Zostrianos

Zostrianos is a Sethian Gnostic text describing the heavenly ascent of Zostrianos and his vision of the aeons, with strong Neoplatonic influence.|||Coptic text in Nag Hammadi Codex VIII.|||Composed in the 3rd century CE. Mentioned by Porphyry in his Life of Plotinus as a text refuted by Plotinus.|||Not canonical in any tradition. Sethian Gnostic in orientation, with close ties to Neoplatonism.|||Describes the heavenly ascent of Zostrianos through the aeons, with detailed cosmological and metaphysical speculation. Important for understanding the relationship between Gnosticism and Neoplatonism.|||Robinson, J. M., ed. The Nag Hammadi Library in English. Harper & Row, 1988.|||Siegert, F. " Zostrianos." In The Nag Hammadi Library in English.|||Turner, J. D. Sethian Gnosticism and the Platonic Tradition. Peeters, 2001.|||Zostrianos — Gnostic Society|https://gnosis.org/naghamm/zostrianos.html|Full translation with introduction.;; Early Christian Writings — Zostrianos|https://www.earlychristianwritings.com/zostrianos.html|Indexed text and scholarly resources.|||" I saw the aeons and the powers and the glories that are in them." — Zostrianos (paraphrase)