awaken their divine aspect, seek the immutable ingenerateness, and choose the salvation of masculinity by choosing the light over darkness. Divine hierarchy Zostrianos features a complex divine hierarchy. Triple-Powered Invisible Spirit The Triple-Powered Invisible Spirit is the highest-level deity. He has three powers: Existence Vitality or Life Blessedness or Mentality Barbelo Aeon These three powers of the Triple-Powered Invisible Spirit give rise to the aeon Barbelo, which has three sublevels or sub-aeons that represent three distinct phases in the unfolding of the Barbelo Aeon: Kalyptos ("Hidden One"), the first and highest subaeon within the Aeon of Barbelo, representing the initial latency or potential existence of the Aeon of Barbelo. Protophanes ("First Appearing One"), the second highest subaeon, is called a great perfect male Mind and respresents the initial manifestation of the Barbelo Aeon. Autogenes ("Self-Generated"), the self-generated actualization of the Barbelo Aeon, is the lowest of the three subaeons. In turn, there are four luminaries for each of these three powers (or subaeons). The Triple-Male Child is a savior or mediator in the Barbelo Aeon who brings undifferentiated beings in the Aeon of Protophanes into differentiated existence in the Aeon of Autogenes, and also helps them to ascend back to the Aeon of Protophanes. Self-Generated Aeons The Self-Generated (Autogenes) Aeons contain the most of the divine beings that are typically associated with the Sethian baptismal rite: the Living Water (Yesseus Mazareus Yessedekeus) the baptizers: Micheus and Michar (and Mnesinous) the purifier: Barpharanges Seldao Elenos Zogenethlos The Self-Generated Aeons also contain the Four Luminaries: Sophia Mirothea, the consort of Autogenes and mother of the archetypal Adam, Pigeradamas Prophania, the mother of the heavenly Seth and of the Four Luminaries Plesithea, mother of the seed of Seth, called "the angels" The Four Luminaries established by Autogenes, from highest to lowest, are: Armozel (or Harmozel): dwelling of Adamas Oroiael: dwelling of (Emmacha) Seth Daveithe: dwelling of the seed of Seth Eleleth: dwelling of Sophia and the repentant souls of later generations. Sophia does not give birth to the archon of creation, but shows a model of the material world, of which he sees only a dim reflection of while looking downwards. The archon of creation creates the material world based on this reflection. Lower aeons The lower aeons are: Repentance, which has six sub-aeons for different types of sins Sojourn Below these are the lower realms: The Aeonic Copies form a lower realm