A Gnostic Glossary
Aeons: inhabitants of the Pleroma
Archons: evil rulers of this world
Alien: 1) the unknown high God; 2) the gnostic; 3) that which does not belong here
Awakening: effect of gnostic call
Beyond, the Other World: The Pleroma
Dwelling or House: 1) this world; 2) the body
Egypt: The material world
Fall, sinking, capture: 1) pre-cosmic fall of divine principle; 2) the gnostic fate without gnosis
Forlornness, dread, homesickness: gnostic longing for realm of Light
Gnosis: (saving) knowledge
Heavenly garment: pneumatic self
Hyle: Matter (irredeemably evil)
Impure garment: body
Numbness, sleep, or intoxication: ignorant state in this world
Pleroma: "fullness". The realm of Light; the gnostic heaven
Pneumatic: the spiritual elect; the divine spark
Race of Seth: Gnostic elect
Sophia: 1)Last aeon in the pleroma; 2) the Mother or female divine principle
Psychic: people of mixed hylic/pneumatic nature
Sea or Water: World of darkness into which the divine has sunk; forces of chaos
Serpent: 1) bringer of wisdom or 2) forces of chaos, evil principle: "The outer darkness is a huge serpent whose tail is in its mouth