Gnostic Flow Chart

This semester in my “heresy” class, the relationship between various aeons, archons and entities in various Gnostic texts became confusing, as it often does. I looked into it, but was disappointed to find that there didn’t seem to be a flow chart readily available outlining the Gnostic emanations.

Well, one student decided to take matters into her own hands.

This flow chart is an attempt to depict the relationships in the text On The Origin of the World. Let me know what you think of it. If nothing else, we hope to get it put on a T-shirt that could perhaps be used to promote the religion program. The reverse side of the shirt could say something like “And you thought organic chemistry was complicated…”