On the Origin of the World (Nag Hammadi)
- On the Origin of the World (Nag Hammadi)
"On the Origin of the World" is a Gnostic work dealing with creation and end times. It was found amongst the texts in the Nag Hammadi library, in Codex II, immediately following the "Reality of the Rulers", with many parallels between the two texts["The Gnostic Bible", ch 27, p431, New Seeds, 2003, ISBN-10:1-59030-199-4] ]Notes and References
ee also
*Creation myth
External links
* [http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/origin.html On the Origin of the World]
* [http://www.timelessmyths.com/mirrors/gnostic.php Dark Mirrors of Heaven: Gnostic Cosmogony]
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