Marsanes

Marsanes is a Sethian Gnostic text describing the heavenly ascent of Marsanes and his vision of the aeons, with strong Neoplatonic influence.|||Coptic text in Nag Hammadi Codex X.|||Composed in the 3rd century CE.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Sethian Gnostic in orientation.|||Describes the heavenly ascent of Marsanes and his vision of the aeons. Important for understanding Sethian Gnosticism and its relationship to Neoplatonism.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Pearson, B. A. " Marsanes." In The Nag Hammadi Library in English.|||Turner, J. D. Sethian Gnosticism and the Platonic Tradition. Peeters, 2001.|||Marsanes — Gnostic Society|https://gnosis.org/naghamm/marsanes.html|Full translation with introduction.;; Early Christian Writings — Marsanes|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/marsanes.html|Indexed text and scholarly resources.|||" I saw the powers and the glories that are in the aeons." — Marsanes (paraphrase)