Liber IX · Gnosticism
Chapter V
Gnostic Cosmology
8 min readGnostic Cosmology: Pleroma, Aeons, Archons and the Soul's AscentGnostic cosmology explained: the unknowable God and the Pleroma, the aeons, Sophia's fall, the archons of the seven heavens, fate and the ascent of the soul.8 min readSophia in Gnostic Myth: Divine Wisdom, Her Fall and ReturnSophia in Gnostic myth: from Jewish Wisdom to the fallen aeon of the Apocryphon of John, Valentinian Achamoth and the Pistis Sophia, and her later legacy.9 min readThe Demiurge: From Plato's Craftsman to Gnostic YaldabaothThe demiurge explained: Plato's divine craftsman in the Timaeus, the Gnostic Yaldabaoth, Marcion's creator, Plotinus's critique and modern literary echoes.
Forthcoming in this chapter
15- Ptolemy the Gnostic: Life, Works and Influence
- Barbelo: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- Yaldabaoth: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- The Pleroma: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- The Aeons: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- The Archons: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- Christ in Gnosticism: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- Mary Magdalene in Gnostic Texts: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- Seth in Gnosticism: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- Norea: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- The Ogdoad: Meaning in Gnostic Myth
- Gnostic Dualism: Meaning, History and Practice
- The Gnostic Redeemer Myth: Meaning, History and Practice
- Modern Gnostic Churches: Meaning, History and Practice
- The Gnostic Mass and Ecclesia Gnostica: Meaning, History and Practice