Aeon (Gnosticism)

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In many Gnostic belief systems, there exist various emanations of God, who is known by such names as One, Monad, Aion teleos (αἰών τέλεος 'The Broadest Aeon'), Bythos (βυθός, 'depth' or 'profundity'), Arkhe (ἀρχή, 'the beginning'). In Gnosticism these emanations of God are named as Proarkhe (προαρχή, 'before the beginning') and as Aeons (which are also often named and may be paired or grouped). In different systems these emanations are differently named, classified, and described, but emanation itself is common to all forms of Gnosticism. In Basilidian Gnosticism they are called sonships (υἱότητες huiotetes; sing.: υἱότης huiotes). According to Marcus, they are numbers and sounds; in Valentinianism they form male/female pairs called syzygies (συζυγίαι, from σύζυγοι syzygoi: lit. 'yokings together'). This source of all being is an Aeon, in which an inner being dwells, known as Ennoea (ἔννοια, 'thought, intent'), Charis (χάρις, 'grace') or Sige (σιγή, "silence"). The split perfect being...

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