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16-September-2008 16:15:16 - Aeon June 2007 For the geologic time, see eon geology. For other uses, see Aeon disambiguation. The word aeon, also spelled eon or æon, means age, forever or for eternity. It is a Latin transliteration from the koine Greek word á½? αἰών aion, from the archaic αἰÏ?ών, aiwon: in Homer it typically refers to life or lifespan, but by at least Hesiod it could refer to ages or generations. It has a similar meaning to the Sanskrit word kalpa and Hebrew olam. A cognate Latin word aevum or aeuum cf. αἰÏ?ών for age is present in words such as longevity and mediæval. 1 Although a proposal was made in 1957 to define an aeon to be a unit of time equal to one billion years 1 Ga, the idea was not approved as a unit of scientific measure and is seldom used for a specific period of time.citation needed Its more common usage is for any long, indefinite, period of time. Contents 1 Eternity or Age 2 In philosophy and mysticism 2.1 In Gnosticism 2.1.1 Valentinus 2.1.2 Ptolemy and Colorbasus 3 See also 4 References 4.1 External links Eternity or Age A related issue in Bible translation is treatment of the Hebrew word olam and the Greek word aion. As mentioned above, these two words have similar meaning, and Young's Literal Translation renders them and their derivatives as age or age-during. Other English versions most often translate them to indicate eternality eternal, everlasting, forever, etc. However, there are notable exceptions to this in all major translations, such as Matthew 28:20: ...I am with you always, to the end of the age NRSV, the word age being a translation of aion. Rendering aion to indicate eternality in this verse would result in the contradictory phrase end of eternity, so the question arises whether it should ever be so2. Proponents of Universal Reconciliation point out that this has significant implications for the problem of hell3. Contrast Matthew 25:46 in well-known English translations with its rendering in YLT: And these shall go away to punishment age-during, but the righteous to life age-during. YLT 4 Then they will go away to eternal punishment, but the righteous to eternal life. NIV 5 These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life. NASB 6 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life eternal. KJV 7 And these will depart into everlasting cutting-off, but the righteous ones into everlasting life. NWT 8 In philosophy and mysticism Plato used the word aeon to denote the eternal world of ideas, which he conceived was behind the perceived world, as demonstrated in his famous allegory of the cave. Christianity's idea of Eternal Life comes from the word for life, Zoe, and a form of Aeon 9, which could mean life in the next Aeon, the Kingdom of God, or Heaven just as much as immortality, like in John 3:16. Universal Reconciliation according to Christian doctrine, as found in the Greek New Testament scriptures, uses the word eon to mean a long period of time perhaps 1000 years and the word eonian is used to mean during the period of time's eons. The New Testament teaching is that there was a time before the eons and that the eonian period of time is now coming to an end. After each man's mortal life ends they are judged as worthy of eonian life or eonian punishment - so that after the period of the eons all punishment will cease and death is overcome and then God becomes the all in each one. Occultists sometimes speak of a magical Aeon that may last for far less time, perhaps as little as 2,000 years. See Thelema. In Gnosticism Part of a series on Gnosticism History of Gnosticism Early Gnosticism Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism Gnosticism in modern times Proto-Gnostics Philo Valentinius Cerinthus Basilides Gnostic texts Gnostic Gospels Nag Hammadi library Codex Tchacos Bruce Codex Gnosticism and the New Testament Related articles Gnosis Pythagoreanism Neoplatonism and Gnosticism Manichaeism Bosnian Church Esoteric Christianity Theosophy This box: view talk In many Gnostic systems, the various emanations of God, who is also known by such names as the One, the Monad, Aion teleos The Perfect Aeon, Bythos Depth or profundity, Greek Βυθός, Proarkhe Before the Beginning, Greek Ï€Ï?όαÏ?χή, the Arkhe The Beginning, Greek ή αÏ?χή, are called aeons. This first being is also an æon and has an inner being within itself, known as Ennoea Thought, Charis Grace, or Sige Greek Σιγη, Silence. The split perfect being conceives the second aeon, Caen Power, within itself. Along with the male Caen comes the female æon Akhana Truth, Love. Aeons bear a number of similarities to Judaeo-Christian angels, including their roles as servants and emanations of God, and their existence as beings of light. In fact, certain Gnostic Angels, such as Armozel, also happen to be Aeons.10 The aeons often came in male/female pairs called syzygies, and were frequently numerous 20-30. Two of the most commonly listed æons were Jesus and Sophia. The aeons constitute the pleroma, the region of light. The lowest regions of the pleroma are closest to the darkness - that is, the physical world. When an æon named Sophia emanates without her partner aeon, the result is the Demiurge, or half-creator Occasionally referred to as 'Yalda Baoth in Gnostic texts, a creature that should never have come into existence. This creature does not belong to the pleroma, and the One emanates two savior æons, Christ and the Holy Spirit, to save humanity from the Demiurge. Christ then took the form of the human Jesus, in order to be able to teach humanity how to achieve gnosis; that is, return to the pleroma. Myther and others suggestcitation needed that the whole mechanism can be an allegorical representation of violation of CP symmetry, required to create a universe of matter, by facilitating particles to win over antiparticles. CP symmetry requires emanation of equal amount of matters and antimatters which obviously has been violated somehow in the beginning of the universe; otherwise we would not have a material universe. Æons may denote this conjugation of particles-antiparticles produced in equal number. Somehow the perfect symmetry of Pleroma gets violated and a particle or a number of particles Sophia ensued out without its/their antiparticle counterparts, resulting in an increase in number of particles birth of Demiurge - a process which ultimately led to the creation of our physical universe.citation needed The Gnostic Gospel of Judas, recently found, purchased, held, and translated by the National Geographic Society, also mentions the aeons and speaks of Jesus' teachings of them.11 Valentinus The Valentinian system was, until recently, only known through the criticisms of its opponents; however, the discovery of the Nag Hammadi library has given access to Valentinian texts, including sources that have been tentatively identified as written by Valentinus. According to Tertullian's Against the Valentinians, the Gnostic Valentinius had 30 different aeons that emanate each other in sequence. The first eight of these aeons, corresponding to generations one through four below, are referred to as the Ogdoad.12 Scheme of the Aeons First generation: Bythos the One and Sige Silence, Charis, Ennoea, etc. Second generation: Caen Power and Akhana Love Third generation, emanated from Caen and Akhana: Nous Nus, Mind and Aletheia Veritas, Truth Fourth generation, emanated from Nous and Aletheia: Sermo the Word and Vita the Life Fifth generation, emanated from Sermo and Vita: Anthropos Homo, Humanity and Ecclesia Church Sixth generation: Emanated from Sermo and Vita: Bythios Profound and Mixis Mixture Ageratos Never old and Henosis Union Autophyes Essential nature and Hedone Pleasure Acinetos Immovable and Syncrasis Commixture Monogenes Only-begotten and Macaria Happiness Emanated from Anthropos and Ecclesia: Paracletus Comforter and Pistis Faith Patricas Paternal and Elpis Hope Metricos Maternal and Agape Love Ainos Praise and Synesis Intelligence Ecclesiasticus Son of Ecclesia and Macariotes Blessedness Theletus Perfect and Sophia Wisdom According to Myther et alia in some unreferenced work, The total number of Æons, being 32, reflects the similarity of the mechanism to the Tree of Life, which, as suggested in the Zohar, incorporates 10 Sephiroth and 22 paths interconnecting these 10 Sephiroth; while 10 Æons are created during the first five generations from which come the other 22 Æons later during the sixth generation. Myther et al.citation needed Ptolemy and Colorbasus According to St. Irenaeus 13, the followers of the Gnostics Ptolemy and Colorbasus had aeons that differ from those of Valentinius. Logos is created when Anthropos learns to speak. The first four are called the Tetrad and the eight are called the Ogdoad. First generation: Bythos the One and Sige Silence, Charis, Ennoea, etc. Second generation conceived by the One: Caen Power and Akhana Love Third generation, emanated from Caen and Akhana: Ennoae Thought and Thelesis Will Fourth generation, emanated from Ennoae and Thelesis: Nous or Monogenes and Aletheia Fifth generation, emanated from Nouse and Aletheia: Anthropos Homo, Man and Ecclesia Church Sixth generation, emanated from Anthropos and Ecclesia: Logos and Zoe Seventh generation: Emanated from Logos and Zoe: Bythius and Mixis Ageratos and Henosis Autophyes and Hedone Acinetos and Syncrasis Monogenes and Macaria Emanated from Anthropos and Ecclesia: Paracletus and Pistis Patricos and Elpis Metricos and Agape Ainos and Synesis Ecclesiasticus and Macariotes Theletos and 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 34 aeons, but it is not clear if the first two were actually regarded aeons. See also Plato Gnosticism Aeon Thelema Kalpa References ^ Math words page 16 ^ Canon F.W. Farrar Mercy and Judgment 1904 pages 378-382 http://www.tentmaker.org/books/mercyandjudgment/mercy_and_judgment_ch1.html ^ Thomas Talbott Three Pictures of God in Western Theology 1995 pages 13-15 http://www.willamette.edu/~ttalbott/PICTURES.pdf ^ Matthew 25:46 Young's Literal Translation ^ Matthew 25:46 New International Version ^ Matthew 25:46 New American Standard Bible ^ Matthew 25:46 King James Version ^ Matthew 25:46 New World Translation ^ Strong's link for the word Eternal Aeon in the Christian Concept of Eternal Life ^ 1 ^ The Lost Gospel - online feature from National Geographic, including Coptic text, English translation, and photos ^ Tertullian. Against the Valentinians. Latin: Adversus Valentinianos. Books 7-8. ^ Irenaeus. Against heresies Latin: Adversus Haereses also known as The Detection and Overthrow of Falsely So-Called Gnosis book 1, chapter 12 External links Tertullian's account against the Valentinians is the source text for much of what we know about the Æons. Corresponding text in original Latin Irenaeus: Against heresies Gnosis.org- Website of Information on Gnosticism Dark Mirrors of Heaven: Gnostic Cosmogony Retrieved from http://en..org/wiki/Aeon Categories: Gnostic deities | GnosticismHidden categories: Articles needing additional references from June 2007 | All articles with statements | Articles with statements since November 2007 | Articles with statements since December 2007 Views Article Discussion this page History Personal tools Log in / create account Navigation Main page Contents Featured content Current events Random article Search Go Search Interaction Community portal Recent changes Contact Donate to Help Toolbox What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Printable version Permanent link Cite this page Languages Deutsch Italiano Português РуÑ?Ñ?кий Suomi This page was last modified on 19 July 2008, at 09:4
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