Publisher's Synopsis
Every discovery of a scripture from late antiquity is a new opportunity to find out more about what moved man inwardly during that time. The Codex Askewianus, often called the Gospel of the Pistis Sophia, is such a scripture. At first glance, it is a report of a dialogue between Jesus and his disciples. However, nothing is what it seems in the Gospel of the Pistis Sophia. Modern research shows that the writing comes from a community from late antiquity, along with a second writing: the Bruce Codex. They are apparently the testimonies of a mystery school, which are recorded in a very specific form. What distinguishes them from many other mystery schools is their own characteristic spiritual power: Jeu. In the books of Jeu, which are part of the Bruce Codex, this spiritual power creates an important basis for the work of the saviour: the Treasury of the Light. There, light is collected for the Mystery School, for the illumination of its members. Light that awakens the spiritual potential in man.The Gospel of the Pistis Sophia consists of four books, which together form a whole. In the first book the saviour and his disciples are on the Mount of Olives. This is a mythical representation of what takes place during the meetings of the Jeuians: an interaction between a redeeming spiritual power and the growing awareness of the members of the community. They are the candidates on the path of initiation who have opened their consciousness to the saviour. When he has initiated the dialogue, a threefold light comes to him. It surrounds him and shines from him. At that moment he receives the garment of light from the Treasury of Light. This contains all the mysteries, which the saviour explains to the disciples. As a result, they come to a deeper consciousness and, as candidates of the mystery school, are initiated step by step into the mysteries, which are hidden in the garment of light. To reveal these mysteries is the spiritual activity of the mystery school. After this the saviour starts telling the story of the Pistis Sophia. How he finds her under the Treasury of Light, because she has been robbed of her light by the light-robbers of the world below that treasury. The Pistis Sophia begs for the light, but loses it over and over again. In this way she learns to know repentance as an expression of the desire for the light of lights. The saviour intervenes by disrupting the influence of the light robbers in favour of the Pistis Sophia. Everything is accurately described in a dialogue between the saviour and the disciples. Within the dialogue, Mary Magdalene is the sincere soul who understands and explains the repentance of the Pistis Sophia. Through her statements, the other disciples also gain access to consciousness so that they too can help explain the mysteries.The true meaning of life is therefore, that ultimately every person receives the mysteries during life on earth. That's what the writing is about. After all, the soul can receive light garments that contain all the mysteries, because the saviour comes with powers that man cannot perceive. They are hidden from humans, as if behind a veil. If the veil is taken away or lifted up a little, the spiritual power can become active in human life again. He then receives the mystery, in the language of the Gospel of the Pistis Sophia. The man of light, born again from a single spark of light, then reveals himself again to make all the mysteries of the creator concrete in life itself.In late antiquity, in Egypt, the Jeuians write their inscrutable texts. In the 21st century there is again interest in the story of the Pistis Sophia among people who want to go the path of initiation. It is a late invitation to go aboard the heavenly ship of the Jeuians. The modern Egyptian mysteries of Osiris, Isis and Horus then become alive again for modern humans, because nothing is hidden that cannot be revealed to those who really want to comprehend.
