Birth of the Demiurge

Sophia drew a veil around infinity and her veil cast a shadow outside it. From the depths of darkness arose Yaldabaoth, the blind, foolish Demiurge. Declaring himself “God”, Yaldabaoth fled the divine realms and used some of his stolen fire to build a prison planet called “Earth.” He created seven heavens like invisible cosmic cages and populated them with sinister fallen angels called “Rulers.”

Those Nasty Nephilim

The idea that an omnipotent creator god could callously seek to exterminate an entire species for the sins of a…

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Naughty Norea

It was not Noah who was the hero of the flood story, but Eve’s daughter Norea – a fiery, rebellious…

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The Legend of Lillith

The role played by Norea in the gnostic version of the flood myth is in many ways reminiscent of the…

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The Tower of Bible

The Tower of Bible

Gnostic retellings of Genesis typically wrestle with “problem” passages which seem to anthropomorphize God or assign limits to his omniscience…

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False Prophets

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Jesus in Hell

A long-standing Christian tradition holds that Jesus spent the three days between the crucifixion and the resurrection rescuing Old Testament…

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Baptism of Laughter

Baptism was an important sacrament for many ancient gnostics, who found in the reflecting waters of the baptismal pool a…

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Key Concepts

Cognitive frames of reference informing the design and purpose of this web site: Antinomianism – taboo-breaking as a means to…

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