The Apocryphon of John

Known also as the Secret Book of John, this foundational Gnostic revelation describes the emanations of the divine Mind, the fall of Sophia, and the creation of the false cosmos ruled by the Demiurge Yaldabaoth. Christ’s appearance to John unveils the truth of the soul’s origin and its path back to the Pleroma.

This text survives in multiple versions within the Nag Hammadi Library and became the cornerstone of Gnostic theology, blending mythic cosmology with the call to awakening.