the AEons of the Middle Space to the
Holy Place, and the AEons of the Outer Space to the Court. The various
AEons and their powers now described seem to be those of the Inner
Space. "AEon" and "Space" are practically equivalent terms, only AEon is
on the Mind or Spiritual side of things, Space or Extension (Topos) is
on the Life or Body side of things. "Space" is purely the space of
mind. It is a Spiritual Body with many members, each of which is a
god, having his own individual consciousness and being, and yet
partaking perfectly and wholly of a common consciousness or life. Each
AEon is a mighty Hierarchy in himself, and his "topos" is a Church or
Holy Assembly. The ideal union of these Spaces is in the Monad or
Indivisible Point, which is therefore the Church of Churches, the Body
of the Man whom no man can comprehend.

(11) Setheus and the twelve three-faced Paternities seem to be the
paradigms, or heavenly patterns, of the Sun, the signs of the Zodiac,
and the thirty-six Decans. He is the Invisible Sun of Righteousness
behind the visible flame which measures time. In other words, he is
the symbol of the AEon of AEons, the AEon _par excellence_. What time is
to the ordinary mundane mind that Setheus is to the Alone-begotten and
the Monad, whose ineffable union he encompasses. For he is the
manifested Sun of Eternity, (sun symbol). The Monad is the Indivisible
Point within the circle or sphere, and the Light-Spark or Logos is
within the Point, while Setheus himself is, strictly speaking, the
circle or sphere, the well-known symbol of Eternity. All the aeons are
found in the "topos" of Setheus, as their divinity is not innate, but
comes from conscious participation, hence the name aeon. I suggest the
name "Setheus" is formed from that of the god Seth, who was a solar
deity in some Egyptian traditions. No doubt the differentiation of the
name is intentional.

The twelve Paternities about the head are referable to the rays, to the
creative powers, the "Divine Imaginings" of the Mystic Sun in their
totality.

(12) Schmidt thinks that the name "Nicotheos"--"the Victor God"--is a
title of Christ, and that a quotation is given from some lost
Apocalypse, called, perhaps, "The Apocalypse of Nicotheos." The whole
passage seems to be a definite appeal to the experiences of attained
mystics concerning the Dark Ray. The "Perfect" was a technical name,
applied to those whose initiation or start had been consumma