So who is Sophia? Why did she make the demiurge? Why is it

>>19578035
Nothing, you know nothing, we know nothing. You will never find truth. Your knowledge, our knowledge is bunk, in the same way a cat cannot understand capitalism we cannot understand reality

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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 limitless light into matter and the region of chaos.
The chief archon trembled in fear.

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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.

>>19578062
I am THIS close to going to /sci/ to see if we can design an experiment to test if cats can understand capitalism.

>>19578135
THIS

>ITT: retards

And it happened one day, when John, the brother of James - who are the sons of Zebedee - had come
up to the temple, that a Pharisee named Arimanius approached him and said to him, "Where is your
master whom you followed?" And he said to him, "He has gone to the place from which he came." The
Pharisee said to him, "With deception did this Nazarene deceive you (pl.), and he filled your ears with
lies, and closed your hearts (and) turned you from the traditions of your fathers."
When I, John, heard these things I turned away from the temple to a desert place. And I grieved greatly
in my heart, saying, "How then was the savior appointed, and why was he sent into the world by his
Father, and who is his Father who sent him, and of what sort is that aeon to which we shall go? For what
did he mean when he said to us, 'This aeon to which you will go is of the type of the imperishable aeon,
but he did not teach us concerning the latter, of what sort it is."
Straightway, while I was contemplating these things, behold, the heavens opened and the whole creation
which is below heaven shone, and the world was shaken. I was afraid, and behold I saw in the light a
youth who stood by me. While I looked at him, he became like an old man. And he changed his likeness
(again), becoming like a servant. There was not a plurality before me, but there was a likeness with
multiple forms in the light, and the likenesses appeared through each other, and the likeness had three
forms.

>>19578199
He said to me, "John, John, why do you doubt, or why are you afraid? You are not unfamiliar with this
image, are you? - that is, do not be timid! - I am the one who is with you (pl.) always. I am the Father, I
am the Mother, I am the Son. I am the undefiled and incorruptible one. Now I have come to teach you
what is and what was and what will come to pass, that you may know the things which are not revealed
and those which are revealed, and to teach you concerning the unwavering race of the perfect Man.
Now, therefore, lift up your face, that you may receive the things that I shall teach you today, and may tell
them to your fellow spirits who are from the unwavering race of the perfect Man."
And I asked to know it, and he said to me, "The Monad is a monarchy with nothing above it. It is he who
exists as God and Father of everything, the invisible One who is above everything, who exists as
incorruption, which is in the pure light into which no eye can look.
"He is the invisible Spirit, of whom it is not right to think of him as a god, or something similar. For he is
more than a god, since there is nothing above him, for no one lords it over him. For he does not exist in
something inferior to him, since everything exists in him. For it is he who establishes himself. He is
eternal, since he does not need anything. For he is total perfection. He did not lack anything, that he
might be completed by it; rather he is always completely perfect in light. He is illimitable, since there is no
one prior to him to set limits to him. He is unsearchable, since there exists no one prior to him to examine
him. He is immeasurable, since there was no one prior to him to measure him. He is invisible, since no
one saw him. He is eternal, since he exists eternally. He is ineffable, since no one was able to
comprehend him to speak about him. He is unnameable, since there is no one prior to him to give him a
name.

>>19578203
"He is immeasurable light, which is pure, holy (and) immaculate. He is ineffable, being perfect in incorruptibility. (He is) not in perfection, nor in blessedness, nor in divinity, but he is far superior. He is not
corporeal nor is he incorporeal. He is neither large nor is he small. There is no way to say, 'What is his
quantity?' or, 'What is his quality?', for no one can know him. He is not someone among (other) beings,
rather he is far superior. Not that he is (simply) superior, but his essence does not partake in the aeons
nor in time. For he who partakes in an aeon was prepared beforehand. Time was not apportioned to him,
since he does not receive anything from another, for it would be received on loan. For he who precedes
someone does not lack, that he may receive from him. For rather, it is the latter that looks expectantly at
him in his light.
"For the perfection is majestic. He is pure, immeasurable mind. He is an aeon-giving aeon. He is
life-giving life. He is a blessedness-giving blessed one. He is knowledge-giving knowledge. He is
goodness-giving goodness. He is mercy and redemption-giving mercy. He is grace-giving grace, not
because he possesses it, but because he gives the immeasurable, incomprehensible light.
"How am I to speak with you about him? His aeon is indestructible, at rest and existing in silence,
reposing (and) being prior to everything. For he is the head of all the aeons, and it is he who gives them
strength in his goodness. For we know not the ineffable things, and we do not understand what is
immeasurable, except for him who came forth from him, namely (from) the Father. For it is he who told it
to us alone. For it is he who looks at himself in his light which surrounds him, namely the spring of the
water of life.

>>19578208
And it is he who gives to all the aeons and in every way, (and) who gazes upon his image
which he sees in the spring of the Spirit. It is he who puts his desire in his water-light which is in the
spring of the pure light-water which surrounds him.

"And his thought performed a deed and she came forth, namely she who had appeared before him in the
shine of his light. This is the first power which was before all of them (and) which came forth from his
mind, She is the forethought of the All - her light shines like his light - the perfect power which is the
image of the invisible, virginal Spirit who is perfect. The first power, the glory of Barbelo, the perfect glory
in the aeons, the glory of the revelation, she glorified the virginal Spirit and it was she who praised him,
because thanks to him she had come forth. This is the first thought, his image; she became the womb of
everything, for it is she who is prior to them all, the Mother-Father, the first man, the holy Spirit, the
thrice-male, the thrice-powerful, the thrice-named androgynous one, and the eternal aeon among the
invisible ones, and the first to come forth.
"<She> requested from the invisible, virginal Spirit - that is Barbelo - to give her foreknowledge. And the
Spirit consented. And when he had consented, the foreknowledge came forth, and it stood by the
forethought; it originates from the thought of the invisible, virginal Spirit. It glorified him and his perfect
power, Barbelo, for it was for her sake that it had come into being.
"And she requested again to grant her indestructibility, and he consented. When he had consented,
indestructibility came forth, and it stood by the thought and the foreknowledge. It glorified the invisible
One and Barbelo, the one for whose sake they had come into being.

>>19578215
"And Barbelo requested to grant her eternal life. And the invisible Spirit consented. And when he had
consented, eternal life came forth, and they attended and glorified the invisible Spirit and Barbelo, the
one for whose sake they had come into being.
"And she requested again to grant her truth. And the invisible Spirit consented. And when he had
consented, truth came forth, and they attended and glorified the invisible, excellent Spirit and his
Barbelo, the one for whose sake they had come into being.
"This is the pentad of the aeons of the Father, which is the first man, the image of the invisible Spirit; it is
the forethought, which Barbelo, and the thought, and the foreknowledge, and the indestructibility, and the
eternal life, and the truth. This is the androgynous pentad of the aeons, which is the decad of the aeons,
which is the Father.
"And he looked at Barbelo with the pure light which surrounds the invisible Spirit, and (with) his spark,
and she conceived from him. He begot a spark of light with a light resembling blessedness. But it does
not equal his greatness. This was an only-begotten child of the Mother-Father which had come forth; it is the only offspring, the only-begotten one of the Father, the pure Light.

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http://thebiggestpicture.net/John_Lash

>>19578221
I'm not clear on why only at the end there is begot. Is the pentad not begot by the source? Is this only because they are willed to existence by the all rather than born of interplay between Barbelo and the all?

Following this, I guess the reason why Sophia fucked up is that only the source is capable of creating unbegot. The aeons, even Barbelo, must mate to create

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>>19578035
It's understandable if you know that Sofia is the female aspect of the Monad and the Demiurge is the lover she created for herself. But you won't hear this one at Sunday school.

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>>19578140
This is the source intent of all sadness. Your curiosity killed the cat out of the bag.

>>19578035
Sophia is bae.

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>>19583363

Wait I have those pics... lemme search!

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>>19583386
Oh. I remember being called the seed of Chaos in my dreams. I also remember Chaos being split up in some way and someone trying to do something to him that ended up creating a monster. Got any more of these?

>>19578035
the Monad isn't a personal agent. Its just the continuity of everything.

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Not the comic guy but found some of those in my /x/ folder.
This one is quite accurate desu

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>>19583423
How do I move on from Psychic to Pneumatic? Am I fucked? Should I spend the rest of my life speedrunning Megaman games so I can avoid these questions I'll never know the answer too?

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>>19583460
Alternate perspective.

>>19583461
Can't help you, sorry

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>>19583363
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>>19583466

Want more comics on this kinda stuff?
Read this:
http://jessemoynihan.com/?p=11

One of the guys who works on Adventure Time, seriously worth checking out.

I'm not even joking when I say the next thing.
Adventure Time is much, much deeper than it looks at first glance

>>19583513
Now that I think about it, it does have that Gnostic Illuminati feel.

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>>19583513

Fact.

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>>19583513

The first time I saw that show I was sitting on a couch in a nursing home, finishing writing notes about the old folks I saw that day, when a little child came up and turned on the big screen in the lobby. He put in on that show; it felt oddly; the entire situation was the sort of normal day to day even you should expect to occur; but something it it felt /x tier. Like how the first time I was in Austin the movie theather I walked past just happened to be playing "The Holy Mountain" for the first time I saw it.

The episode was the one where jake goes to sleep in dream world to bring bake Prismo.

Humanity understands spiritual incandescence... sometimes.