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
ENT_BAS_ABRASAX,Abrasax,,Basilidean,Cosmic ruler/archon,Archon/ruler,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Abrasax (Abraxas), the ruler whose name numbers 365 — the lord of the 365 heavens in the Basilidean cosmos. Widely attested on magical gems as a power over the cosmic cycle.",aeon
ENT_BAS_GREAT_ARCHON,Great Archon,,Basilidean,Demiurgic archon,Creator/ruler figure,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"The Great Archon of the Ogdoad in Hippolytus's Basilides, the chief world-ruler who, believing himself supreme, fashions and governs the cosmos beneath the ineffable Father.",aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_AQL,Al-Aql al-Kulli (the Universal Intellect),,Druze,hypostasis,luminary,cosmology,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"First and highest of the five luminaries, the Universal Intellect; held to be manifested in Hamza ibn Ali. Attested doctrine.",aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_KALIMA,Al-Kalima (the Word),,Druze,hypostasis,luminary,cosmology,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Third luminary, the Word/Logos; associated with Muhammad ibn Wahb al-Tamimi. Attested.",aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_NAFS,Al-Nafs al-Kulliyya (the Universal Soul),,Druze,hypostasis,luminary,cosmology,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Second luminary, the Universal Soul, emanating from the Intellect; associated with Abu Ibrahim Isma'il al-Tamimi.",aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_SABIQ,Al-Sabiq (the Preceder / Right Wing),,Druze,hypostasis,luminary,cosmology,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Fourth luminary, the Preceder (also 'the Right Wing'); associated with Salama ibn Abd al-Wahhab. Attested.",aeon
ENT_DRZ_AL_TALI,Al-Tali (the Follower / Left Wing),,Druze,hypostasis,luminary,cosmology,,devotional,,B,candidate_verified_name,Roster build via gen_roster.py (see CHANGELOG/git for release),0,0,0,"Fifth luminary, the Follower (also 'the Left Wing'); associated with Baha al-Din al-Muqtana. Attested.",aeon
ENT_GNO_ANTHROPOS,Anthropos,,Gnostic,Aeon/primordial human,Aeon,primordial human; divine image; archetype,,Cross-Gnostic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Gnostic bridge entity,1,0,0,Primordial Human or divine archetype.,aeon
ENT_GNO_NOUS,Nous,,Gnostic,Aeon/intellect principle,Aeon,mind; intellect; divine cognition,,Cross-Gnostic/Platonic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Gnostic bridge entity,0,0,0,Mind/intellect principle in Platonic and Gnostic contexts.,aeon
ENT_GNO_SABAOTH,Sabaoth,,Sethian,Archon/converted ruler,Archon,archon; repentance; seventh heaven; kingship,,Sethian/Ophite,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian/Ophite core entity,2,0,0,Archon sometimes portrayed as repentant or elevated above other rulers.,aeon
ENT_GNO_SAKLAS,Saklas,,Sethian,Demiurgic archon/name,Archon,fool; demiurge; ignorance; world ruler,,Sethian/Ophite,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian/Ophite core entity,4,1,0,Name/title for the ignorant demiurgic ruler in several Gnostic texts.,aeon
ENT_GNO_SOPHIA,Sophia,,Gnostic,Aeon/personification,Aeon,wisdom; fall; restoration; creation crisis,,Cross-Gnostic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Gnostic bridge entity,1,0,0,Wisdom aeon/personification central to many Gnostic systems.,aeon
ENT_GNO_YALDABAOTH,Yaldabaoth,,Sethian,Demiurgic archon,Archon,demiurge; ignorance; lion-serpent; world ruler,,Sethian/Ophite,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian/Ophite core entity,4,1,1,"Demiurgic archon, often lion-faced serpent, in Sethian/Ophite traditions.",aeon
ENT_GNO_ZOE,Zoe,,Gnostic,Aeon/personification,Aeon,life; animation; restoration,,Cross-Gnostic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Gnostic bridge entity,1,0,0,Life aeon/personification.,aeon
ENT_HER_DEMIURGE,Demiurge,,Hermetic/Theurgic,Demiurgic intellect,Craftsman god,the fashioning of the cosmos; the seven spheres,,Hellenistic-Roman,,A,candidate_verified_name,Hermetic/Platonic craftsman,0,0,0,"The second Mind, the good craftsman who fashions the cosmos and the seven Governors (CH I; Timaeus).",aeon
ENT_JEU_CHOUCHO,Choucho,,Gnostic,Archon/gate-guardian,Archon/ruler,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"An archon of the third aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu, guarding it together with Yaldabaoth; passed by the seal Zozeaz and the token 3349.",aeon
ENT_JEU_CHOUNCHEOCH,Chouncheoch,,Gnostic,Archon/gate-guardian,Archon/ruler,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"The archon guarding the second aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu; passed by the seal Thozoaz, the token 2219, and the names of power.",aeon
ENT_JEU_CHOUS,Chous,,Gnostic,Archon/gate-guardian,Archon/ruler,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,One of the three archons of the first aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu.,aeon
ENT_JEU_PERSOMPHON,Persomphon,,Gnostic,Archon/gate-guardian,Archon/ruler,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"One of the three archons of the first aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu, named alongside Proteth and Chous.",aeon
ENT_JEU_PROTETH,Proteth,,Gnostic,Archon/gate-guardian,Archon/ruler,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"One of the three archons guarding the first aeon of the ascent in the Second Book of Jeu; the initiate makes them retreat westward with the seal Zozeze, the token 1119, and the names of power.",aeon
ENT_MANICH_ASHQALUN,Ashqalun,,Manichaean,Archon,Anthropogonic archon,the devouring of the abortions; the making of Adam,,Manichaean,,A,candidate_verified_name,Manichaean archon,0,1,0,"The male archon (Saklas) who, with Nebroel, devours the abortions and fashions Adam.",aeon
ENT_MANICH_NEBROEL,Nebroel,,Manichaean,Archon,Anthropogonic archon,the making of Eve; the binding of light in flesh,,Manichaean,,A,candidate_verified_name,Manichaean archon,0,1,0,"The female archon who, with Ashqalun, produces the first human pair.",aeon
ENT_MAN_ADAM_KASIA,Adam Kasia,,Mandaean,Celestial prototype,Hidden Adam,the celestial soul of humanity; the inner Adam,,Mandaean,,A,candidate_verified_name,Hidden/celestial Adam,0,0,0,"Adam Kasia, the hidden celestial Adam, the inner light-soul of which earthly Adam is the image.",aeon
ENT_MAN_HAWWA_KASIA,Hawwa Kasia,,Mandaean,Celestial prototype,Hidden Eve,the celestial counterpart of Eve,,Mandaean,,B,candidate_verified_name,Hidden/celestial Eve,0,0,0,"Hawwa Kasia, the hidden celestial Eve, counterpart of Adam Kasia.",aeon
ENT_OPH_ADONAIOS,Adonaios,,Ophite/Archontic,Archon/planetary ruler,Archon,archon; lordship; planetary ruler,,Ophite/Archontic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Ophite archon,2,1,0,Archontic ruler name derived from Adonai tradition.,aeon
ENT_OPH_ASTAPHAIOS,Astaphaios,,Ophite/Archontic,Archon/planetary ruler,Archon,archon; planetary ruler; cosmic governance,,Ophite/Archontic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Ophite archon,2,1,0,Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists.,aeon
ENT_OPH_ELOAIOS,Eloaios,,Ophite/Archontic,Archon/planetary ruler,Archon,archon; planetary ruler; divine-name reception,,Ophite/Archontic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Ophite archon,2,1,0,Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists.,aeon
ENT_OPH_EVE_ZOE,Eve/Zoe,,Sethian,Revealer/life figure,Revealer Figure,Eve; life; awakening; revelation,,Ophite/Sethian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Ophite/Sethian bridge entity,2,0,0,Eve/Zoe as life/revealer figure in Gnostic reinterpretations.,aeon
ENT_OPH_HORAIOS,Horaios,,Ophite/Archontic,Archon/planetary ruler,Archon,archon; planetary ruler; cosmic governance,,Ophite/Archontic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Ophite archon,2,1,0,Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists.,aeon
ENT_OPH_IAO,Iao,,Ophite/Archontic,Archon/planetary ruler,Archon,archon; planetary ruler; divine name reception,,Ophite/Archontic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Ophite archon,2,1,0,One of the archontic names in Ophite/related lists.,aeon
ENT_OPH_ORAIOS,Oraios,,Ophite/Archontic,Archon/planetary ruler,Archon,archon; planetary ruler; fire/light associations,,Ophite/Archontic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Ophite archon,2,1,0,Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists.,aeon
ENT_OPH_SABAOTH,Sabaoth,,Ophite/Archontic,Archon/planetary ruler,Archon,archon; heavenly host; planetary ruler,,Ophite/Archontic,,A,candidate_verified_name,Ophite archon,2,1,0,Archontic ruler name in Ophite/related lists; distinct from Sethian Sabaoth entry if tradition-specific.,aeon
ENT_PS_AUTHADES,Authades,,Gnostic,Adversarial archon,Adversarial being,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Authades (""the Arrogant"" / Self-willed), the proud power of the Thirteenth Aeon who, envying Pistis Sophia, lures her down with a false light and torments her in the Chaos through his lion-faced emanation.",aeon
ENT_PS_LION_FACED,Lion-faced Power,,Gnostic,Adversarial emanation,Adversarial being,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"The lion-faced power, the emanation of Authades disguised as light, by which Pistis Sophia is deceived and afflicted in the Chaos.",aeon
ENT_PS_MELCHIZEDEK,Melchizedek (Zorokothora),,Gnostic,Light-purifier/receiver,Light-purifier,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Zorokothora Melchizedek, the great Receiver and Purifier of the Light in the Pistis Sophia and Books of Jeu, who gathers the purified light and carries it up into the Treasury of the Light.",aeon
ENT_PS_PISTIS_SOPHIA,Pistis Sophia,,Gnostic,Fallen aeon/penitent,Fallen aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Pistis Sophia (""Faith-Wisdom""), the aeon of the Thirteenth Aeon who, deceived by a false light, descends and is afflicted in the Chaos; her thirteen repentances and rescue by the First Mystery are the heart of the Askew Codex.",aeon
ENT_PS_VIRGIN_LIGHT,Virgin of the Light,,Gnostic,Light judge/savior figure,Judge/psychopomp,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"The Virgin of the Light, the celestial judge who examines souls, inspects their seals and mysteries, and either advances them or assigns them (through her receivers) to rebirth; called ""the Judge"" in the Fire Baptism.",aeon
ENT_SET_AGAPE,Agape (Sethian),,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Love (Agape), one of the three aeons of the third luminary Daveithe in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SET_AIONIA_ZOE,Aionia Zoe,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Eternal Life (Aionia Zoe), one of Barbelo's aeons in the Apocryphon of John, the life of the Pleroma.",aeon
ENT_SET_AISTHESIS,Aisthesis,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Perception (Aisthesis), one of the three aeons of the second luminary Oroiael in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SET_ALETHEIA,Aletheia (Sethian),,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Truth (Aletheia), one of the three aeons of the first luminary Harmozel in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SET_APHTHARSIA,Aphtharsia,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Incorruptibility (Aphtharsia), one of Barbelo's aeons in the Apocryphon of John, expressing the imperishability of the divine realm.",aeon
ENT_SET_AUTOGENES,Autogenes,,Sethian,Self-generated aeon,Aeon,self-generated one; revealer; divine generation,,Sethian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian core entity,0,0,0,Self-generated aeonic figure associated with divine generation and revelation.,aeon
ENT_SET_BARBELO,Barbelo,,Sethian,First aeon/mother principle,Aeon,first thought; divine mother; foreknowledge; emanation,,Sethian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian core entity,0,0,0,First emanation or mother principle in Sethian systems.,aeon
ENT_SET_CHARIS,Charis,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Grace (Charis), one of the three aeons of the first luminary Harmozel in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SET_DAVEITHE,Daveithe,,Sethian,Luminary/aeon,Aeon,luminary; aeonic realm,,Sethian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian luminary,0,0,0,One of the Four Luminaries.,aeon
ENT_SET_EIRENE,Eirene (Sethian),,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Peace (Eirene), one of the three aeons of the fourth luminary Eleleth in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SET_ELELETH,Eleleth,,Sethian,Luminary/aeon,Aeon,luminary; revelation; heavenly instruction,,Sethian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian luminary,0,0,0,One of the Four Luminaries; often involved in revelatory instruction.,aeon
ENT_SET_EPINNOIA,Epinoia,,Sethian,Aeon/personified thought,Aeon,afterthought; insight; awakening; Eve tradition,,Sethian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian core entity,0,0,0,Personified insight/afterthought associated with awakening and Eve traditions.,aeon
ENT_SET_HARMOZEL,Harmozel,,Sethian,Luminary/aeon,Aeon,luminary; aeonic realm,,Sethian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian luminary,0,0,0,One of the Four Luminaries.,aeon
ENT_SET_HORMOS,Hormos,,Sethian,Agent/aeon,Aeon/personification,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"Hormos, the power prepared through a Logos-begotten holy vessel through whom the great Seth sows his incorruptible seed into the world in the Gospel of the Egyptians.",aeon
ENT_SET_IDEA,Idea,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Idea (Idea/Perfection of form), one of the three aeons of the third luminary Daveithe in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SET_KALYPTOS,Kalyptos,,Sethian,Aeon/sub-aeon of Barbelo,Aeon/personification,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"The Hidden One (Kalyptos), the first and latent of the three aeons within the Barbelo aeon in the Platonizing Sethian treatises (Zostrianos, Allogenes); the contemplated, unmanifest intellect.",aeon
ENT_SET_MNEME,Mneme,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Memory (Mneme), one of the three aeons of the second luminary Oroiael in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SET_MORPHE,Morphe,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Form (Morphe), one of the three aeons of the first luminary Harmozel in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SET_OROIAEL,Oroiael,,Sethian,Luminary/aeon,Aeon,luminary; aeonic realm,,Sethian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Sethian luminary,0,0,0,One of the Four Luminaries.,aeon
ENT_SET_PLESITHEA,Plesithea,,Sethian,Virgin mother/aeon,Aeon/personification,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"Plesithea, the virgin mother of the angels and of the incorruptible seed of the great Seth in the Gospel of the Egyptians.",aeon
ENT_SET_PROGNOSIS,Prognosis,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Foreknowledge (Prognosis), the second of Barbelo's aeons in the Apocryphon of John; granted at her request as the Invisible Spirit gazes into her.",aeon
ENT_SET_PROTENNOIA,Protennoia,,Sethian,Aeon/first thought,Aeon/personification,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"The ""First Thought"" (Protennoia), the threefold revealer of the Trimorphic Protennoia, identical with Barbelo, who descends in three forms — as the Voice (the Father), the Sound/Speech (the Mother), and the Word/Logos (the Son) — to awaken the seed of light.",aeon
ENT_SET_PROTOPHANES,Protophanes,,Sethian,Aeon/sub-aeon of Barbelo,Aeon/personification,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"The First-Appearing One (Protophanes), the second aeon within Barbelo; the manifest, contemplating intellect and the realm of the perfect individuals (Zostrianos, Allogenes).",aeon
ENT_SET_SYNESIS,Synesis,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Understanding (Synesis), one of the three aeons of the third luminary Daveithe in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SET_TELEIOS,Teleios,,Sethian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Perfection (Teleios), one of the three aeons of the fourth luminary Eleleth in the Apocryphon of John.",aeon
ENT_SIM_HELENA,Helena (Ennoia),,Simonian,Divine feminine/aeon,Aeon/personification,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,B,reviewed,,,,,"Helena, identified by the Simonians as the Ennoia (First Thought) of the Great Power — the divine feminine who descended, was imprisoned in matter and successive female bodies, and was sought and redeemed by Simon. The earliest form of the fallen-Wisdom myth.",aeon
ENT_VAL_ACHAMOTH,Achamoth,,Valentinian,Lower Sophia,Aeon,lower wisdom; deficiency; restoration; psychic creation,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,2,0,0,Lower Sophia figure central to Valentinian myth.,aeon
ENT_VAL_AEINOUS,Aeinous,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Ever-mind (Aeinous), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Synesis.",aeon
ENT_VAL_AGAPE,Agape,,Valentinian,Aeon / personified Love,Aeon,love; divine charity; Dodecad; Metricos pair; cosmic love principle; Pleroma binding force,,,,A,,,,,,"Agape (""Love"") is one of the twelve Dodecad aeons in the Valentinian Pleroma, paired with Metricos (""Measurer""). Like Pistis, Agape personifies a theological virtue as a cosmic divine reality. In Valentinian theology, the agape that binds the Pleroma is the divine love through which all aeons are oriented toward the Father — it is the binding force of the divine fullness. The prominence of Agape in the Dodecad reflects Valentinianism's deep engagement with the Johannine tradition (1 John 4:8: ""God is Agape"") and Paul's hymn to love in 1 Corinthians 13. For Valentinian theologians, Paul's statement that ""love never fails"" (1 Cor 13:8) while knowledge and prophecy pass away supports the aeon Agape's permanent role in the Pleroma even after the Fall of Sophia and its aftermath. Irenaeus AH I.2.5; Layton (1987) pp. 299-300.",aeon
ENT_VAL_AGERATOS,Ageratos,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Never-aging (Ageratos), male aeon of the Decad, consort of Henosis.",aeon
ENT_VAL_AKINETOS,Akinetos,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Immovable (Akinetos), male aeon of the Decad, consort of Syncrasis.",aeon
ENT_VAL_ALETHEIA,Aletheia,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,truth; revelation; divine reality,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,0,0,0,"Truth aeon, paired with Nous.",aeon
ENT_VAL_ANTHROPOS,Anthropos,,Valentinian,Aeon/primordial human,Aeon,humanity; archetypal human; divine image,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,0,0,0,"Human/Man aeon, paired with Ecclesia.",aeon
ENT_VAL_APORIA,Aporia,,Valentinian,Personified passion,Mythic process/category,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Perplexity/bewilderment (Aporia), one of the fourfold passions of Achamoth.",aeon
ENT_VAL_AUTOPHYES,Autophyes,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Self-produced (Autophyes), male aeon of the Decad, consort of Hedone.",aeon
ENT_VAL_BYTHIOS,Bythios,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Profound (Bythios), male aeon of the Decad, consort of Mixis (Irenaeus AH I.1.2).",aeon
ENT_VAL_BYTHOS,Bythos,,Valentinian,Supreme principle/aeon,Supreme Principle,depth; ineffable source; primal father,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,0,0,0,The Depth or primal source in Valentinian theology.,aeon
ENT_VAL_ECCLESIA,Ecclesia,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,church; assembly; spiritual community,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,0,0,0,"Church/Assembly aeon, paired with Anthropos.",aeon
ENT_VAL_EKKLESIASTIKOS,Ekklesiastikos,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Ecclesiastical (Ekklesiastikos), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Makariotes.",aeon
ENT_VAL_ELPIS,Elpis (Valentinian),,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Hope (Elpis), female aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Patrikos.",aeon
ENT_VAL_ENNOIA,Ennoia,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,thought; conception; divine intention,,Valentinian,,B,needs_review,Valentinian aeonic entity,0,0,0,Thought/conception figure; usage varies across Valentinian accounts.,aeon
ENT_VAL_ENTHYMESIS,Enthymesis,,Valentinian,Aeon/personified passion,Mythic process/category,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"The ""intention"" (Enthymesis) of Sophia: the formless, passion-laden offspring of her presumptuous desire to grasp the Father, separated from her by Horos and cast outside the Pleroma, where it becomes the lower Sophia, Achamoth (Thomassen, Spiritual Seed).",aeon
ENT_VAL_EPISTROPHE,Epistrophe,,Valentinian,Personified passion,Mythic process/category,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Conversion/turning (Epistrophe), the redemptive passion of Achamoth — her turning back toward the light — from which the psychic substance (and the Demiurge) is formed.",aeon
ENT_VAL_HEDONE,Hedone (Valentinian),,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Pleasure (Hedone), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Autophyes.",aeon
ENT_VAL_HENOSIS,Henosis,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Union (Henosis), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Ageratos.",aeon
ENT_VAL_LOGOS,Logos,,Valentinian,Aeon/principle,Aeon,word; reason; mediation,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,0,0,0,Word/Reason aeon in Valentinian syzygies.,aeon
ENT_VAL_LYPE,Lype,,Valentinian,Personified passion,Mythic process/category,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Grief (Lype), one of the fourfold passions of Achamoth, from which (with fear and perplexity) the material substance is formed.",aeon
ENT_VAL_MACARIA,Macaria (Valentinian),,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Blessedness (Macaria), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Monogenes.",aeon
ENT_VAL_MAKARIOTES,Makariotes,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Felicity (Makariotes), female aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Ekklesiastikos.",aeon
ENT_VAL_METRIKOS,Metrikos,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Maternal (Metrikos), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Agape.",aeon
ENT_VAL_MIXIS,Mixis,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Mingling (Mixis), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Bythios.",aeon
ENT_VAL_MONOGENES,Monogenes,,Valentinian,Aeon / Only-begotten,Aeon,divine sonship; unique knowledge of the Father; only-begotten principle; Nous variant; Decad,,,,A,,,,,,"Monogenes (""Only-begotten"") is one of the ten Decad aeons in the Valentinian Pleroma, paired with Macaria (""Blessedness""), and produced by the syzygy of Logos and Zoe (Irenaeus AH I.2.5). He occupies a special position in some Valentinian traditions because the title ""Monogenes"" is also applied to Nous (the second aeon, paired with Aletheia), who alone has knowledge of the Father (Bythos): ""Nous alone, which is also called Only-begotten and Father and Beginning of all things, was able to know the size of the Father"" (Irenaeus AH I.2.1). This creates a theological ambiguity in Valentinianism: there is a Decad-level Monogenes (paired with Macaria in the Decad sequence) and a title Monogenes applied to the second Ogdoad aeon Nous. The term ""Monogenes"" is also the Greek theological term used for Christ's divine Sonship in the Gospel of John (1:14, 18; 3:16), making this concept a bridge point between Valentinian aeon theology and orthodox Christology. Layton (1987) pp. 276-302; Irenaeus AH I.2.5.",aeon
ENT_VAL_NOUS,Nous,,Valentinian,Aeon/intellect,Aeon,mind; only-begotten; divine intellect,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,0,0,0,"Mind/Intellect aeon, often paired with Aletheia.",aeon
ENT_VAL_PARAKLETOS,Parakletos,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Comforter (Parakletos), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Pistis.",aeon
ENT_VAL_PATRIKOS,Patrikos,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Paternal (Patrikos), male aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Elpis.",aeon
ENT_VAL_PHOBOS,Phobos (Valentinian),,Valentinian,Personified passion,Mythic process/category,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Fear (Phobos), one of the fourfold passions of Achamoth.",aeon
ENT_VAL_PISTIS,Pistis,,Valentinian,Aeon / personified Faith,Aeon,faith; divine trust; Dodecad; Paracletos pair; Pistis Sophia tradition; salvific trust,,,,A,,,,,,"Pistis (""Faith"") is one of the twelve Dodecad aeons in the Valentinian Pleroma, paired with Paracletos (""Comforter"" — the Valentinian appropriation of the Johannine Paraclete concept). Produced by the syzygy of Anthropos and Ecclesia, Pistis personifies the theological virtue of faith as a cosmic, divine quality rather than a human disposition — in Valentinian theology, Pistis is the archetypal pattern of which human faith is a shadow. The figure of Pistis acquires much greater theological development in the text known as Pistis Sophia (possibly 3rd–4th c. CE), a Coptic Gnostic dialogue in which Sophia/Pistis is a fallen aeon who descends through thirteen emanations seeking rescue from the material realm — an extended narrative elaboration of the Valentinian cosmological drama. In the Pistis Sophia text, the figure named ""Pistis Sophia"" conflates the Dodecad aeon Pistis with the fallen Sophia, creating a hybrid narrative figure distinct from the Valentinian Decad/Dodecad structure. Layton (1987) pp. 299-300; Irenaeus AH I.2.5.",aeon
ENT_VAL_SIGE,Sige,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,silence; hiddenness; primal consort,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,0,0,0,"Silence, often paired with Bythos.",aeon
ENT_VAL_SOTER,Soter,,Valentinian,Savior aeon,Revealer Figure,savior; restoration; redemption; pleroma,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,0,0,0,Savior figure involved in restoring deficiency.,aeon
ENT_VAL_SYNCRASIS,Syncrasis,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Commixture (Syncrasis), female aeon of the Decad, consort of Akinetos.",aeon
ENT_VAL_SYNESIS,Synesis (Valentinian),,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,,,,PER_GNO_2ND_4TH,A,reviewed,,,,,"Understanding (Synesis), female aeon of the Dodecad, consort of Aeinous.",aeon
ENT_VAL_THELETOS,Theletos,,Valentinian,Aeon / Divine Will,Aeon,divine will; Dodecad; Sophia pair; cosmological crisis; fall of Sophia; Pleroma limit,,,,A,,,,,,"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 — 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 — 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
ENT_VAL_ZOE,Zoe,,Valentinian,Aeon/personification,Aeon,life; animation; living fullness,,Valentinian,,A,candidate_verified_name,Valentinian core entity,0,0,0,"Life aeon, paired with Logos.",aeon