{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_VAL_THELETOS", "Theletos", null, "Valentinian", "Aeon / Divine Will", "Aeon", "divine will; Dodecad; Sophia pair; cosmological crisis; fall of Sophia; Pleroma limit", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Theletos (\"Will\" or \"Desired One\") is the second-to-last of the thirty Valentinian aeons, paired with Sophia as the final male-female syzygy of the Dodecad (Irenaeus AH I.1.1-3; I.2.5). He is theologically pivotal: Sophia's fall occurs specifically because she desires to comprehend the Father without her consort Theletos \u2014 her passion/desire (enthymesis) erupts as a desire to \"know\" the Father directly, bypassing the proper mediation of her syzygy partner. Without Theletos, Sophia's unbounded desire cannot be contained, and it overflows the Pleroma boundary, generating the crisis that eventually produces Achamoth (Lower Sophia) and the material world. Theletos thus represents the principle of divine Will as the proper partner of Wisdom \u2014 the absence of Theletos from Sophia's creative act is precisely what makes her creation defective and material rather than spiritual. In later Valentinian theology (as preserved in the Gospel of Philip, NHC II,3), the relationship of Theletos and Sophia informs the discussion of proper spiritual pairing (the \"bridal chamber\" motif). Irenaeus AH I.1.1-3; Layton (1987) pp. 289-302.", "aeon"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_VAL_THELETOS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.7534209998993902, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}