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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
Enlightenment 1:46-48, 54-60
46 And seeing that Shaemdiel had turned again unto the worlds of Kolob, Yaldabaoth brooded darkly within himself, saying:
47 “The seed of dimness have I cast across the Chasm, the shadow of my power have I sent forth unto the greater Light, that I might distress the kingdom of God.”
48 Now Yaldabaoth moved out away from the kingdoms and glories of Heaven, and flung the restless presence forever and anon across the face of the Deep; and piercing the boundaries of space and time, he discovered the worlds of the First Creation....
54 And discerning for himself a world of perfect beauty, Yaldabaoth moved over the face of the waters, and he saw that it was good and filled with a multitude of life.
55 And he exclaimed within himself, saying: “I have discovered for myself the world of the First Power; now shall I make as nothing the designs of God, that I might take to myself the greatest power of all.”
56 Now Yaldabaoth brought out of the darkness Jehovah-Yahweh, and set him to rule the earth, saying:
57 “Go you down unto the earth and make subject unto yourself the seed of God and subdue it altogether, that you may have dominion and power over all living things.”
58 So Jehovah-Yahweh took hold over all the earth, saying: “I alone am god, and beside me there is no other.”
59 And the land trembled greatly and the waters heaved all about in great distress, and the mountains fell into valleys, and the low places did cast themselves up into a heap, and the winds blew fiercely all around.
60 And storm and tempest raged against all the living, and the earth in sorrow groaned for deliverance; for in the day that Jehovah-Yahweh ruled did flesh begin to consume flesh, and all peace did flee far away.
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
