Yeshu’s Ladder of Light

Miryai taught all of her followers to strictly observe the 10 Commandments or precepts of Yeshu that are found in the Pistis Sophia codex.  Nazoreans were taught to keep these covenants so that at death they could escape the constant round of reincarnation in the world and fly like an arrow upward into worlds of light. All early Nazoreans were well informed about these worlds of light and the pathways that led to them. Miryai taught her disciples of five main realms where one could be reborn after this life.  These were, from the bottom up, called Nasut, Malakut, Yabarut, Lalut, and Hahut. The Aramaic titles to these five realms taught by Miryai describe the nature of each of these realms. The word Nasut comes from the Aramaic root Nas, or Nash, meaning human. Thus Nasut means the Realm of the Humans. This is our world where good but not exceptionally good Nazoreans would have to reincarnate to after death.  Exceptionally good souls could also reincarnate again into Nasut if they desired to do so for the sake of others.

The word Malakut comes from the Aramaic root Malak, meaning angel-king. Thus Malakut means the Realm of the Angel-Kings.  These were the seven invisible heavens above the earth that were full of hostile entities. This was not considered a great place to be reborn into but was seen as a intermediary place between this world and the higher worlds of Light.

The word Yaburut comes from the Aramaic root Yabura, or obria, meaning creation and offspring, the same Semitic root as the Kabbalistic title of Bria. Thus Yaburut means the Realm of Creation. Miryai taught that these Worlds of Light were full of Uthras and Shekintas who were full of creative power, beauty and infinite wisdom. These were considered truly paradisiacal realms where nothing but good and pleasant experiences awaited its inhabitants.

The word Lalut comes from the Aramaic root Alaha, meaning gods. Thus Alalut, or Lalut, means the Realm of the Gods. These were the exceedingly pure light realms where only the most holy and enlightened Gnostics could hope to inhabit. Hahut is the Dzogchenian world of oneness above all duality.

Each of these five realms was created by a different divine being in Nazorean teachings. The highest heaven of Hahut by the Great Life. Lalut by the First Life. Yabarut by the second Life, or Yushamin. The third Malakut by the Third Life Abathur, and the Fourth and lowest material realm of Nasut by the Fourth Life Ptahil. Miryai understood the First life to be holier than the Second Life, and the heavenly creation of the First Life to be more pure than that of the Second Life. The scriptural support for her belief came from her Psalm book called the Qulasta. Within this ancient Nazorean liturgical hymnal, the very first Psalm speaks of these matters:

“In the name of the Life and in the name of Manda-dHiya and in the name of that Primal Being who was Eldest and preceded water, radiance, light and glory, the Being who cried with His voice and uttered words. By means of His voice and His words Vines grew and came into being, and the First Life was established in its Abode. And He spoke and said, "The First Life is anterior to the Second Life by six thousand myriad years and the Second Life anterior to the Third Life by six thousand myriad years and the Third Life more ancient than any 'Uthras by six thousand myriad years. And any Uthra is older than the whole earth and older than the Seven Lords of the House by seven hundred and seventy thousand myriad years. There is that which is infinite. At that time there was no solid earth and no inhabitants in the black waters. From them, from those black waters, Evil was formed and emerged, One from whom a thousand thousand mysteries proceeded and a myriad myriad planets with their own mysteries.” [1]

By being pure and good, and by participating in the Mysteries administered by Miryai and her fellow workers, first century Gnostics looked forward to a future in one of these five light worlds. They bowed beneath a very detailed and specific Ladder of Light that allowed them to climb up within this initiatory system one small degree at a time. This ladder had 32 rungs.