Selections from “Pistis Sophia” – Chapters 33 to 37, Part 2 of 2

CHAPTER 35 The second repentance of Sophia. “Light of lights, in whom I have had faith, leave me not in the darkness until the end of my time. Help me and save me through Thy mysteries; incline Thine ear unto me and save me. May the power of Thy light save me and carry me to the higher æons; for Thou will save me and lead me into the height of Thy æons. Save me, O Light, from the hand of this lion-faced power and from the hands of the emanations of God Self-willed. For it is Thou, O Light, in Whose Light I have had faith and in Whose Light I have trusted from the beginning. And I have had faith in it from the time when it emanated me, and Thou Thyself did make me to emanate; and I have had faith in Thy light from the beginning. And when I had faith in Thee, the rulers of the æons mocked at me, saying: She has ceased in her mystery. Thou are my savior and Thou are my deliverer and Thou are my mystery, O Light. My mouth was filled with glorifying, that I may tell of the mystery of Thy grandeur at all times. Now, therefore, O Light, leave me not in the chaos for the completion of my whole time; forsake me not, O Light. For all the emanations of Self-willed have taken from me my whole light-power and have surrounded me. They desired to take away my whole light from me utterly and have set a watch on my power, Saying one to another together: The Light has forsaken her, let us seize her and take away the whole light in her. Therefore then, O Light, cease not from me; turn Thee, O Light, and save me from the hands of the merciless.”

CHAPTER 37 Jesus promises to perfect the disciples in all things. “I will give to you all the mysteries of all the regions of my Father and of all the regions of the First Mystery, so that he whom ye shall admit on Earth, shall be admitted into the Light of the height; and he whom ye shall expel on Earth, shall be expelled from the kingdom of my Father in the Heaven.”

The third repentance of Sophia. “O Light of powers, give heed and save me. May rather all those who seek the Light, rejoice and exult, and they who desire Thy mystery, say ever: May the mystery be exalted. Save me then now, O Light, for I lacked my light, which they have taken away, and I needed my power, which they have taken from me. Thou then, O Light, Thou are my savior, and Thou are my deliverer, O Light. Save me quickly out of this chaos.”