the supercelestial lap of Achamoth is practically a Valentinian technical term (I.13.2; I.21.4–5; II.30.7; V.19.2). (4) The supercaelestem locum (V.31.2 lines 39–40, SC) to which the liberated “inner man” ascends is likewise common parlance in the Valentinian sects for the ogdoad or the dwelling of Achamoth above the merely “celestial place” of the Demiurge (I.5.4; I.15.2; I.21.3; II.17.9; II.28.9; III.10.4; III.16.6; IV.19.1; V.33.1; V.35.2;12 cf. Origen, Cels. VI.38; VIII.15). Are the opponents