Who are the Archons - The Rulers of the Cosmos in Gnosticism & their Origins in Cosmology and Magic

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The Buddhist wheel of life depicts Samsara (this reality) being ruled by the being Mara….and that our goal is to escape. A Bodhisattva is a being who incarnates to help us leave this realm. This is why both Hindus and Buddhists recognise Jesus as being such a character….with Hindus calling them Avatars.

I think the gnostic scholars were the Warhammer40,000 nerds of their day. They probably traded scrolls like they were miniatures.

“Before there was anything, there was nothing. And before there was nothing, there were monsters.” -The Lich

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It's been a while since I've heard mention of the Archons. These dark entities seem to go under the radar far too easily.

I typically don't like cynical stories where all is evil but the gnostic story is kind of inspirational with how good is the underdog, rather than good being super powerful but just ignores a world full of suffering for reasons that are unexplained.

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Alternatively, "Religious Cosmic Horror"

5:05 "this is all a kind of prison" honestly feels right lol

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Fascinating how much of this is echoed in the overall universe in The Matrix; that this is not the "real" cosmos, this physical realm was created by malevolent entities including a creepy serpent-like thing... with them creating us to use us as their slaves and their source of power, and that it is the responsibility of every soul to realize all this and use the divine spark in each of us to transcend the physical realm and return back to the real world. Or maybe I'm giving the Wachowskis too much credit...?

Thank you. I've been delving into the realm of "prisoner" status my entire life. The last two decades have brought this revelation into acute focus. John Lamb Lash's work has been particularly enlightening as well. Your contributions are welcome and helpful. Thank you for your research and contributions to our collective awareness.

The one thing I know about Archons other than their role in Early Gnostic Christianity, is "YOU MUST BUILD ADDITIONAL PLYONS" to even get them in you base.

"...Ruled over by a host of planetary demons bent on nothing less than the torture and enslavement of the divine spark, hidden, within each human being..." -Esoterica

William Blake’s artwork is such a perfect accent to your presentation. Thank you for your generosity. Sharing your knowledge is a great gift.

I absolutely adore the Nag Hammadi Texts. They may seem a bit disjointed and fractured but... given enough study they are packed full of wisdom. Literally the book of Wisdom is intact there. THANK YOU for covering these books in depth. As always wonderful job!

The Archons could psychologically represent the animalistic drives of the human psyche. The daimonium of our instinctive underconsciousness, that needs to be faced and mastered - then the animal in us will carry us well on our spiritual evolution into divine superconsciousness. Elsewise our inner demons will drive us passionate through hell on Earth and feed from our emotional desasters, while keeping us imprisoned in unconsciously selfcreated life dramas. Interesting is the rebelling Archon, who appears like an awakend animalistic archetype, the self-reflecting animal in us. Who knows - since Jung and Freud it should be clear, that religious archetypes often represent archetypes of the human psyche.

I always enjoy your videos on gnosticism. In the past the subject has made my head spin until it hurt due to there being so much convoluted modern BS out there. Your study of the original texts, and more importantly your amazing ability to clearly share your understanding with wit, helps to pull the subject matter into laser focus for me. Kudos Dr. Justin. I raise an absinthe to you, sir.

Delving into the history and philosophy of Gnosticism has really helped me heal a lot of my own religious trauma growing up in a very rigidly Christian family as an LGBT person. I was told my entire life that being different, that doing things in a way other than what the Bible described, and that doubting whether any of this was right or not was bad and shouldn't be allowed, that basically having free will was in itself evil, but, for some reason, it just never gelled with me, I just couldn't bring myself to believe that free will, intelligence, differences and the ability to choose was anything other than a gift and, as a result after 26 years of going to church ever single Sunday, I stopped and haven't been back since. Learning that there was a time when there were strains of Christianity which not only rejected orthodoxy and control, but also embraced free will, the Adam and Eve leaving the garden was not a punishment, but a triumph, it's done a lot to soothe the pain and take heart that those who use this faith to harm, abuse, and control others have always been questioned from the very beginning. It's no wonder the Gnostics were all burned, there will always be a certain type of person who loathes it when orthodoxy is questioned.