In
Sethian Gnosticism, Autogenes (Meaning "Self-Born One" in
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
) is an
emanation Emanation may refer to:
*Emanation (chemistry), a dated name for the chemical element radon
*Emanation From Below, a concept in Slavic religion
*Emanation in the Eastern Orthodox Church, a belief found in Neoplatonism
* Emanation of the state, a leg ...
or son of
Barbelo
Barbēlō (Greek: Βαρβηλώ)Iren., Epiph., Philast., ''Pist. Soph''., Hier.; -ρώ Epiph. as an alternative, 92 A, and similarly the Epitome, p. 354 Dind.; -λ, Epit. ''l. c. bis;'' -λώθ Theodoret. refers to the first emanation of Go ...
(along with
Kalyptos and
Protophanes according to ''
Zostrianos
Zostrianos is a 3rd-century Sethian Gnostic text from the New Testament apocrypha. The main surviving copies come from the Nag Hammadi library, but it is heavily damaged.John D. Turner of the University of Nebraska writes concerning its date: "... ...
'').
Autogenes is mentioned in
Nag Hammadi texts such as ''
Zostrianos
Zostrianos is a 3rd-century Sethian Gnostic text from the New Testament apocrypha. The main surviving copies come from the Nag Hammadi library, but it is heavily damaged.John D. Turner of the University of Nebraska writes concerning its date: "... ...
'', ''The
Three Steles of Seth
The Three Steles of Seth is a 3rd-century Sethian Gnostic text from the New Testament apocrypha.
History
The main surviving copies come from the Nag Hammadi library, and were translated and explained by Paul Claude, member of the Nag Hammadi ...
'', ''
Allogenes the Stranger'', and ''
Marsanes
Marsanes is a Sethian Gnostic text from the New Testament apocrypha. The only surviving copy comes from the Nag Hammadi library, albeit with four pages missing, and several lines damaged beyond recovery, including the first ten of the fifth page. ...
''.
Autogenes in Gnosticism is roughly parallel to the
Platonic soul.
See also
*
Aeon (Gnosticism)
In many Gnostic systems, various emanations of God are known by such names as One, Monad, ''Aion teleos'' (αἰών τέλεος "The Broadest Aeon"), Bythos (, "depth" or "profundity"), ''Proarkhe'' ("before the beginning", ), ''Arkhe'' ("th ...
*
Plato's theory of soul
Plato's theory of soul, which was inspired by the teachings of Socrates, considered the psyche ( ψυχή) to be the essence of a person, being that which decides how people behave. Plato considered this essence to be an incorporeal, eternal ...
References
Gnostic deities
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