![]() ![]() In most schools of Gnosticism, Yaldabaoth (the name for this demiurge), also known as the Leonine Serpent, was created by Sophia, the lowest of the aeons who dwelled in the Divine stone of the Pleroma. He is said to have been the devil, but most sects consider them to be two completely different entities. He was known by different Gnostic teachings as Samael, Saklas, "Fool" or Yaldabaoth, "Son of Chaos." Gnosticism portrays Yaldabaoth as an inferior "evil" god who created the world who appears as the " God" of the Old Testament. In others, the demiurge is simply ignorant or misguided. According to some strains of Gnosticism, the demiurge is malevolent, as it is linked to the material world. In the arch-dualist ideology of the various Gnostic systems, the material universe is evil, while the non-material world is good. ![]() In some of these systems, it and the rest of the material universe will be sent to Hell, where it will become the judge and torturer of the damned. Though it is commonly depicted as willfully ignorant of the spiritual universe, the Demiurge itself and the material it uses to create and fashion the universe are considered uncreated and eternal or copies of the product of another being, depending on the system. The concept of the Demiurge is that it is an artisan figure responsible for the fashioning and maintenance of the physical universe, but not the true creator deity. 5.2 Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.4.1 Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey.3.2 Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. ![]()
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