What Does Archons Look Like? and Nag Hammdai Scrolls, Gnosticism, Archon Matrix and Open Source Spirituality by Afrika Is Woke Magazine

 

What Does Archons Look Like?

By admin@desiretoshare.com February 19, 2021

We always focus on both the sound and root of words when looking at their entomology. For instance, when it comes to archons, the ‘on’ and ‘an’ sound are quite similar. In the same way, archangels and archons sounds similar. Archons generally thrive on the fear of humans and hold an important role in the demiurge.

In short, they usually manipulate your being through different control systems including money, government, mainstream media, and religion. There are several other things to unearth about archons. Read on to get some insightful details about them and their true purpose in our lives.

In this Guide

About Archons

The term archon comes from a Greek word that typically means ruler. In the early years in Greece, chief magistrates were referred to as archons. However, Archons are demonic entities in Gnosticism associated with evil embodiments. Among the Sethians, Archontics, and Ophites, Archons were typically the rulers of the seven different planets.

Archons usually prevent people from leaving a particular realm. Their political system portrays a defective government system that cannot be saved. In Manichaeism, they act as rulers of separate realms in the kingdom of darkness as their Prince.

Archons are an integral part of the Gnostics or demiurge and thrive on humans fear as previously mentioned. Jehovah plays a domineering role in the deceit together with religions that control human beings by instilling fear in them. This therefore means that archons obstruct authority through individuals separately or over different groups of people. Archons are known to have a negative impact on your energy.

About Archangels

Archangels act as human’s guardian angels. They usually control people’s actions and thoughts and have their best interests at heart. Nevertheless, their main role is lead you on the path of righteousness. We should all research about the entomology of each of the archangels in the spiritual realm including archangel Metatron, Uriel, Chamuel, Jeremiel, Zadquiel, Saraquel, and Jophiel. In entomology, EL usually means God that’s why each of the archangel names end with those letters.

Generally, archangels channel through different people. They give detailed reports that predict your future and can also tell you how much people love you.

How Archons Usually Act

Archons are demonic and thrive by planting fear in people’s hearts taking control of your spiritual health and entire feelings. They have a dark energy that tends to absorb your aura and those that they control. They typically feed on people’s aura.

Archons can also manifest here on earth as their aspect resembles that of angels holding lower ranks. Most people don’t know when archons are close to them but their presence can easily be diagnosed. They always make us feel exhausted by stealing our energy and make us lose hope in life. Their end goal is to frustrate and torment you silently and make your life hopeless.

Different Ways the Presence of Archons Affects Our Lives

1. They Will Make You Greedy

Archons are the source of our greed. You’ll never be happy with what you have when archons are in your life. Your greed will be insatiable since you won’t be contented with anything. Archons tend to highlight temptations and emotions of greed, wrath, and envy with you.

2. Archons Highlight All Your Fears

One of the most significant ways which archons usually affect our lives is by controlling our mental sanity. Archons may be present in your life if you are always afraid. Not only do archons enhance the feeling of fear in you but also have an effect on your confidence. They control your darker side including hatefulness, envy, and anger.

3. Archons Work Up People’s Dark Desires

Archons are known to also highlight the dark desires in our hearts and even bring them out. The desires may start off with small things like stealing and later become dangerous thoughts. In short, archons will bring out your worst side to light. Sometimes you are not even this type of person the archon showcases which makes understanding the real you quite challenging.

3. They Encourage Shedding of Blood

Archons will make you headstrong. You may therefore have to deal with temper issues and anger management. An archon may be present in your life if you are prone to losing your cool. Archons can also control your entire life preventing your from making any decisions by yourself. You may also seem to get into many physical fights since they encourage bloodshed. Besides, you may not get a hold of yourself and act strangely aggressive when these demonic entities control your life.

4. They Make Your Life Chaotic

Archons will strain your relationship causing unnecessary stress and are usually a bad luck sign in people’s lives. Archons are known for their ill-natured behaviors in both professional and person lives of others. They will cause trouble in your life with the intention of increasing your stress levels. An archon is in control of your life if you are constantly getting into trouble or having problems. Moreover, archons are also behind various encounters such as losing money, financial strains, accidents among several other things.

How Archangels Can Protect Us from Archons

The term angel has a deeper meaning beyond our comprehension. The most significant role of the archangels is to protect us from these demonic entities. Here are some of the archangels who can offer divine protection against the archons:

Archangel Michael

One of the most obvious ways in which an archangel can impact in your life positively is by offering protection against any potential threats and situations. For example, archangels are supposed to obstruct you from archons misguiding. Regardless of your state of mind, whether strong-willed or spineless, archons can gain control of your mind. Therefore, you can safeguard your life from all evil entities by calling upon St. Michael the archangel.

Additionally, archangel Michael will ensure you are courageous enough. You can call upon the archangel to grant to the courage to deal with difficult situations in your job or life. St. Michael the archangel usually protects the sick, suffering, policemen and soldiers. He therefore offers his guidance to those who work under unsafe situations.

St. Michael the archangel is a popular archangel in the spiritual realm. He typically offers protection, courage, and communication. He safeguards your energy whether you need some help or are facing a difficult situation.

Archangel Michael will also come to your aid if you have trouble communicating. He will operate your thirst chakra and give you light during misunderstandings thus enhancing your ability to communicate. Archangel Michael will also help you articulate better showcasing your real feelings and emotions enhancing your relationship with your loved ones. You will feel some type of way when you obtain archangel Michael’s divine guidance.

Archangel Barachiel

Barachiel is typically known to be the angel of blessings. He is also known as Barakiel which loosely translates to God’s blessings. Archangel Barachiel loves rose petals and is the definition of great things. If you have a positive light in your life, you will experience joy and lots of happiness. It will also secure you from archons and their harmful thoughts.

Archangel Barachiel will help you appreciate life more and teach you to be grateful always thus changing your attitude. He will offer you good fortune, helping you to be content and happy. Barachiel offers his guidance and blessings. If you are struggling with difficult life situations, call upon him and seek his assistance. When you learn to be patient, your heart desires will be fulfilled.

Additionally, with archangel Barachiel’s help you will be at peace with everyone around you. He also offers great thoughts allowing you to get back to your quintessential self and those around you. Archangel Barachiel will bring prosperity to your life and manifest positivity too. There are several other archangels in the angelic realm to always lead you. Open your heart and seek their assistance.

When you live a life of love and gratitude, you will never feel unsuccessful, unworthy, and insecure. Archangel Barachiel will guide you to transform any negative thoughts in your mind to positive ones.

Archangel Raguel

Raguel is the most composed and balanced archangel in the heavenly realm. He usually seeks justice and fairness for everyone and equally offers redemption to reformed characters. Archangel Raguel along with other major archangels act as observers of the entire universe.

Archangel Raguel is indispensable impacting our lives positively by cooling us down especially during heated arguments. When an archon is present in your life, you tend to become moody and substantially aggressive.

Archangel Raguel typically radiates a soothing, positive and secure energy. He is super calm with a relaxing vibe that inspires others to be calm as well. Therefore, if you are constantly struggling with professional and personal issues, seek archangel Raguel’s assistance. With proper guidance, this archangel will help transform intense arguments or fights to some deeper connections.

Archangel Raguel will help you resolve difficult life situations and also create meaningful relationships. Besides, he will also help you attract the right kind of friends that match your energy levels and be in good terms with your loved ones.

Archangel Raguel will help you attract friends with a similar spiritual affinity and aura to yours revolving around potency, support, and mutual respect among several other factors.

Archangel Azrael

Of all the archangels in the heavenly realm, Azrael is one of the most fascinating, compelling, and mysterious angels. Archangel Azrael is God’s angel and has advanced knowledge on the universe’s supreme insights.

Archangel Azrael’s calming effects rub on humans. Most of us get overwhelmed trying to figure out this life on our own. Azrael will protect you from archons helping you not to destroy your life. Besides giving you a calming and clear state of mind, he will also help you get in touch with your subconscious. You can easily connect with him through prayer and meditation. Remember, archangels can only come to your aid if you ask.

If you genuinely invoke the presence of archangel Azrael, he will answer all your prayers and grant your heart desires. This therefore means that if you have constantly been struggling with a problem, he will rescue you and ease the burden.

Archangel Azrael also blesses people, which means it’s easier to have a connection with him. In short, archangel Azrael will fulfill your wish of giving and also getting love and compassion.

Additionally, those who have strong connection with archangel Azrael lead successful lives. With his guidance and blessings, you will be able to clearly see the path of success. Plus, you can get rid of any distractions that bother you along the way.

Archangel Remiel

Of all the archangels in the heavenly realm, archangel Remiel’s main focus is giving hope to the hopeless and helping people realize their full potential. Remiel is known as the archangel of hope and will see you through tremendous depression.

Among all the archangels, Remiel is the closest entity to God.  He leads all souls to heaven after death and usually communicates with humans through dreams.

You can easily connect with archangel Remiel by invoking his presence in your life. Most of the times, Remiel will guide you using symbols. He is equally a great companion especially when it comes to your spiritual life.

Archangel Remiel also offers intellect wisdom. He will give you all the hope you need to get you through any difficult life situations. He will ease your pain when you are about to die which is one of the most significant way, he affects people’s lives. Archangel Remiel protects you from archons known to fill your life with negativity.

Archangel Remiel will help you find your purpose in life and see you through your day-to-day activities and also guide you to a new path. It therefore means that Remiel tends to create a magical path of healing to save you the harsh reality of painful emotions. He will help you to remain faithful.

Conclusion

Divine 

entities can make your life better or worse since they usually possess life-altering powers. We are powerless hence cannot protect ourselves from demonic archons who can impact our lives negatively. At first you may think it’s bad luck or sheer coincidence, but don’t play down archon’s powers. Archangels are the guiding force to protect us from evil.

Trust the archangels for enough strength to keep you healthy both physically and mentally. In the end, it all depends on you to choose the right thing. Pray and meditate habitually to establish a strong connection with archangels so that they can protect you against archons.

Nag Hammadi Scrolls, Archons & Gnosticism

n the Gnostic Gosepls the Archons are defined as an Alien False King Tyranny Ruler that controls through masks of deception promoted through war, technological abuse such as mind control, frequency implants, and military strategies and can be applied to human or non-human (Alien) sources. The Archonic Deception stems mostly from the Reptilian and Draconian races from the Orion Constellation.

All this borders on the unbelievable, were it not for the fact the ‘Archon Deception’ was already noted and explained by the First Century Gnostic Christian Movement.

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In December 1945, a red earthenware jar was found  near Nag Hammadi, a city in upper Egypt, and inside the jar were papyrus books dating from approximately A.D. 350.

The Papyrus books were released as The Nag Hammadi Library and  for the first time we had a firsthand account of the earliest Christian beliefs. The writings were very different from the Gospels comprised mainly of sayings rather than elaborate social situations for Jesus’ Ministry.

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Gnostic Texts, Aliens & Archon Matrix

In the Nag Hammadi Library we find first-hand encounters with inorganic beings called Archons. According to Gnostic Nag Hammadi teachings, Archons arose in the early stage of formation of the Solar System, before the Earth was formed and are capable of intruding on Earth.

Archons are considered predators that feed on Human Psychic Energy.

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Ancient Texts & The God Yahweh

In unmasking the Reptilian Deception and understanding Archons in Gnosticism, we relied on Ancient Sumerian Records and Gnostic teachings, and their illuminating effect should already be clear.

 

The transformation of flesh and blood Annunaki Beings into a Supreme Spirit appears to have been inspired by the need to find meaning and security – a resting place in the chaos of every generation. It also suited for an ancient Kingship model, and was fashioned to serve the needs of that era.

These were the beginnings of the “Reptilian Deception’ as part of the broader ‘Archonic Deception’ as understood through the Archons In Gnosticism teachings that is now still being carried out throughout by the Reptilian Draco Group.

We have outgrown the notion of autocratic government, but the accompanying Draco-Political Religious mindset remains.

Judaism and all the Religions of today that stem from it, are revealed as the remnants of a Multi-Dimensional Psychological Control System designed to manipulate and dupe Humanity into throwing away its own potential in the service of Extraterrestrial beings that regard our Planet purely as a ‘resource’ for their own Energy requirements whether its Food or Minerals.

This is the essence of the Reptilian Deception, to conceal from Human Beings their true Divine Potential and Identity as Sovereign Spirits by devising a game of Religious Deception and Kingship which diverts the Spiritual Energy Human beings possess to serve their own ends as Psycho-Spritual Parasites, and in the process limiting Mankind’s True Potential because he does not use his Divinity and Energy to develop himself, but instead to feed the ‘Reptilian Masters of Deception’.

Spiritual Sovereignty & Open Source Spirituality

Individual Spiritual Sovereignty is one in which Human Beings break away from this cycle by recognising their God given autonomy, and potential using the gift of Free Will.

To be sovereign is to be free, and it is important in the process to affirm our sovereignty so that we can recognize the interference of other beings in our energy field, limiting our potential, intentions and life purpose.

The ‘Archon Matrix’ therefore demands radical new Spiritual solutions, but the truth is the answers have always been with us for Thousands of years as the ‘Nag Hammadi Scrolls’ demonstrate. Therefore, in re-connecting with our True Potential, a ‘Return to Gnosticism’ should perhaps be considered a worthy path.

By definition, the Gnostic Path avoids any structural ideologies except to say, we must all sincerely begin to explore within.

For more on the origins of the Archons, Spiritual Soveriegnty and the Archons, you can check out the featured John Lash Podcast.

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In another passage of The First Apocalypse of James, the Master refers to those people "who exist as the type of the Archons" (30: 20).

Gnostics were not only alert to the intrusion of the Archons, but they were also acutely aware of the possibility of humans becoming totally "Archontized." This threat appears to have emerged in a particularly alarming way in that era to which Philip K. Dick often refers:

The resemblance to contemporary reports of close encounters is undeniable: the Archons induce a state of mortal panic, they often appear in threes, and they perform abductions ("take away souls by theft"). 

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Archons

Couple of days in my mind has filled again the idea of archons and how they manipulate this simulation. Are they real? What are they? What are they doing and why?

Gnosticism is infamous for its conception of the cosmos as the creation of the satanic Demiurge. But along with this entity is a retinue of demonic cosmic powers or Archons that act as co-creators and wardens of this prison universe. Join me as I explore the origins, nature and function of the Archons. From their terrible origins as primeval excretions of the Demiurge, to their dreadful creation of the human physical and psychical body – even a renegade Archon that defied the Demiurge and is even said to have created Jesus Christ. The Archons are an often overshadowed aspect of Gnosticism. Let’s trace their origins in the demonization of Yahweh, the Cosmic Daimons and Greco-Egyptian Magic.

The Hypostasis of…

The Archons
–   The Reality of the Rulers   –

translated by Bentley Layton

On account of the reality of the authorities, (inspired) by the spirit of

The Archons
–   The Reality of the Rulers   –

translated by Bentley Layton

On account of the reality of the authorities, (inspired) by the spirit of the father of truth, the great apostle – referring to the “authorities of the darkness” – told us that “our contest is not against flesh and blood; rather, the authorities of the universe and the spirits of wickedness.” I have sent this (to you) because you inquire about the reality of the authorities.

Their chief is blind; because of his power and his ignorance and his arrogance he said, with his power, “It is I who am God; there is none apart from me.”

When he said this, he sinned against the entirety. And this speech got up to incorruptibility; then there was a voice that came forth from incorruptibility, saying, “You are mistaken, Samael” – which is, “god of the blind.”

His thoughts became blind. And, having expelled his power – that is, the blasphemy he had spoken – he pursued it down to chaos and the abyss, his mother, at the instigation of Pistis Sophia. And she established each of his offspring in conformity with its power – after the pattern of the realms that are above, for by starting from the invisible world the visible world was invented.

As incorruptibility looked down into the region of the waters, her image appeared in the waters; and the authorities of the darkness became enamored of her. But they could not lay hold of that image, which had appeared to them in the waters, because of their weakness – since beings that merely possess a soul cannot lay hold of those that possess a spirit – for they were from below, while it was from above.

This is the reason why “incorruptibility looked down into the region (etc.)”: so that, by the father’s will, she might bring the entirety into union with the light.

The rulers laid plans and said, “Come, let us create a man that will be soil from the earth.” They modeled their creature as one wholly of the earth. Now the rulers […] body […] they have […] female […] is […] with the face of a beast. They had taken some soil from the earth and modeled their man after their body and after the image of God that had appeared to them in the waters.

They said, “Come, let us lay hold of it by means of the form that we have modeled, so that it may see its male counterpart […], and we may seize it with the form that we have modeled” – not understanding the force of God, because of their powerlessness.

And he breathed into his face; and the man came to have a soul (and remained) upon the ground many days. But they could not make him arise because of their powerlessness. Like storm winds they persisted (in blowing), that they might try to capture that image, which had appeared to them in the waters. And they did not know the identity of its power.

Now all these things came to pass by the will of the father of the entirety. Afterwards, the spirit saw the soul-endowed man upon the ground. And the spirit came forth from the Adamantine Land; it descended and came to dwell within him, and that man became a living soul. It called his name Adam, since he was found moving upon the ground. A voice came forth from incorruptibility for the assistance of Adam; and the rulers gathered together all the animals of the earth and all the birds of heaven and brought them in to Adam to see what Adam would call them, that he might give a name to each of the birds and all the beasts.

They took Adam and put him the garden, that he might cultivate it and keep watch over it. And the rulers issued a command to him, saying, “From every tree in the garden shall you eat; yet from the tree of recognizing good and evil do not eat, nor touch it; for the day you eat from it, with death you are going to die.”

They […] this. They do not understand what they have said to him; rather, by the father’s will, they said this in such a way that he might (in fact) eat, and that Adam might <not> regard them as would a man of an exclusively material nature.

The rulers took counsel with one another and said, “Come, let us cause a deep sleep to fall upon Adam.” And he slept. – Now the deep sleep that they “caused to fall upon him, and he slept” is Ignorance. – They opened his side like a living woman. And they built up his side with some flesh in place of her, and Adam came to be endowed only with soul.

And the spirit-endowed woman came to him and spoke with him, saying, “Arise, Adam.” And when he saw her, he said, “It is you who have given me life; you will be called ‘mother of the living’. – For it is she who is my mother. It is she who is the physician, and the woman, and she who has given birth.”

Then the authorities came up to their Adam. And when they saw his female counterpart speaking with him, they became agitated with great agitation; and they became enamored of her. They said to one another, “Come, let us sow our seed in her,” and they pursued her.

And she laughed at them for their witlessness and their blindness; and in their clutches she became a tree, and left before them her shadowy reflection resembling herself; and they defiled it foully. – And they defiled the stamp of her voice, so that by the form they had modeled, together with their (own) image, they made themselves liable to condemnation.

Then the female spiritual principle came in the snake, the instructor; and it taught them, saying, “What did he say to you? Was it, ‘From every tree in the garden shall you eat; yet – from the tree of recognizing good and evil do not eat’?”

The carnal woman said, “Not only did he say ‘Do not eat’, but even ‘Do not touch it; for the day you eat from it, with death you are going to die.'”
And the snake, the instructor, said, “With death you shall not die; for it was out of jealousy that he said this to you. Rather your eyes shall open and you shall come to be like gods, recognizing evil and good.” And the female instructing principle was taken away from the snake, and she left it behind, merely a thing of the earth.

And the carnal woman took from the tree and ate; and she gave to her husband as well as herself; and these beings that possessed only a soul, ate. And their imperfection became apparent in their lack of knowledge; and they recognized that they were naked of the spiritual element, and took fig leaves and bound them upon their loins.

Then the chief ruler came; and he said, “Adam! Where are you?” – for he did not understand what had happened. And Adam said, “I heard your voice and was afraid because I was naked; and I hid.”

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The ruler said, “Why did you hide, unless it is because you have eaten from the tree from which alone I commanded you not to eat? And you have eaten!”
Adam said, “The woman that you gave me, she gave to me and I ate.” And the arrogant ruler cursed the woman.
The woman said, “It was the snake that led me astray and I ate.” They turned to the snake and cursed its shadowy reflection, […] powerless, not comprehending that it was a form they themselves had modeled. From that day, the snake came to be under the curse of the authorities; until the all-powerful man was to come, that curse fell upon the snake.

They turned to their Adam and took him and expelled him from the garden along with his wife; for they have no blessing, since they too are beneath the curse. Moreover, they threw mankind into great distraction and into a life of toil, so that their mankind might be occupied by worldly affairs, and might not have the opportunity of being devoted to the holy spirit.

Now afterwards, she bore Cain, their son; and Cain cultivated the land. Thereupon he knew his wife; again becoming pregnant, she bore Abel; and Abel was a herdsman of sheep. Now Cain brought in from the crops of his field, but Abel brought in an offering (from) among his lambs. God looked upon the votive offerings of Abel; but he did not accept the votive offerings of Cain. And carnal Cain pursued Abel, his brother.

And God said to Cain, “Where is Abel, your brother?”

He answered saying, “Am I, then, my brother’s keeper?”

God said to Cain, “Listen! The voice of your brother’s blood is crying up to me! You have sinned with your mouth. It will return to you: anyone who kills Cain will let loose seven vengeances, and you will exist groaning and trembling upon the earth.”

And Adam knew his female counterpart Eve, and she became pregnant, and bore Seth to Adam. And she said, “I have borne another man through God, in place of Abel.” Again Eve became pregnant, and she bore Norea. And she said, “He has begotten on me a virgin as an assistance for many generations of mankind.” She is the virgin whom the forces did not defile.

Then mankind began to multiply and improve. The rulers took counsel with one another and said, “Come, let us cause a deluge with our hands and obliterate all flesh, from man to beast.” But when the ruler of the forces came to know of their decision, he said to Noah, “Make yourself an ark from some wood that does not rot and hide in it – you and your children and the beasts and the birds of heaven from small to large – and set it upon Mount Sir.”

Then Orea came to him, wanting to board the ark. And when he would not let her, she blew upon the ark and caused it to be consumed by fire. Again he made the ark, for a second time.

The rulers went to meet her, intending to lead her astray. Their supreme chief said to her, “Your mother Eve came to us.” But Norea turned to them and said to them, “It is you who are the rulers of the darkness; you are accursed. And you did not know my mother; instead it was your female counterpart that you knew. For I am not your descendant; rather it is from the world above that I am come.”

The arrogant ruler turned, with all his might, and his countenance came to be like (a) black […]; he said to her presumptuously, “You must render service to us, as did also your mother Eve; for I have been given […].” But Norea turned, with the might of […]; and in a loud voice, she cried out up to the holy one, the God of the entirety, “Rescue me from the rulers of unrighteousness and save me from their clutches – forthwith!”

The <great> angel came down from the heavens and said to her, “Why are you crying up to God? Why do you act so boldly towards the holy spirit?”
Norea said, “Who are you?” The rulers of unrighteousness had withdrawn from her.
He said, “It is I who am Eleleth, sagacity, the great angel who stands in the presence of the holy spirit. I have been sent to speak with you and save you from the grasp of the lawless. And I shall teach you about your root.”

(Norea apparently now speaking) Now as for that angel, I cannot speak of his power: his appearance is like fine gold and his raiment is like snow. No, truly, my mouth cannot bear to speak of his power and the appearance of his face!

Eleleth, the great angel, spoke to me. “It is I,” he said, “who am understanding. I am one of the four light-givers, who stand in the presence of the great invisible spirit. Do you think these rulers have any power over you? None of them can prevail against the root of truth; for on its account he appeared in the final ages; and these authorities will be restrained. And these authorities cannot defile you and that generation; for your abode is in incorruptibility, where the virgin spirit dwells, who is superior to the authorities of chaos and to their universe.”

But I said, “Sir, teach me about the faculty of these authorities – how did they come into being, and by what kind of genesis, and of what material, and who created them and their force?”

And the great angel Eleleth, understanding, spoke to me: “Within limitless realms dwells incorruptibility. Sophia, who is called Pistis, wanted to create something, alone without her consort; and her product was a celestial thing. A veil exists between the world above and the realms that are below; and shadow came into being beneath the veil; and that shadow became matter; and that shadow was projected apart. And what she had created became a product in the matter, like an aborted fetus. And it assumed a plastic form molded out of shadow, and became an arrogant beast resembling a lion. It was androgynous, as I have already said, because it was from matter that it derived.

Opening his eyes, he saw a vast quantity of matter without limit; and he became arrogant, saying, “It is I who am God, and there is none other apart from me”. When he said this, he sinned against the entirety. And a voice came forth from above the realm of absolute power, saying, “You are mistaken, Samael” – which is, ‘god of the blind’.

And he said, “If any other thing exists before me, let it become visible to me!” And immediately Sophia stretched forth her finger and introduced light into matter; and she pursued it down to the region of chaos. And she returned up to her light; once again darkness […] matter.

This ruler, by being androgynous, made himself a vast realm, an extent without limit. And he contemplated creating offspring for himself, and created for himself seven offspring, androgynous just like their parent. And he said to his offspring, “It is I who am god of the entirety.”

And Zoe (Life), the daughter of Pistis Sophia, cried out and said to him, “You are mistaken, Sakla!” – for which the alternative name is Yaltabaoth. She breathed into his face, and her breath became a fiery angel for her; and that angel bound Yaldabaoth and cast him down into Tartaros below the abyss.

Now when his offspring Sabaoth saw the force of that angel, he repented and condemned his father and his mother, matter. He loathed her, but he sang songs of praise up to Sophia and her daughter Zoe. And Sophia and Zoe caught him up and gave him charge of the seventh heaven, below the veil between above and below. And he is called ‘God of the forces, Sabaoth’, since he is up above the forces of chaos, for Sophia established him.

Now when these (events) had come to pass, he made himself a huge four-faced chariot of cherubim, and infinitely many angels to act as ministers, and also harps and lyres. And Sophia took her daughter Zoe and had her sit upon his right to teach him about the things that exist in the eighth (heaven); and the angel of wrath she placed upon his left. Since that day, his right has been called ‘life’; and the left has come to represent the unrighteousness of the realm of absolute power above. It was before your time that they came into being.

Now when Yaldabaoth saw him (Sabaoth) in this great splendor and at this height, he envied him; and the envy became an androgynous product, and this was the origin of envy. And envy engendered death; and death engendered his offspring and gave each of them charge of its heaven; and all the heavens of chaos became full of their multitudes. But it was by the will of the father of the entirety that they all came into being – after the pattern of all the things above – so that the sum of chaos might be attained.

“There, I have taught you about the pattern of the rulers; and the matter in which it was expressed; and their parent; and their universe.”

But I said, “Sir, am I also from their matter?”

“You, together with your offspring, are from the primeval father; from above, out of the imperishable light, their souls are come. Thus the authorities cannot approach them, because of the spirit of truth present within them; and all who have become acquainted with this way exist deathless in the midst of dying mankind. Still, that sown element will not become known now. Instead, after three generations it will come to be known, and it has freed them from the bondage of the authorities’ error.”

Then I said, “Sir, how much longer?”

He said to me, “Until the moment when the true man, within a modeled form, reveals the existence of the spirit of truth, which the father has sent.

Then he will teach them about everything, and he will anoint them with the unction of life eternal, given him from the undominated generation.

Then they will be freed of blind thought, and they will trample underfoot death, which is of the authorities, and they will ascend into the limitless light where this sown element belongs.

Then the authorities will relinquish their ages, and their angels will weep over their destruction, and their demons will lament their death.

Then all the children of the light will be truly acquainted with the truth and their root, and the father of the entirety and the holy spirit. They will all say with a single voice, ‘The father’s truth is just, and the son presides over the entirety”, and from everyone unto the ages of ages, “Holy – holy – holy! Amen!'”

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Gnosticism Explained

The History, Mythology, and Worldview of Gnostic Christianity

Sophia

“Allegory of Divine Wisdom” by Luca Giordano

In Gnosticism, the “Fall” didn’t occur through Adam and Eve – it happened before the world’s creation, through a mistake made by a heavenly being called Sophia (whose name is Greek for “Wisdom”[1]).

The story of Sophia’s fall (which was part of the Gnostic creation myth) is told slightly differently in the many Gnostic texts that discuss it, but the various versions of the tale all share the basics in common.

Sophia was one of the “aeons” – divine entities who were descended from God the Father and who were roughly equivalent to angels. Of the many aeons, Sophia was the last to arise from God.

Like the other aeons, Sophia was the child of a male-female pair of aeons that had come before her, who had given birth with the Father’s blessing. Sophia and the rest of the aeons formed the “Pleroma” (Greek for “Fullness”), the Gnostic name for Heaven.

Sophia wanted to have a child, too. But she went about it in the wrong way: she conceived without the involvement of her male partner or the approval of the Father. Her child was the “demiurge,” a misshapen, belligerent creature that was utterly unlike the other heavenly beings.

Sophia immediately realized her horrible mistake and cast her child out of the Pleroma. The demiurge, now alone, believed that he was the only being who had ever existed, and created the material world out of his ignorance, foolishness, and malevolence, trapping sparks of divinity within Adam and Eve along the way.

Because of her fall and its dire consequences, Sophia became a flawed being. Her deficiency rendered her unable to remain in the perfect “Fullness” of the Pleroma, so she was placed just outside of the Pleroma, in a realm above that of her malevolent son. In anguish, Sophia repented, and the Father agreed to bring her back to the Pleroma once what had become lacking in her was r

Precedents for Sophia in Jewish Literature

In the genre of Jewish (“Old Testament”) writing known as “wisdom literature,” Wisdom (Hokma in Hebrew[3]) was personified, and she gave monologues describing her great deeds and articulating her perspective on the world. Since Hokma, like the Greek Sophia, is a feminine noun, Wisdom was cast as a female figure. In the words of Nicola Denzey Lewis, Wisdom is “God’s active feminine principle, at once a part of God but also separate from God,” as in Proverbs 8, Job 28, and Sirach 24.[4] In this regard, she’s much like the Gnostic aeons, who are also semi-independent extensions of God. They act, whereas God himself simply is.

Here’s an example of one of Wisdom’s monologues, Proverbs 8:22-31:

The Lord created me at the beginning of his work,
the first of his acts of long ago.
Ages ago I was set up,
at the first, before the beginning of the earth.
When there were no depths I was brought forth,
when there were no springs abounding with water.
Before the mountains had been shaped,
before the hills, I was brought forth—
when he had not yet made earth and fields,
or the world’s first bits of soil.
When he established the heavens, I was there,
when he drew a circle on the face of the deep,
when he made firm the skies above,
when he established the fountains of the deep,
when he assigned to the sea its limit,
so that the waters might not transgress his command,
when he marked out the foundations of the earth,
then I was beside him, like a master worker;
and I was daily his delight,
rejoicing before him always,
rejoicing in his inhabited world
and delighting in the human race.[5]

The Gnostic depiction of Sophia was surely heavily influenced by this earlier Jewish depiction of Wisdom, both directly and indirectly through the works of thinkers such as Philo of Alexandria, a first-century Jewish intellectual who worked personified Wisdom into a rationalized cosmological system that sought to synthesize and harmonize the Jewish scriptures with the works of Plato, another importance influence on the Gnostics and early Christians more generally.[6]

Sophia and Non-Gnostic Christians

Some texts from the Valentinian school of Gnosticism connect the story of Sophia’s fall to the fate of non-Gnostic Christians – that is, Christians who have the baseline Christian virtue of faith but not the higher mystical insight of gnosis, the root of the word Gnostic.

For these Valentinians, those with gnosis will ascend to the Pleroma after their deaths to partake of its perfect “Fullness.” Christians without gnosis will still be saved, but will have to spend some time in the place where Sophia was put after her fall, so that they, like her, can continue to advance in perfection until they’re worthy of being admitted to the Pleroma.[7] You could say that Sophia’s realm is much like Purgatory in this view.

The existence of Sophia’s celestial waiting room of sorts enabled these Valentinians to have their cake and eat it, too: to preserve the special privilege that they believed gnosis imparted to them, while nevertheless being able to reassure other Christians that they, too, would ultimately be saved. This was surely a socially advantageous view, since it placed the Valentinians within the wider Christian fold rather than apart from it.

Conclusion

Why did the Gnostics cast divine Wisdom as the heavenly being responsible for the Fall? Isn’t that hopelessly out of character for a being named Wisdom? After all, if “Wisdom” could make a mistake, how could she truly be Wisdom? The second-century heresiologist Irenaeus, a fierce critic of the Gnostics, argued just that, and concluded that the Gnostic account of the Fall was abjectly incoherent.[8]

It seems to me that Irenaeus, in his determination to condemn the Gnostics, missed the point of the story. It’s more likely that, for the Gnostics, Sophia’s fall corresponds to the human intellect trying to be wise on its own, without the insight imparted by divine grace. Left to his or her own devices, the human thinker would inevitably go astray, because his or her thought lacks divine “Fullness” and is therefore woefully deficient. It’s fallen wisdom, not true wisdom. This inevitably creates unnecessary calamities for the thinker and for others, just as Sophia’s independent action led to her exile from Heaven and the creation of a horribly flawed world.

The solution, in this view, would be to acquire gnosis, the overarching goal of Gnosticism. The Gnostic who has been saved and has rejoined the Pleroma would thereby find himself or herself in the same position as the saved Sophia: the possessor, and even the embodiment, of true wisdom.

References:

[1] Lewis, Nicola Denzey. 2013. Introduction to “Gnosticism:” Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds. Oxford University Press. p. 194-197.

[2] Turner, John D., and Marvin Meyer. 2008. “The Secret Book of John.” In The Nag Hammadi Scriptures. Edited by Marvin Meyer. HarperOne. p. 103-132.

[3] Lewis, Nicola Denzey. 2013. Introduction to “Gnosticism:” Ancient Voices, Christian Worlds. Oxford University Press. p. 194-197.

[4] Ibid. p. 126.

[5] Proverbs 8:22-31, NRSV. https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs+8%3A22-31&version=NRSV Accessed on 1-31-2020.

[6] Brakke, David. 2010. The Gnostics: Myth, Ritual, and Diversity in Early Christianity. Harvard University Press. p. 60.

[7] Thomassen, Einar. 2008. “The Valentinian School of Gnostic Thought.” In The Nag Hammadi Scriptures. Edited by Marvin Meyer. HarperOne. p. 794.

[8] Ehrman, Bart. 2003. Lost Christianities: The Battles for Scripture and the Faiths We Never Knew. Oxford University Press. p. 189-190.

Charles Wharry (Darkbird18);

Because of the reality of the authorities, inspired by the spirit of the father of truth, the great messenger referring to the authorities of the darkness told us that “our contest is not against flesh and blood, rather, the authorities of the universe and the spirits of wickedness.” I have sent you this because you inquired about the reality of the authorities. Their chief is blind. Because of his power and his ignorance and his arrogance, he said, with his power, “I am god; there is no other but me.”