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Ephesians 6:12

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How well it suits all men, on the subject of chaos, to say that it is a kind of darkness! But in fact it comes from a shadow, which has been called by the name darkness. And the shadow comes from a product that has existed since the beginning. It is, moreover, clear that it existed before chaos came into being, and that the latter is posterior to the first product. Let us therefore concern ourselves with the facts of the matter; and furthermore, with the first product, from which chaos was projected. And in this way the truth will be clearly demonstrated. After the natural structure of the immortal beings had completely developed out of the infinite, a likeness emanated from Pistis (Faith); it is called Sophia (Wisdom). It exercised volition and became a product resembling the primeval light. And immediately her will manifested itself as a likeness of heaven, having an unimaginable magnitude; it was between the immortal beings and those things that came into being after them, like [...]: she (Sophia) functioned as a veil dividing mankind from the things above. Now the eternal realm (aeon) of truth has no shadow outside it, for the limitless light is everywhere within it. But its exterior shadow, which has been called by the name darkness. From it, there appeared a force, presiding over the darkness. And the forces that came into being subsequent to them called the shadow the limitless chaos. From it, every kind of divinity sprouted up [...] together with the entire place, so that also, shadow is posterior to the first product. It was in the abyss that it (shadow) appeared, deriving from the aforementioned Pistis. Then shadow perceived there was something mightier than it, and felt envy; and when it had become pregnant of its own accord, suddenly it engendered jealousy. Since that day, the principle of jealousy amongst all the eternal realms and their worlds has been apparent. Now as for that jealousy, it was found to be an abortion without any spirit in it. Like a shadow, it came into existence in a vast watery substance. Then the bile that had come into being out of the shadow was thrown into a part of chaos. Since that day, a watery substance has been apparent. And what sank within it flowed away, being visible in chaos: as with a woman giving birth

to a child - all her superfluities flow out; just so, matter came into being out of shadow, and was projected apart. And it did not depart from chaos; rather, matter was in chaos, being in a part of it. And when these things had come to pass, then Pistis came and appeared over the matter of chaos, which had been expelled like an aborted fetus - since there was no spirit in it. For all of it (chaos) was limitless darkness and bottomless water. Now when Pistis saw that had resulted from her defect, she became disturbed. And the disturbance appeared, as a fearful product; it rushed to her in the chaos. She turned to it and blew into its face in the abyss, which is below all the heavens. And when Pistis Sophia desired to cause the thing that had no spirit to be formed into a likeness and to rule over matter and over all her forces, there appeared for the first time a ruler, out of the waters, lion-like in appearance, androgynous, having great authority within him, and ignorant of whence he had come into being. Now when Pistis Sophia saw him moving about in the depth of the waters, she said to him, ❝Child, pass through to here,❞ whose equivalent is yalda baoth. Since that day, there appeared the principle of verbal expression, which reached the gods and the angels and the mankind finished. Now as for the ruler Yaldabaoth, he is ignorant of the force of Pistis: he did not see her face, rather he saw in the water the likeness that spoke with him. And because of that voice, he called himself Yaldabaoth. But Ariael is what the perfect call him, for he was like a lion. Now when he had come to have authority over matter, Pistis Sophia withdrew up to her light. When the ruler saw his magnitude - and it was only himself that he saw: he saw nothing else, except for water and darkness - then he supposed that it was he alone who existed. His [...] was completed by verbal expression: it appeared as a spirit moving to and fro upon the waters. And when that spirit appeared, the ruler set apart the watery substance. And what was dry was divided into another place. And from matter, he made for himself an abode, and he called it heaven. And from matter, the ruler made a footstool, and he called it earth.
Next, the ruler had a thought - consistent with his nature - and by means of verbal expression he created an androgyne. He opened his mouth and cooed to him. When his eyes had been opened, he looked at his father, and he said to him, ❝Eee!❞ Then his father called him Eee-a-o (Yao). Next he created the second son. He cooed to him. And he opened his eyes and said to his father, ❝Eh!❞ His father called him Eloai. Next, he createdd the third son. He cooed to him. And he opened his eyes and said to his father, ❝Asss!❞ His father called him Astaphaios. These are the three sons of their father.

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Provided that the chief ruler has bestowed a heaven for all of his offspring, Astaphaios, as one of them, governs over any manner of heavenly forces right below her father. And he adorned them all with Thrones, mansions and temples, and also chariots and virgin spirits up to an invisible one and their glories. In her attendance are mighty armies of gods, lords, angels and archangels - countless myriads - so that they might serve. Owing to her superiority, Astaphaios possesses an innate inviolable status against them, her sacred frame never to be sullied by their inferiority. Needless to say, such quality also applies to those below them as well, ultimately making it necessary that it is by those of her kin she can be truly subdued or restrained.

Ain Soph Aur
Ain represents the absence of existence, void, the opposite of existence. Ain Soph, in turn, denotes limitless foundation—as in, eternity. Ain Soph Aur in its wholeness denotes limitless, Eternal Light from which everything came to be, as well as all Archons. From this eternal light; this boundless alighted nothingness, came the Archons into being, comprised of Divine, Eternal Light proportionally among themselves. The Archons can similarly utilize this light as a form of defensive and offensive measure to protect themselves from harm, manifesting the idea that, without any limitations, all things happen by virtue of the fact that there is no reason why they shouldn't. All forms of attacks are thus irrefutably and unquestionably rendered void upon making contact with her divine form, or forced to unchanging, infinite stillness, even if it may be such an interference that involves replication or stealing. Additionally, such light can effectively expunge those with the attribute of unholy, should they ever lay their gaze upon her figure when she emanates to that extent, as well as those that Astaphaios targets in particular. To be subject to Ain Soph Aur is the equivalent of getting incinerated infinite times over within an infinitesimal time frame, and a far worse fate awaits those who attempt replicate the infinite light.

Paradise Lost
A beam of light encompasses their immediate vicinity, whereby she is transported to a dimension with her opponents forcibly transferred along. In this endless realm, only chaos exists, from which springs celestial chains to bind the sinner whom dared oppose her in battle. Should the victim be caught in its sturdy bondage, they are proposed two options: submit, or perish, and become base matter to join her consciousness as a non-sentient entity.

Aversion's Crown
Wisdom, her crown, rends heavens alight with brilliance. From this all-revealing beam of light diverges an infinite amount of chaos rays, endlessly multiplying by infinity the more the opposition resists its unbearable assault. Should these scattering rays merely make contact with the intended target ever, it will immediately snuff their life out, enforcing death on them. Similarly, this can be used to counteract against one's assault.

Incorruptible Body
Basically, Astaphaios' divine, incorruptible physique itself is a passive ability in and of itself. As in, her presence; her aura, branches out to a myriad others that strengthen and lift up her allies' morale. For those who earned her benevolence, or had it from the beginning, all gain an immeasurable boost at overall strength, are enlightened to the point of discerning spirits and souls, share an impregnable defense in the form of an intangible sphere surrounding them, armed with an infinite amount of shields preserving them from harmful physical, spiritual, conceptual, abstract and relative abilities. In the end, however, these virtues are all dependent on Astaphaios, and may vanish, should Astaphaios sustain the necessary damage or will it.

Misericordia
The ultimate form of mercy is death, liberating a spiritual body of any manner from its miserable state of existence by means of alighting each and every particle with her divine light, consequently expelling it from the sinful form it is encased within. It is an unconditional form of cleansing, as fundamentally all forms of life are embedded with sin, and therefore vulnerable to the purifying beam of light. As a result, the expelled particles shall be subsumed by Astaphaios, experiencing the delusion that they have reached the utopia they subconsciously craved for.

Bab-el-Mandeb
Also called the Gate of Grief, Astaphaios deems a specified location subject to mass quintessential matter erosion. In other words, any entity caught within its range is sentenced to death by means of their very core (metaphysical body/soul) being sapped out of them; thoroughly cleansed as they join the floating spheres by her sides.

"Verbal Expression"
Much like her father, Astaphaios possesses a comparably limited ability to create, command, and make do with verbal expression, except never to the extent of YHVH.

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Karonshelahem, the Evening Star: With grace, Astaphaios brandishes her weapon to smite the opposition. There is essentially nothing that she cannot cut with it as it is bathed in the source before Chaos, and there is similarly nothing that it cannot kill, only exceptions being her brethren to an extent, and obviously the godhead. The weapon itself precedes the archetypal concept of weapons, and by virtue of being an unknown primal force, the very concept of armaments. It only assumes the shape of a weapon that she wills at a specific moment, before weapons themselves were a thing, and may even appear as something entirely different from different angles, and different dimensions.

Sacred Garments of Eternal Light: The necessity of these garbs are questionable, considering their defensive attributes. However, it denotes a symbolic property in that her sanctity is undisputed.