The visual reference companion for the entire Library. Side-by-side cosmology maps for the Apocryphon of John, Valentinian systems, On the Origin of the World, and Pistis Sophia. Aeon genealogies with uncertainty markers, archon charts with source-specific variants, multiple-descent timelines, Genesis reversal diagrams, human composition maps, and manuscript transmission timelines.
Visual Sections
1.Cosmology Maps: Five Systems Compared
Side-by-side visual maps of the Apocryphon of John, the Valentinian Pleroma, On the Origin of the World, the Pistis Sophia cosmos, and the Ophite diagram — showing where they converge and where they genuinely differ.
2.Aeon Genealogies and Emanation Trees
Family trees of the divine aeons with uncertainty markers — solid lines for attested relationships, dashed for inferred, dotted for speculative.
3.The Archon Chart
Every named ruler with planetary associations, animal faces, body parts, passions, and functions — organized by source text, never forced into a single harmonized list.
4.The Multiple Descent Timeline
A visual timeline tracking First Thought, Sophia, Epinoia, Pronoia/Protennoia, the revealer, and the return — mapping who descends, in what form, and for what purpose in each source.
5.Genesis Reversal Diagrams
Visual diagrams showing how each Gnostic school reverses, reinterprets, or transforms the Genesis narrative — creation, fall, serpent, trees, flood, and tower.
6.Human Composition Maps
Body, soul, spirit, counterfeit spirit, seed, passions, faculties, and organs — as described by different texts. The human being as a contested territory.
7.Ascent Maps and Ritual Pathways
Visualizations of ascent through the heavens — passwords, seals, and responses — drawn separately for each source text, never merged without clear warning.
8.Manuscript Timeline
Discovery, codex, language, and transmission timeline — from the Nag Hammadi find through the Berlin Codex to modern critical editions.