the Four Luminaries. The work shares features with other Sethian treatises. Norea demonstrates belief in the heavenly trinity of the Father (Invisible Spirit), Mother (Barbelo), and Son (Autogenes), like Sethian works such as the Apocryphon of John, Trimorphic Protennoia, and Zostrianos. All Sethian works combine Jewish traditions with Platonic doctrines, but some, such as Norea, Three Steles of Seth, and Marsanes, lack clear Christian features. A common thematic element in Sethian works is a descent or ascent component; Norea employs the descent pattern. References Sethian texts Coptic literature Nag Hammadi library