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Zoe

Means "Life" and is usually equated with "Eve" which means the same thing. Sometimes however the word is used for the higher aspect of Sophia.


The order of Anthropos and Ecclesia versus Logos and Zoe is somewhat debated; different sources give different accounts. Logos and Zoe are unique to this system as compared to the previous, and may be an evolved version of the first, totalling 32 Aeons, but it is not clear if the first two were actually regarded Aeons.


Means "Life", and is usually equated with "Eve" which means the same thing in "On the Origin of the World", and "Reality of the Rulers". Zoe Pistis, means Life-Faith. (See "Pistis Sophia".) "They fashioned Adam and his wife Eve, who is also called in the cloud, Zoe. For by this name all generations seek the man, and each of them calls the womn by these names". ("Gospel of Judas".)

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