Motif
Annihilation or dissolution of hostile powers by sacred utterance
annihilation_or_dissolution_of_hostile_powers_by_sacred_utterance
A motif of the Curse, Blessing, and Performative Sacred Speech family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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Pistis Sophia THE FIFTH DOCUMENT ... 193 / INDEX OF PSALMS AND ODES ... 201 / GENERAL INDEX ... 203 / INTRODUCTION; lines 9879-9928 confidence: medium
Jesus says that speaking the Name to fire quenches it and makes darkness withdraw; speaking it to demons and Receivers of the Outer Darkness with their rulers, authorities, and powers causes them to perish and cry out that the speaker is holy.
When the Name is spoken, demons, receivers, authorities, Barbelo, the Invisible God, and the three Triple-powered Gods are described as perishing, falling, and dissolving.
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