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Plotinus, Enneads, 6.7.36
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1. Plato, Republic, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

2. Plato, Symposium, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

210a. but I doubt if you could approach the rites and revelations to which these, for the properly instructed, are merely the avenue. However I will speak of them, she said, and will not stint my best endeavors; only you on your part must try your best to follow. He who would proceed rightly in this business must not merely begin from his youth to encounter beautiful bodies. In the first place, indeed, if his conductor guides him aright, he must be in love with one particular body, and engender beautiful converse therein;
3. Plato, Theaetetus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

176a. THEO. If, Socrates, you could persuade all men of the truth of what you say as you do me, there would be more peace and fewer evils among mankind. SOC. But it is impossible that evils should be done away with, Theodorus, for there must always be something opposed to the good; and they cannot have their place among the gods, but must inevitably hover about mortal nature and this earth. Therefore we ought to try to escape from earth to the dwelling of the gods as quickly as we can;
4. Plato, Timaeus, None (5th cent. BCE - 4th cent. BCE)

31b. Wherefore, in order that this Creature might resemble the all perfect Living Creature in respect of its uniqueness, for this reason its Maker made neither two Universes nor an infinite number, but there is and will continue to be this one generated Heaven, unique of its kind.
5. New Testament, John, 4.10-4.14 (1st cent. CE - 1st cent. CE)

4.10. Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water. 4.11. The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water? 4.12. Are you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his sons, and his cattle? 4.13. Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again 4.14. but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life.
6. Nag Hammadi, Allogenes, 60.37 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

7. Nag Hammadi, The Apocalypse of Adam, 85.22-85.31 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

8. Nag Hammadi, The Gospel of The Egyptians, 44.22-44.24, 66.11 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

9. Nag Hammadi, The Three Steles of Seth, 127.20 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

10. Nag Hammadi, Trimorphic Protennoia, 37.31, 48.11-48.35 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

11. Nag Hammadi, Zostrianos, 53.15-54.1 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

12. Plotinus, Enneads, 1.6, 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.7-5.5.9, 5.8.9-5.8.11, 6.7.21-6.7.23, 6.7.31, 6.7.33-6.7.35, 6.7.37, 6.9.7-6.9.11 (3rd cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)

13. Porphyry, On The Cave of The Nymphs, 6 (3rd cent. CE - 4th cent. CE)

6. This world, then, is sacred and pleasant to souls wno nave now proceeded into nature, and to natal daemons, though it is essentially dark and obscure; from which some have suspected that souls also are of an obscure nature and essentially consist of air. Hence a cavern, which is both pleasant and dark, will be appropriately consecrated to souls on the earth, conformably to its similitude to the world, in which, as in the greatest of all temples, souls reside. To the nymphs likewise, who preside over waters, a cavern, in which there are perpetually flowing streams, is adapted. Let, therefore, this present cavern be consecrated to souls, and among the more partial powers, to nymphs that preside over streams and fountains, and who, on this account, are called fontal and naiades. Waat, therefore, are the different symbols, some of which are adapted to souls, but others to the aquatic powers, in order that we may apprehend that this cavern is consecrated in common to |19 both? Let the stony bowls, then, and the amphorae be symbols of the aquatic nymphs. For these are, indeed, the symbols of Bacchus, but their composition is fictile, i.e., consists of baked earth, and these are friendly to the vine, the gift of God; since the fruit of the vine is brought to a proper maturity by the celestial fire of the sun. But the stony bowls and amphorae are in the most eminent degree adapted to the nymphs who preside over the water that flows from rocks. And to souls that descend into generation and are occupied in corporeal energies, what symbol can be more appropriate than those instruments pertaining to weaving? Hence, also, the poet ventures to say, "that on these, the nymphs weave purple webs, admirable to the view." For the formation of the flesh is on and about the bones, which in the bodies of animals resemble stones. Hence these instruments of weaving consist of stone, and not of any other matter. But the purple webs will evidently be the flesh which is woven from the blood. For purple woollen garments are tinged from blood. and wool is dyed from animal juice. The generation of flesh, also, is through and from blood. Add, too, that |20 the body is a garment with which the soul is invested, a thing wonderful to the sight, whether this refers to the composition of the soul, or contributes to the colligation of the soul (to the whole of a visible essence). Thus, also, Proserpine, who is the inspective guardian of everything produced from seed, is represented by Orpheus as weaving a web (note 7), and the heavens are called by the ancients a veil, in consequence of being,as it were, the vestment of the celestial Gods.
14. Epiphanius, Panarion, 40.7.6 (4th cent. CE - 5th cent. CE)



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aeons, of barbelo Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
alcinous (albinus) Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
anointing Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
ascent, cultic (sethian) Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
ascent literature, visionary/mystical Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322, 334
baptism, sethian Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
barbelo Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
barbeloite, modern definitions Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
beauty, beautiful Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322, 334
body, relation to soul Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
body Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
christ, see also jesus Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
clement of alexandria Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
cognition, plotinian Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322
contemplation Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322, 334
diotima Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322; Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
ennoia Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
erotic mysticism Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
five seals, see also baptism Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
gnostic, gnosticism Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322, 334
god Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
good, the Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322, 334
intellect, triad Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
intelligible, realm Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322
jesus, platonic Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
knowledge Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
life, the living being of timaeus' Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
marsanes/marsianos (person) Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
mysteries Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
mystical ascent/union/vision Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
ogdoad Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
one, the Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
one-being, platonic, plotinian Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
one-being, triple-powered Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
one-being, unknowable Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
password Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
pentad Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
plato Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
plotinus Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322, 334; Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
porphyry Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 334
salvation/soteriology Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
sensible, world Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
sethians, sethianism Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
sethians Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 334
socrates Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
soul, individual Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
soul, of the world Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
soul, relation to intellect Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
spirit, triple-powered Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
spiritual, baptism Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
stoic, stoicism Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 322
substance Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311
sun Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
triple-power, spirit Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322
unknown, unknowable Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311, 322
water, baptismal/ritual Rasimus, Paradise Reconsidered in Gnostic Mythmaking: Rethinking Sethianism in Light of the Ophite Evidence (2009) 257
withdrawal (contemplative) Corrigan and Rasimus, Gnosticism, Platonism and the Late Ancient World (2013) 311