Are there any fiction books that explore the idea of the demiurge? i'm reading Valis by Philip K. Dick right now and the idea of the demiurge really intrigues me. I suppose elements of The Book of Subgenius deal with the demiurge as well. Help me out /lit/.
>>9349021
Actually read the Nag Hammadi codex, the origin story in it is really interesting. Just remember that it's deliberately written to be understood by those already initiated.
>>9349021
Does the Matrix have literature behind it? Especially the type that has the original ending.
I don't know if this is up your alley, not really high literature, but the comic Lucifer more or less deals with that.
>>9349522
If you end up liking it, do yourself a favor and don't watch the TV series, they made a police procedural out of it and it blows
What texts do you read to actually understand the demiurge
>>9349731
I dunno, Neuromancer maybe. Been forever since I read it. I suppose the demiurge could be AI. I mean it's kind of the definition of AI.
>>9349737
I meant the theistic, Gnostic demiurge m80, not sci fi
try the Timaeus.
>>9349743
The Gnostic Demiurge most certainly is machine.
>>9349021
Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch explores similar themes
>>9349021
the Indian Epics, maybe?
Read Blake
>>9349021
>fiction books that explore the idea of the demiurge?
As opposed to non-fiction books that explore the idea of the demiurge?
>>9349427
the matrix is actually a rip off of grant morrisions comic the invisibles.
Morrison didnt mind the wachoswskis ripped him off, but was a bit miffed they warped the matrix into being an allegory for boring christian Gnosticism
There's a japanese light novel series called Kagerou Daze where the demiurge is an important element of an important part of the story, but outside of that, it's mostly about Nietzschean ideas.
>>9350207
This
>>9351186
You catch on fast kid