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Antinomian Antics: Sabotaging the Matrix
Reprint of an article originally published in New Dawn Magazine #85, expanded and revised with original illustrations. An overview of the antinomian strain of gnostic Christianity, touching upon a variety of scintillating and outrageous themes!
Hidden History of the Flood
Almost every culture on Earth has some sort of flood myth - and the same haunting feeling accompanies them all, the same nagging suspicion that something so traumatic as to be almost unbearable might actually have happened.
Intense trauma can sometimes hide itself from awareness by short-circuiting the memory; this may be why so many of [...]
Archons of Eden
As the gnostic scriptures reveal, the Garden of Eden was not a paradise, but a prison laboratory where fallen angels called “Archons” conducted a series of bizarre experiments in an attempt to produce a compliant strain of primate slaves.
The Biblical Genesis myth does not recount the introduction of intelligent life to this planet; rather, [...]
Sophia Revealed
When he had finished creating the physical universe, Yaldabaoth boasted to the angels beneath him, demanding that they worship him as the supreme being:
"[Yaldaboth] said… 'I am a jealous God, and there is no other God besides me.' But by making this announcement, he suggested to the angels with him that there is [...]
Yaldabaoths Vision
When Yaldabaoth learned that his creation was threatened by Immortal Man, he preened and blustered shamelessly in a childish attempt to forestall the inevitable.
"… when he actually knew that an enlightened, immortal man existed before him, [Yaldabaoth] was very much disturbed….
…Like a fool [he] acted recklessly, and said, "If someone exists before me, [...]
Eve + the Breath of Life
Eve was not produced from Adam’s rib; rather, Adam was created by fallen angels who abandoned him as lifeless experiment, a soulless robot who lay twitching helplessly on the ground until Sophia’s daughter Eve descended from the heavens and brought him to life:
“When Eve saw her co-likeness cast down, she pitied him, and she said, [...]
Secrets of the Serpent Savior
Disgusted by the Rulers' antics, Sophia sent a slithering spirit to help the hapless humans: a divine messenger known as the "Instructor" or the "female spiritual principle."
This slithering spirit (also known as "the serpent" in the Old Testament) descended to the earth and took residence in the Garden of Eden - not on the ground [...]
The Creation of Chaos
At the beginning of time, Sophia (the world soul) broke away from Christ (the world spirit) and gave birth to Yaldabaoth, the arrogant creator-god of the Old Testament.
The exact process by which this cosmic fiasco occurred was the subject of much debate among the gnostics; in perhaps the oldest version of the story, Sophia’s [...]
Birth of the Demiurge
As Sophia looked down into the swirling void, a monstrous creature swam forth from the darkness - an insane fallen angel called “the Demiurge”:
“…a Ruler first appeared out of the waters… having a great authority within himself, but not knowing whence he came into being.” [1]
Disgusted by her accidental creation, Sophia threw the [...]
Blasphemy of Samael
The Demiurge looked at his surroundings, realized that he was alone, and declared himself “god”; Sophia acted quickly to punish this cosmic usurper, blinding and banishing him in one fell swoop:
“Opening his eyes he saw a vast quantity of Matter without limit; and he became arrogant, saying, “It is I who am God, and [...]
