dbz wrote: ↑Thu Oct 27, 2022 1:25 pmIn the context of the "Vision of Isaiah", What is the DOMAIN of demonic control?
- The demon native realm: aére
- The human native realm: terra firma
- realm: aquae
- The native realm of infernals: ignis
In the Vision of Isaiah, the domain of the demons is from the firmament downwards, at least down to earth. The Beloved descends through the various levels of heaven and ends up on earth where he wasn't recognised, according to all three extant texts (Ethiopic, Latin2 and Slavonic),
The progression goes like this:
(9.13) The Beloved will descend and "be made
in your [Isaiah's] form", i.e. in
the form of a man.
(9.14) The "the ruler of that world" will stretch out his hand against his son and hang him on a tree and kill him,
"not knowing who he is".
...
(10.24) The Beloved descends to the
3rd heaven, isn't recognised, and his form was like their (angels in the third heaven's) form
(10.25) The Beloved descends to the
2nd heaven, isn't recognised, his form was like theirs
(10.26) The Beloved descends to the
1st heaven, isn't recognised, his form was like theirs
(10.27) The Beloved descends to the
firmament, isn't recognised, his form was like theirs. This is where the "ruler of the world" is.
(10.28) The Beloved descends to the
air, isn't recognised, his form was like theirs
...
(11.2) The Beloved descends to
the earth and isn't recognised, presumably because his form was a man's (as suggested by 9.13 above). The Latin reads:
"Et uidi similem filii hominis, et cum hominibus habitare, et in mundo, et non cognouerunt eum",
In the Slavonic/L2 texts there is a break and then it cuts to the Beloved ascending into the firmament. In the Ethiopic, we have the pocket Gospel.
Presumably what is missing in the S/L2 texts is the ruler of that world hanging the Beloved in the form of a man on a tree "not knowing who he is", as predicted by 9.13-14. So the domain of the ruler of that world in AoI is from the firmament down to the earth, and possibly below.