume of 40P0M0s Follected Dritings0]

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(1) [Pleroma0] See he Secret octrine! I! +9! +19! ++8= II! HG! /9! and IsisNnveiled I! %#0 $rom the esoteric point of view! the Pleroma in the @nostic schemecorresponds to a*solute space with its seven planes or degrees of Fonsciousness andthe rest0 See the passage on the -S6'62SLI226 66"2;.&?46"$;46" in he Secret octrine! I! G! and also Part I of the ransactions

of the Mlavatsky .odge0(#) o*e or e*eth0 $rom ec0 # to Jan0 180(%) he distinction *etween lu> and lumen! *oth meaning light! has *een preserved inthe 6nglish *y printing the word -light with a capital when it stands for lumen0

[PS 9] 0 0 0 0 0 hese things! then! were done on the fifteenth of the montho*e! the day of the full moon (1)0

33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 (1) his date proves that the a*ove is a description of the &ysteries all thegreater initiations *eing performed during full moon0[PS H] ;nd all the ;ngels and their ;rchangels and all the Powers of the 4eightsang hymns (1) 0 0 0 0 0

33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 (1) See the 'oice of the Silence! p0 9/! when the hymn of nature proclaims, -;&aster has arisen! a &;S6" ?$ 46 ;E= and also p0 H#0[PS 8] 0 0 0 0 0 ;nd the three degrees of the .ight were of various light and aspect!

e>celling one another in infinite manner (1) 0 0 0 0 0 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 (1) ?n page H1 ['oice] the three "o*es or 'estures are descri*ed0 In Muddhismthe three Muddhic *odies or forms are styled, O 2irmanakaya! Sam*hogakaya! andharmakaya! as the 'oice of the Silence informs us in the @lossary (p0 G9)! which seefor a full description0

[PS G] -0 0 0 0 0 to speak with you from the Meginning [;rchK] to theFompletion [Pleroma] 0 0 0 0

[PS 11] -0 0 0 0 0 0 after I came forth into the Dorld I *rought with me twelvePowers! as I told you from the *eginning0 I took them from the welveSaviours of the reasure of .ight according to the command of the $irst&ystery0 hese! therefore! when I came into the world! I cast into thewom* of your mothers! which are in your *ody (1) today 0 0 0 0$or all men who are in the Dorld! have taken their Soul from the "ulers of the ;eons (#)0 Mut the Power which is in you! is from me0 ?f a truth your

soul pertains to the 4eight (%)0 33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333



(1) 2ote that -wom* and -*ody are in the singular0(#) he four lower human Principles! we are taught in the 6soteric Philosophy!i0e0! Mody! ou*le! .ife and Instinct (animal soul! or Lama! the passionate Principle)!are derived *y men from the Planetary 4ierarchies and the "ulers of the lower terrestrial spheresOthe rupa planes0

Fompare the slokas of -Ayan in he Secret octrine! 'ol0 II! p0 1H0-4ow are the &anushyas *ornQ he &anus with minds! how are they madeQhe $athers called to their help their own fire= which is the fire that *urns in 6arth0he Spirit of the 6arth called to his help the Solar $ire0 hese three produced in their

Boint effects a good "upa0 It could stand! walk! run! recline! or fly0 Eet it was still *uta Fhhaya! a shadow with no sense0 0 0 0 0 0 -he Mreath needed a form= the $athersgave it0 he Mreath needed a gross *ody= the 6arth moulded it0 he Mreath needed theSpirit of .ife= the Solar .has *reathed it into its form0 he Mreath needed a &irror of its Mody= KDe gave it our own! said the hyanis0 he Mreath needed a 'ehicle of

esires= KIt has it! said the rainer of Daters0 Mut Mreath needs a mind to em*racethe Nniverse= KDe cannot give that! said the $athers0 KI never had it! said the Spiritof the 6arth0 Khe form would *e consumed were I to give it mine! said the @reat$ire 0 0 0 0 0(%) [he 4eight0] he arupa or formless planes! which shows that -Jesus is thetype of the &ahatmic prototype! the 4igher &anas0

[PS 1#] -0 0 0 0 0 nor did the "ulers of the ;eons know me! *ut thought that Iwas the angel @a*riel (1)0

-It came to pass! when I had come into the midst of the "ulers of the;eons! having looked from a*ove into the Dorld of men! I found6liAa*eth! mother of John the Maptist! *efore she had conceived him0 I planted the Power in her! which I had received from the .ittle I;?! the@ood! who is in the &idst (#)! that he should preach *efore me! and prepare my way! and *aptiAe with water the remission of sins0his Power then is (%) in the *ody of John0 &oreover! in the place of theSoul of the "ulers! appointed to receive it! I found the Soul of the prophet

6lias in the ;eons of the Sphere (+) 0 0 0 0 0So the Power of the .ittle I;?(/)! the @ood! who is in the &idst! and the Soul of the prophet 6lias! are *ound together in the *ody of John the Maptist0

33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 (1) [@a*riel0] See Isis Nnveiled! II! p0 #+H0(#) [&idst0] hat is to say! that the Power planted (or sowed) is the reflection of the 4igher 6go! or the lower Lama&anas0(%) [Is in the *ody of John0] 2otice the tense! the orthodo> John *eing dead

years *efore0(+) [;eons of the sphere0] It is curious to remark the interchangea*ility of terms=at the end of page 1# we have the "ulers of the Sphere and the "ulers of the ;eons!



and now we have the ;eons of the Sphere and a little *elow the Sphere of the "ulers0hey are all intentional *linds0(/)[he little I;?] ?n page 1G+ we read of -the great .eader of the &idstwhom the "ulers of the ;eons call the @reat I;?! according to the name of the great"uler which is in their "egion! 0 0 0 0 0 and the twelve Servants (eacons)! where*y ye

received $orm and Strength0 -;s a*ove so *elow= this apparent dualism is :uite inkeeping with all esoteric systems0 O-aemon est eus inversus0[Fommenting upon what 4ippolytus! Mishop of ?stia (Portus)! says< a*out'alentinian teachings comparing them with the system of Pythagoras and Plato!40P0M0 writes,]

3333333333 < "efutation of ;ll 4eresies! more generally known as the Philosophumena! Mook 'I! chapters>>v>>>i[;nte2icene $athers! 'ol0 '! pp0 8/! 8G! rpr0 of Dm0 6erdmans! @rand "apids! 1GH/0]

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?ur author was right in comparing the 'alentinian system with those of Pythagoras and Plato! and in declaring that it had a mathematical *asis0 he @nosis atall times and in all countries has *een *ased on natural laws! and the different

*ranches of mathematical science are simply the methods of e>pressing these laws0o vindicate these su*lime systems of anti:uity! and to prove that they were *ased onsomething more than -superstitious imagination! some figures will now *e given!and some hints as to their e>planation attempted0 It must! however! *e remem*eredthat as such figures are infinite! and that the permutations and com*ination of their

properties! correspondences and :ualities are e:ually infinite! no more than theroughest possi*le outline can *e given in a short paper0 ;s however! in the se:uel!reference will often *e made to these figures! it is necessary for the reader to *e putinto possession of their general scheme at the *eginning of our undertaking0 It ishoped that *y these figures students will *e given the clearest possi*le proof that! asPlato said! -the eity geometriAes0



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$irst the T (Point)! the &onad! Mythus (the eep)! the unknown andunknowa*le $ather0 hen the (riangle)! Mythus and the first emanated pair or uad! 2ous (&ind) and its syAygy ;letheia (ruth)0 hen the(S:uare)! the dual uadetraktys or Uuaternary! two males VV! the .ogos (Dord) and ;nthrWpos(&an)! two females! their syAygies! XX 5We (.ife) and 6kklesia (theFhurch or ;ssem*ly)! Seven in all0 he riangle! the Potentiality of Spirit=

the S:uare! the Potentiality of matter= the 'ertical Straight .ine! thePotency of Spirit! and the 4oriAontal! the Potency of matter0 2e>t comes the Pentagram ! the Pentad! the mysterious sym*ol of the &Ynasaputras or Sons of Disdom! which together with their syAygiesmake 1! or the ecad= and last of all! the 4e>alpha or interlaced rianglesE the 4e>ad ! which with their syAygies make 1#! or the odecad0 Suchare the contents of the PlerWma or Fompletion! the Ideas in the ivine&ind! #8 in all for Mythus or the $ather is not reckoned! as it is the "oot of

all0 he two small circles within the PlerWma are the syAygy FhristosPneuma (Fhrist and the 4oly Spirit)= these are afteremanations! and assuch! from one aspect! typify the descent of Spirit to inform and evolve&atter! which essentially proceeds from the same source= and fromanother! the descent or incarnation of the LumYras or the 4igher 6gos of 4umanity0

he Fircle of the Pleroma is *ounded *y a circumference emanated from

Mythus (the Point)! this is called the 4orus (Moundary)! Staurus (Stock!Stake! or Fross) and &etaecheus [Z\^_ ] (Participator)= it shuts off thePleroma (or Fompletion) from the 4ysterema (the Inferiority or Incompletion)! the larger from the smaller Fircle! the Nnmanifested fromthe &anifested0 Dithin the Fircle of the 4ysterema is the S:uare of primordial &atter! or Fhaos! emanated *y Sophia! called the 6ktroma (or ;*ortion)0 ;*ove this is a riangle! primordial Spirit! called the Fommon$ruit of the Pleroma! or Jesus! for to all *elow the Pleroma it appears as aunity0 2otice how theriangle and S:uare of the 4ysterema are the reflection of the riangle andS:uare of the Pleroma0 $inally the plane of the paper! inclosing and



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