[656]. pp. 188-199, Amélineau, op. cit.; Schmidt, K.-G.S. pp. 308-314.
[657]. pp. 219, 220, Amélineau, op. cit.; Schmidt, K.-G.S. p. 226. She seems to be here called “the Great Virgin of the Spirit.” Cf. the Ὑπέθεντο γὰρ Αἰῶνα τινὰ ἀνώλεθρον ἐν παρθενικῷ διάγοντι πνεύματι, ὁ βαρβηλὼθ ὀνομάζουσι, “For [some of them] suppose a certain indestructible Aeon continuing in a Virgin spirit whom they call Barbelo” of Irenaeus, Bk I. c. 27, § 1, p. 222, Harvey.
[658]. The powers named are thus called in both the Pistis Sophia and the Bruce Papyrus. See Pistis Sophia, pp. 248, 252 Copt.; Amélineau, op. cit. p. 177.
[659]. According to the Pistis Sophia (p. 1, Copt.), 11 years elapsed between the Crucifixion and the descent of the “Vestures” upon Jesus on the Mount of Olives. We may imagine another year to have been consumed by the revelations made in the book.
[660]. If the “Books of Jeû” were ever written we should expect them to bear the name of Enoch, who is said to have taken them down in Paradise at the dictation of Jesus. See p. [147], n. 5, supra. Very possibly the expression really does refer to some of the mass of literature once passing under the name of Enoch and now lost to us.
[661]. Amélineau, op. cit. p. 72.
[662]. Schmidt, K.-G.S. p. 26.
[663]. Amélineau, op. cit. p. 211; Schmidt, K.-G.S. p. 322. The West or Amenti is the Egyptian name for Hades.
[664]. Maspero, “Egyptian Souls and their Worlds,” Ét. Égyptol. t. I. p. 395.
[665]. Maspero, “Hypogées Royaux,” Ét. Égyptol. t. II. pp. 148, 165.