The Order of Nazorean Essenes teaches that the Gnosticism of Egypt, such as that of Valentinius, had its origins in the pre-Christian Gnosis of the Nazoreans. In this article we will explore the relationship between the Greek names of the 30 Aeons in Valentinian Gnosticism and the Aramaic names of the Uthras from ancient Mandaic Texts and modern Middle Eastern dialects like Syrian..

VALENTINIAN: "There is a perfect pre-existence, Aeon, a dwelling in the invisible and unnameable elevations; this is Pre-Beginning and Forefather and Depth. It is uncontainable and invisible, eternal and ungenerated, in quiet deep solitude for infinite aeons. With it is Thought, which is also called Grace and Silence. Depth thought of emitting itself, a beginning of all. Like a seed, this thought from Depth was placed into Silence, like a womb. Silence received this seed and bore Mind. Mind resembled and was equal to it that had created him.

MANDAIC: "The ground and origin of all things is PIRA, or more correctly, PERA RABBA ("the great abyss,"...), associated with whom, and forming a triad with him, are the primal aeons AYAR ZIVA RABBA, 'the Great Shining Aether,' and MANA RABBA D'EKARA, 'the great spirit of glory,' usually called simply MANA RABBA. The last-named, the most prominent of the three, is the King of Light properly so-called, from whom the development of all things begins. "From him emanates YARDENA RABBA, 'the Great Jordan,'  which, as the higher-world soul, permeates the whole aether; the domain of Ayar. Alongside of MANA RABBA frequent mention is made of D'MUTHA, his "IMAGE", as a female power; the name 'image of the Father' arises out of the same conception as that which gives rise to the name of Ennoia among the Greek Gnostics.
"MANA RABBA called into being the highest of the aeons properly so-called, HAYYE KADMAYE, 'Primal Life', and then withdrew into deepest secrecy, visible indeed to the highest but not to the lowest aeons (cf. Sofia and Propator), yet manifesting himself also to the souls of the more pious of the Mandaeans after their separation from the body. Primal Life, who is properly speaking the Mandaean God, has the same predicates as the primal spirit, and every prayer, as well as every section of the sacred books, begins by invoking him.

The Ancient Nazorean term for the original Fulness appears to have been Kimsa. When this term was translated into Greek it became Pleroma. The term for Emanation appears to have been Uthra. When this term was translated into Greek it became Aeon.
 

The Ancient Nazorean term for the original First Principle and First Father appears to have been Pira, meanng Abyss. When this term was translated into Greek it became Bythos, or Abyss.

The Mandaic term for the original Mother appears to have been Dmutha, meaning Image or Counterpart. When this term was translated into Greek it became Sige, or Silence, perhaps because of the similarity adn word play between Dmu and Dum. The realted term Dmuta, realted to Tree Vine, also explains why the Hidden Living Ones in Nazorean Hymns from the Qulasta are often called Vines, and Trees.  The term Ama, meaning "mother", also has a meaning of Main Vine, reinforcing the Nazorean concept of Heavenly Mother being a Flourishing Vine and Tree of Life. Another Aramaic word for silence, Nich, also means "will" and "grace", additional titles given to this highest female principle or Aeon in later Gnostic writings. (In the later Gnostic system of Ptolemaeus the Great Deep was given two female consorts, one names Silence and one named Will.)
 

"Mind alone comprehends the magnitude of his Father; he is called Only-Begotten and Father and Beginning of All. Along with him, Truth was emitted; this makes the first Four, the root."

"When Only-Begotten perceived why he had been emitted, he too emitted Logos and Life, since he was the father of all to come after him, and was the beginning of the whole Pleroma.

"From the union of Logos and Life were emitted Man and Church.

"When these Aeons, which had been emitted to the glory of the Father, themselves desired to glorify the Father, they joined each other in unions and suffered the emotions: Deep and Mingling, Unaging and Union, Self-Produced and Pleasure, Immovable and Mixture, Only-Begotten and Blessing.

"Man and Church emitted: Paraclete and Faith, Paternal and Hope, Maternal and Love, Everlasting and Intelligence, Ecclesiastical and Blessedness, willed and Sophia. Together, these are the thirty aeons, which are kept in Silence, and are not known. This is the invisible and spiritual Pleroma, triply divided into an eight, a ten and a twelve."

Ptolemy adds Christ and Holy Ghost to the 30, making the mystical 32 number of Aeons.