Apocryphon of John 16

1Reflection of Light then hid herself inside him. The chief archon wanted to extract her from his rib, but Reflection of Light cannot be grasped.

2Although the darkness pursued her, it could not catch her. He extracted a portion of his power from him and made another mold in the form of a woman, according to the likeness of Reflection, who had appeared to him. He brought «23» the portion he had extracted from the man’s power inside the female mold—not, as Moses said, “his rib”—and he saw the woman beside him.

3At that moment, Radiant Reflection also appeared. She lifted the veil that had covered his mind, and he regained his sobriety after the intoxication of darkness. He recognized the counterpart of his own image and said, “This is surely bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.

4Therefore the man will leave his father and his mother, and he will cling to his wife, and both of them will become one flesh,” because his companion will be sent to him. He will leave his father and his mother—even Sophia, our sister, who descended in innocence to correct her deficiency, because of which she was called “Life,” who is “the mother or the living”—through the Providence of the sovereignty of Heaven and [Reflection who appeared] to him. Through her, they tasted perfect knowledge.