13 AEONS Aeon: (Greek αιών aion) Literally, "a duration of time." "An interval denoting time." – Theodoret (A.D. 300-400) In Gnosticism, the Greek term aeon refers to a class of being. It can also refer to (sometimes simultaneously): the title of a Master of the Great Day, a region or dimension. "The Twelve Aeons or Twelve Cosmic Regions mutually penetrate and co-penetrate without confusion... We must make a clear differentiation between Firmament and Regions. Regions are equivalent to Dimensions. The twelve Aeons are the twelve Regions. The twelve hours of Apollonius are related with the twelve existing Aeons within every Firmament... Unquestionably, the Initiate must work in each one of the Thirteen Aeons, if he wants the Final Liberation. The First Aeon is Malkuth, which is here and in the submerged Abyss. The Second Aeon is Yesod, which is in our sexual organs and in the fourth dimension, within which is the Terrestrial Paradise, the Ethereal World. The Third Aeon is the Astral World, the Sephira Hod. The Fourth Aeon is Netzach, the Mental World. The Fifth Aeon is Tiphereth, the Causal World. The Sixth Aeon is Geburah, the Buddhic or Intuitional World. The Seventh Aeon is the World of Atman, the Ineffable one, the region of Chesed or Gedulah. The Eight Aeon is Binah, the region of the Holy Spirit, the World of Shiva, the Third Logos. The Ninth Aeon is Chokmah, the region of the Logos, the Cosmic Christ. The Tenth Aeon is Kether, the Region of the Ancient of Days. The Eleventh Aeon is the Region of Ain Soph Aur, the Third Great Aspect of the Absolute. The Twelfth Aeon is the region of Ain Soph, the Second Aspect of the Absolute. The Thirteenth Aeon is the region of the Ain, the Unmanifested Absolute. Each one of the Thirteen Aeons must be Self-realized within ourselves. Pistis Sophia must Self-realize herself in these Thirteen Aeons, based on conscious works and voluntary sufferings." ~ Samael Aun Weor; Pistis Sophia Unveiled The number of the Absolute is 13, named after the thirteenth aeon. “The Ten Sephiroths or emanations, plus the AIN SOPH AUR and the AIN SOPH are, in reality, the Twelve Aeons. The Twelve Aeons are, in reality, Twelve Regions. The Thirteenth Aeon is terribly Divine.” ~ Samael Aun Weor; Pistis Sophia Unveiled “The Thirteenth Aeon reminds us of the Thirteen Heavens of the Aztecs or Nahuas from ancient Mexico. There also exists Thirteen Katuns among the Mayas of Yucatan, Palenque, and Central America in general. These are the Thirteen prophetic Katuns, Thirteen periods of time for each human race. Obviously, the prophecies for each one of the past Katuns of our Arian race were exactly fulfilled. Actually, we are approaching the Thirteenth Katun. The Mayas say that between the years 2040 and 2043, the Thirteenth Katun will enter into activity. The great catastrophe that will destroy the actual Humanity that lives in the five continents of the world will occur during the Thirteenth Katun. Our Solar System has 13 worlds, which are as follows: Earth, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Vulcan, Persephone and Clarion. The Thirteen Katuns, the Thirteen Worlds, the. Thirteen Heavens of Anahuac keep the relation with the Thirteen Sephiroths of the Hebraic Kabbala as follows Ain, Ain Soph, Ain Soph Aur. Kether, Chokmah, Binah, Chesed, Geburah, Tiphereth, Netzach, Hod, Jesod, Malkuth. These are the Thirteen Aeons or Suprasensible Atomic Regions, which are mutually penetrating and co-penetrating without being confused. Beyond these Thirteen Aeons, is the Unmanifested Absolute.” ~ Samael Aun Weor; Pistis Sophia Unveiled “The Gnostics divide the Universe into thirteen Aeons. An Aeon is a dimension; a dimension that contains its own space, time and matter, therefore there are thirteen Aeons. So that we can understand this better, they divide those thirteen Aeons into a First Space and a Second Space. The First Space is where the thirteenth Aeon is found. The Second Space is where the rest of the Aeons are contained, which are the twelfth, eleventh, tenth, ninth, eighth, seventh, sixth, fifth, fourth, third, second and first. Second Space is from top to bottom, from twelve to one. Therefore the thirteenth Aeon is found in the First Space, and the rest of the Aeons are in the Second Space. These two spaces are important, and we should not confuse them with the Ain, Ain Soph and Ain Soph Aur of the Kabalah, the three circles of the Absolute. Let us leave this aside for a moment, because they are two different subject matters, although it is true that the First Space, where the thirteenth Aeon is , directly connects to the Kabalistic Ain, that is certain, but we are not trying to place the rest in the other circles of the Absolute now, mainly not to confuse the student. We can certainly establish a relationship, but we prefer not to do this here so to study this completely separately. I repeat, First Space, Thirteenth Aeon; Second Space, the rest of the Aeons. Beyond Second Space, where Aeons twelve to one are, is found what is called the abyss, hell.” ~ Rafael Vargas; Pistis Sophia “Thirteen is a very complete and representative number, in that it is the universe, personal and external, as a single universe. If we understand this and above all if we draw it on the blackboard, the student begins to put it into context. It will seem like all of this is external to him, but we tell him, it is not external to you, it is part of you. It could be said that the thirteen Aeons within us are all the intimate aspects of the human being. Let us begin with number one which is the physical aspect; two, the vital aspect; three, the astral; four, the mental; five, the Human Soul where will is also contained; six the Buddhic Body or Geburah; seven, the Intimate, Chesed; eight, the Holy Spirit; nine, the Christ; ten, the Elder of the Days. Towards within, the third circle, the second circle and first circle of the Absolute. All of this forms part of each one of us. The physical energy, the etheric energy, the astral or emotional energy, the mental energy, the energy of will, the energy of the consciousness, the energy of Pure Spirit which is a high frequency, and the energy divided into three parts which is the Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit. All of this is contained within a human being, but furthermore it is contained within a tree, because a tree is physical, etheric, astral, mental, it has will, consciousness, spirit, and so on. Everything that exists, exists in thirteen ways, in thirteen vibrations, thirteen levels of matter and Spirit. Therefore this is directly connected to our psychology, our physical and energetic behaviour. Energy is moved by our character, our way of being, sometimes with serenity and sweetness, other times with wrath and violence; emotional energies, energies of thoughts, of preoccupations, or on the contrary, of positive imagination. The energy of ill will, the energy of good will, the will of the Father, and so forth in a scale of thirteen values, which correspond not only with the dimensions but also with aspects of our own psychology, soul and spirit.” ~ Rafael Vargas; Pistis Sophia Thirteen is indeed a very mysterious and magical number and as the excerpts in this article suggest it is a very complete number, because in it, is contained the whole of the universe outside of ourselves and also inside of ourselves. The excerpts show how the number thirteen has set up creation and also governs creation. The thirteen Katuns, the thirteen planets and the twelve dimensions plus the Ain really map out all of creation, and furthermore as above below, we also have the thirteen working inside of us, that is in our Being. So as the Absolute encompasses all of creation and the all of creation is the number 13, then a number for the Absolute is 13. Thabiso Mbatha https://www.facebook.com/ntokozo.mbatha.5473
