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seven-hundred-myriad times greater than that which was about me in the world among
you.

CHAPTER 15
1. "It came to pass then, when all those who are in the twelve æons saw the great light

which was about me, that they were all thrown into agitation one over against the
other, and ran hither and thither in the æons. And all æons and all heavens and their
whole ordering were agitated one over against the other on account of the great fear
which was on them, for they knew not the mystery which had taken place. And Adamas,

the great Tyrant, and all the tyrants in all the æons began to fight in vain against the
light, and they knew not against whom they fought, because they saw nothing but the
overmastering light.
2. "It came to pass then, when they fought against the light, that they were weakened all
together one with another, were dashed down in the æons and became as the
inhabitants of the earth, dead and without breath of life.

3. "And I took from all a third of their power, that they should no more be active in their
evil doings, and that, if the men who are in the world, invoke them in their mysteries--
those which the angels who transgressed have brought down, that is their sorceries,--in
order that, therefore, if they invoke them in their evil doings, they may not be able to

accomplish them.
4. "And the Fate and the sphere over which they rule, I have changed and brought it to
pass that they spend six months turned to the left and accomplish their influences, and
that six months they face to the right and accomplish their influences. For by command
of the First Commandment and by command of the First Mystery. Yew, the Overseer of
the Light, had set them facing the left at every time and accomplishing their influences

and their deeds.

CHAPTER 16
1. "It came to pass then, when I came into their region, that they mutinied and fought
against the light. And I took the third of their power, in order that they should not be
able to accomplish their evil deeds. And the Fate and the sphere, over which they rule, I
have changed, and set them facing the left six months and accomplishing their

influences, and I have set them turned another six months to the right and
accomplishing their influences."