Demiurge
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In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the Demiurge is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. Variou
A lion-faced, serpentine deity found on a Gnostic gem in Bernard de Montfaucon's L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures, a depiction of Yaldabaoth
Yaldabaoth
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Yaldabaoth, sometimes spelled Jaldabaoth or Ialdabaoth, is a malevolent god and demiurge according to various Gnostic sects, represented sometimes as a theriomorphic, lion-headed serpent. He is identi
Demiurge
…from heaven, and it is said his "face flashed with fire and [his] appearance was defiled with blood". Nebro creates six angels in addition to the angel Saklas to be his assistants. These six, in turn, create another twelve angels "with each one receiving a portion in the heavens". The etymology of the name…
The donkey-headed Set depicted in the Greek Magical Papyri