Second stele — to Barbelo, the Mother
James M. Robinson / James E. Goehring (composite) · Public domain / scholarly composite. Reproduced for educational and religious commentary.
1The second stele of Seth: Great is the first aeon, the male virgin Barbelo, the first glory of the invisible Father, who is called perfect.
2Thou hast first seen the truth that exists. Thou hast become non-substantial substance. Thou art he-she, who from her own self gave birth, since thou art an Aeon of an Aeon — thou whom they-the-aeons see and bless.
3Thou hast empowered the eternal ones in thy unity. Thou hast empowered the divine in thy life. Thou hast filled them with mind. Thou art a Father in immortality. Thou hast empowered them in the begetting; thou hast given to them the road that proceeds in life, in eternity, in the holy ones.
4Thou art the great unity. Thou art three. Thou art the first ennoea-mind. Thou art the dignity. Thou art the unity. Thou art mind, life, divinity. Thou art the great male Spirit, glory.
5We bless thee, perfect-Aeon. We give thanks to thee through thy Logos, the everlasting one — the Logos who proceeded from thee, perfect Aeon, like a child in the everlasting wisdom that proceeds from the perfect mind. Bless us; bless us through that one.
6Thou art the Power; thou art the One; thou art the Triple Power; thou art the Pre-Existent One. Thou art the cause of those who-have-come-into-being. Thou art he who blesses, since thou art the perfect One. We bless thee. We thank thee.