Ancient Wisdom Atlas

Motif

Rulers of Destiny as unseen compellers of sin

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A motif of the Fate Figures and Cosmic Weaving family, within the sub-family Personified Fate, Ill Fortune, and Unseen Compulsion. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.

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gnostic

  • Pistis Sophia THE FIFTH DOCUMENT ... 193 / INDEX OF PSALMS AND ODES ... 201 / GENERAL INDEX ... 203 / INTRODUCTION; lines 8998-9082 confidence: high

    Maria asks who compels a man to sin; the Saviour answers that the Rulers of the Destiny are those who compel the man until he sins.

    The Saviour says the Rulers of Destiny compel a man until he sins, while also saying they do not come down into the world in the manner Maria asks about.

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