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The book of Enlightenment introduces the Demiurge, Yaldabaoth and Jehovah-Yahweh, and reveals details concerning the rebellion of Shaemdiel (Lucifer). Other significant themes include the first war in Heaven, the mystery of The One, and the world of the First Power.
# of chapters: 14
Who then shall I send unto the world of the First Power
to set forth the whole of my design,
to make way for the coming of the soul of man,
and to increase forever the glory of Heaven?
Enlightenment 5:46
Enlightenment 1:1-8
1 These are the things I dreamed in a dream, and saw in a vision clearly; for as I slept I beheld, by the power of God, the beginning of sorrow and the coming forth of affliction unto the children of men.
2 For I beheld the great Abyss from whose depths the matter of all created things are made to spring up, having neither shape nor form.
3 And that which was of the Abyss, being ever dark and brooding, took thought in itself, saying: “Surely I will draw from my own depths one to rule the darkness.”
4 Thus did there leap forth out of the Depth, Yaldabaoth who would stand forever above all the Demiurge, being called the Chief Demiurgos.
5 And knowing not the power which brought him forth, he beheld, as though alone, the great Depth and the Abyss, and seeing the unformed matter springing up out of the Deep, he boasted within himself, saying:
6 “Behold, how great and mighty I am become, for what power can stay my hand seeing that I am the destroyer and shatterer of worlds?”
7 So spoke Yaldabaoth as he beheld the great darkness of the Abyss, and gazing into the eternal Depth of things unknown, he beheld the shadow of his own likeness; and taking thought within, he caused to leap from out of his bosom an image like unto himself.
8 And he spoke unto the Deep, saying: “I have brought out of my soul a son like unto me, his name shall I call Jehovah-Yahweh.” Which in the language of the Demiurge means: Great Pretender and Blasphemer.
