Talk:Ogdoad

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Assessment comments The following comments were left by the assessors: (edit · refresh) This sentence is unclear: The original version of the myth has the entity arising from the waters after the interaction as a mound of dirt, the Milky Way, which was deified as Hathor.

The Gnostic Ogdoad is attributed as follows: The Abyss (Bythos) (masculine) gave rise to Silence (Grace/Thought) (feminine). They combined to give rise to Mind (masc.) and Truth (fem.). These are the Roots which bring forth the AEONS. Mind and Truth combined to create Word (masc.) and Life (fem.). Word and Life combined to bring forth Man (masc.) and "Church" (fem.). I prefer "The World" in place of "Church", or the passive substrate upon and within which Mankind operates.

I draw the symbol of the ogdoad

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Bottom to Top: Abyss to Silence, Nun to Naunet (Nun and Naunet are attributed as the Primordial Waters) Left to Right: Mind to Truth, Kek to Keket (Darkness) Upper Right to Lower Left: Word to Life, Amon to Amaunet (Invisible Power) Upper Left to Lower Right: Man to World, Heh to Hehet (Infinity)

I find this to be a powerful invocation of Chaos forces, and color it according to my wishes. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.140.122.3 (talk • contribs) 19:38, March 10, 2005 (UTC)

Is this an actual (common) belief or practice in Gnosticism? If so, perhaps it should be added to the article under a section called "The Ogdoad in Gnosticism," or something like that?

'Kash 01:59, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)

Gnosticism used the egyptian ogdoad? I would love to see proof of that. Gnosticism was mainly christian. ~~~~ 20:47, 14 Jun 2005 (UTC)