Yaldabaoth shared his fire with his seraphim
but gave them none of his pure Light
although he ruled them by virtue of the power and glory of the Light had received from his Mother.
[Therefore he called himself “ Go d ” and defied his place of origin.]
He united his though t’ s sevenfold Powers with the Authorities who accompanied him.
He spoke and it happened.
He named those sevenfold Powers starting with the highest one:
Goodness paired with the first: Athoth
Providence paired with the second: Eloaios
Divinity paired with the third: Astaphaios
Lordship paired with the fourth: Yao
Kingdom paired with the fifth: Sabaoth
Zeal paired with the sixth: Adonin
Understanding paired with the seventh: Sabbataios
Each has its own realm modelled on one of the higher realms.
And each new name refers to a glory in the heavens
So that Yaldabaoth demons might be destroyed.
The demon s ’ own names, given by Yaldabaoth, are mighty names but the Power s ’ names reflecting the glory above will bring about the demon s ’ destruction and remove their Power. That is why each has two names.
Yaldabaoth modelled his creation on the pattern of the original realms above him so that it might be just like the indestructible realms.
[Not that he had ever seen the indestructible ones.
Rather, the power in him, deriving from his mother, made him aware of the pattern of the cosmos above.]
When he gazed upon his creation surrounding him.
He said to his host of demons
the ones who had come forth out of him:
“ I am a jealous God and there is no God but me ! ”
[But by doing this he admitted to his demons that there is indeed another God. For, if there were no other God, whom would he possibly, be jealous of?]
His mother began to move back and forth because she had become aware that she now lacked Light for her brightness had dimmed.
[Since her consort had not approved of her actions, she grew darker]
[I said “ Master, what does it mean ‘ she moved back and fort h’? ”
He laughed, saying, “ I t’ s not as Moses said ‘ upon the waters . ’ Not at all .” ]
When she saw the evil that had taken place and the theft of light that her son had committed she repented.
In the darkness of ignorance she began to forget. She began to be shamed. But she could not yet return above yet she began to move. And so she moved back and forth.
[The arrogant one removed Power from his mother]. For he was ignorant he thought no one existed except for his mother. He saw the host of demons he had created and he elevated himself above them. But when the mother realized that that miscarriage was so imperfect she came to realize that her consort had not approved. She repented and wept furiously.]
All of the divine realms (Pleroma) heard her repentant prayer they sought blessing for her from the Invisible Virgin Spirit. The Spirit consented. He poured the Holy Spirit over her and brought forth from the whole full realm.
[Her consort did not come down to her on his own, but he came through the whole full realm to restore her to her original condition.]
She was elevated above her son, but she was not restored to her own original realm.
She would remain in the ninth sphere until she was fully restored.
Humanity Begins
Then came a voice from the highest realms saying:
“ The Man exists! And the Son of Man ! ”
Yaldabaoth, chief ruler, heard it.
He thought it came from his mother.
He did not know the true source of the voice:
The Holy Mother-Father.
Perfect Providence.
Image of the Invisible.
Father of Everything. In whom everything has come to be.
The First Man
[This is the one who appeared to them.
He appeared in the form of a human being.]
The entire realm of the chief ruler quaked!
The foundations of the abyss moved!
He illuminated the waters above the world of matter, his image shown in those waters.
All the demons and the first ruler together gazed up toward the underside of the newly shining waters. Through that light they saw the Image in the waters.
Yaldabaoth said to his subordinate demons:
“ Let us create a man according to the image of God and our own likeness so that his image will illuminate us . ”
Each one through anothe r’ s Power created aspects of the man; each added a characteristic corresponding to the psychic factors they had seen in the Image above them.
They made a creature of substance
in the likeness of that perfect First Man
And they said, “ Let us call him Adam, so that his name will give us the power of light . ”
Construction of the human body
The seven Powers began to work:
. Goodness made a psyche of bone
Providence made a psyche of sinew
Divinity made a psyche of flesh
Lordship made a psyche of marrow
Kingdom made a psyche of blood
Zeal made a psyche of skin
Understanding made a psyche of hair
The host of demons took these substances from the Powers to create the limbs and the body itself. They put the parts together and coordinated them. The first ones began by making the head: Abron created his head; Meniggesstroeth created the brain; Asterechme the right eye; Thaspomocha, the left eye; Ieronumos, the right ear; Bissoum, the left ear; Akioreim, the nose; Banenrphroum, the lips; Amen, the front teeth; Ibikan, the molars; Basiliademe, the tonsils; Achcha, the uvula; Adaban, the neck; Chaaman, the neckbones; Dearcho, the throat; Tebar, the shoulder; Mniarcon, the elbow; Abitrion, the right arm; Evanthen, the left arm; Krys, the right hand; Beluai, the left hand; Treneu, the fingers of the right hand; Balbel, the fingers of the left hand; Kriman, fingernails; Astrops, the right breast; Barroph, the left breast; Baoum, the right shoulder joint; Ararim, the left shoulder joint; Areche, the belly; Phthave, the navel; Senaphim, the abdomen; Arachethopi, the right ribs; Zabedo, the left ribs; Barias, the right hip; Phnouth the left hip; Abenlenarchei, the marrow; Chnoumeninorin, the skeleton; Gesole, the stomach; Agromauna, the heart; Bano, the lungs; Sostrapal, the liver; Anesimalar, the spleen; Thopithro, the intestines; Biblo, the kidneys; Roeror, the sinews; Taphreo, the spine; Ipouspoboba, the veins; Bineborin, the arteries; Atoimenpsephei, respiration; Entholleia, the flesh; Bedouk, the right buttock; Arabeei, the penis; Eilo, the testicles; Sorma, the genitals; Gormakaiochlabar, the right thigh; Nebrith, the left thigh; Pserem, the kidneys of the right leg; Asaklas, the left kidney; Ormaoth, the right leg; Emenun, the left leg; Knyx, the right shin; Tupelon, the left shin; Achiel, the right knee; Phnene, the left knee; Phiouthrom, the right foot; Boabel, its toes; Trachoun, the left foot; Phikna, its toes; Miamai, the toenails.
And those who were appointed over all of these are:
Zathoth,
Armas,
Kalila,
Iabel,
Sabaoth,
Cain,
Abel.
The energizing powers in the limbs were divided among:
the head made by Diolimodraza; the neck by Yammeax; the right shoulder Yakouib; the left shoulder Verton; the right hand Oudidi; the left Arbao; the fingers of the right hand Lampno; the fingers of the left hand Leekaphar; the right breast Barbar; the left breast Imae; the chest Pisandriaptes; the right shoulder joint Koade; the left shoulder joint Odeor; the right ribs Asphixix; the left ribs Synogchouta; the abdomen Arouph; the womb Sabalo; the right thigh Charcharb; the left thigh Chthaon; the genitals Bathinoth; the right leg Choux; the left leg Charcha; the right shin Aroer; the left shin Toechtha; the right knee Aol; the left knee Charaner; the right foo
t Bastan; its toes Archentechtha; the left foot Marephnounth; its toes Abrana.
Seven govern the whole body:
Michael,
Ouriel,
Asmenedas,
Saphasatoel,
Aarmouriam,
Richram,
Amiorps.
The one who governs perceptions: Archendekta
The one who governs reception: Deitharbathas
The one who governs imagination: Oummaa
The one who governs integration: Aachiaram
The one who governs impulse: Riaramnacho.
There is a fourfold source of the bodily demons:
Hot, Cold, Dry, Wet.
[Matter is the mother of them all.]
Ruler of hot: Phloxopha
Ruler of cold: Oroorrothos
Ruler of dry: Erimacho
Ruler of wet: Athuro.
Their mother stands among them: Onorthochrasaei
She is unlimited
She mixes with all of them.
She is matter and they are nourished by her.
The four chief demons are:
Ephememphi, associated with pleasure,
Yoko, associated with desire,
Nenentophni, associated with distress,
Blaomen, associated with fear.
Their mother is Esthesis-Zouch-Epi-Ptoe.
Out from these four demons come passions:
from distress arises - Envy, jealousy, grief, vexation, discord, cruelty, worry, and mourning.
From pleasure comes much evil and unmerited pride, and so forth. From desire come anger, fury, bitterness, outrage, dissatisfaction and so forth.
From fear emerged:- Horror, flattery, suffering, and shame.
[Their thought and truth is Anayo, the ruler of the material soul.
It belongs with the seven senses, Esthesis-Zouch-Epi-Ptoe.]
This is the total number of the demons: 365
they worked together to complete, part by part, the psychical and the material body.
There are even more of them in charge of other passions that I did n’ t tell you about. If you want to know about them you will find the information in the Book of Zoroaster.
All of Yaldabaoth servants and his demons worked to finish the psychic body. For a very long time it lay inanimate it did not move.
Yaldabaot h’ s mother wanted to take back the Power she had turned over to the Chief Ruler. She earnestly asked the most merciful, The Mother-Father of everything, for help.
Yaldabaoth Deceived
By His sacred command He sent down the five Lights
In the forms of the principal advisors to Yaldabaoth.
[This led to the removal of Yaldabaot h’ s mothe r’ s divine Power from him.]
They told Yaldabaoth:
“ Blow some of your Spirit in the ma n’ s face,
then his body will rise up . ”
Yaldabaoth blew some of his Spirit into the man.
That Spirit was the divine Power of his mother.
[He did n’ t understand what was happening, for he lived in ignorance.]
His mothe r’ s divine Power left Yaldabaoth
It entered the psychic human body
Modeled on the primordial image.
The human body moved!
It grew powerful!
It shone!
Yaldabaot h’ s demonic forces envied the man.
Through their united efforts he had come into being they had given their Power to him. His understanding was far greater than that of those who had created him. And greater than that of the Chief Ruler himself.
When they realized that he shone with light and could think better than they could and was naked of evil, they took him and cast him down into the lowest depths of the material world.
Samael
Samael ( Hebrew : סַמָּאֵל , "Venom of God" [1] or "Poison of God", or "Blindness of God" Sammael or Samil) is an important archangel in Talmudic and post-Talmudic lore, a figure who is an accuser, seducer , and destroyer, and has been regarded as both good and evil. Rabbinical writings describe Samael as the guardian angel of Esau (and the Roman Empire) and a patron of Edom .
He is considered in Talmudic texts to be a member of the heavenly host (with often grim and destructive duties). One of Samael's greatest roles in Jewish lore is that of the main archangel of death . He remains one of God's servants even though he condones the sins of man. As an angel , Samael resides in the seventh heaven , although he is declared to be the chief angel of the fifth heaven , the reason for this being the presence of the throne of glory in the seventh heaven.
In Judaism , Samael is said to be the angel of death, and sometimes the name of Satan is accorded to him. While Satan describes his function as an accuser, Samael is considered to be his proper name. While Michael defends Israel's actions, Samael tempts people to sin. He is also depicted as the angel of death and one of the seven archangels, the ruler over the Fifth Heaven and commander of two million angels such as the chief of other Satan’s . Yalkut Shimoni (I, 110) presents Samael as Esau's guardian angel .
According to The Ascension of Moses, Samael is also mentioned as being in 7th Heaven:
Jehovah the Demiurge
Jehovah ( / d ʒɪ ˈ h oʊvə / ji-HOH- v ə ) is a Latinization of the Hebrew יְהֹוָה , one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה (YHWH), one of the seven proper names of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible .
The consensus among scholars is that the historical vocalization of the Tetragrammaton at the time of the redaction of the Torah (6th century BCE) is most likely Yahweh . The historical vocalization was lost because in Second Temple Judaism , during the 3rd to 2nd centuries BCE, the pronunciation of the Tetragrammaton came to be avoided, being substituted with Adonai ("my Lord"). The Hebrew vowel points of Adonai were added to the Tetragrammaton by the Masoretes , and the resulting form was transliterated around the 12th century as Yehowah. The derived forms Iehouah and Jehovah first appeared in the 16th century.
"Jehovah" was popularized in the English-speaking world by William Tyndale and other pioneer English Protestant translations such as the Geneva Bible and the King James Version . It is still used in some translations, such as the New World Translation , the American Standard Version , and Young's Literal Translation , but it does not appear in most mainstream English translations, as the terms "Lord" or "LORD": used instead, generally indicating that the corresponding Hebrew is Yahweh or YHWH .
This message is in reference to using the word “ Jehova h ” to mean the God of the Bible. I assume you know that it is YHWH with the vowel points for “ Adona i ” added. This was to remind the Torah reader to say “ Adona i ” instead of YHWH
Elohim
Translation: “ God , ” as in Genesis 1:1: “ in the beginning God create d …”
Yahweh
Translation: “ Lord , ” as in Psalm 23:1: “ The Lord is my Shepher d …”
Adonai
Translation: “ Ruler, Master, Lord , ” as in Psalm 35:23: “ my God (Elohim) and my Lord (Adonai) . ”
Majestic serpents
Seraphim: Dragons in Heaven
2) Seraph, seraphim: majestic beings with 6 wings, human hands or voices in attendance upon God
They're snakes!
In fact, they're serpents with wings and feet. I'm pretty sure that qualifies them as dragons!
I am aware that the immediate reaction of most conservative Christians will be to take offense, assume I'm attacking the Bible, or write off this page as nonsense and me as a kook.
Stop for a moment, though, and look at the definition in the text box above from the respected Strong's Exhaustive Concordance. You'll find all Hebrew lexicons give a similar definition because Isaiah 6 is not the only place that the word "seraphim" is used.
It's just translated as snake all the other places.
When Isaiah saw them, they were shouting, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of Hosts; the whole earth is full of his gl
ory." They were shouting this to one another.
Here's the simple facts
The Hebrew word saraph is used 7 times in the Hebrew Scriptures ( Num. 21:6 , 8 ; Deut. 8:15 ; Is. 14:29 ; 30:6 ; and here twice)
Every tim e— except in Isaiah 6— it is translated "fiery serpent" or something very close to that.
In Isaiah 6, it is simply left un-translated. Seraphim are just the plural of seraph or saraph.
The first three times it's used, the seraphim are poisonous snakes that God used to punish the Israelites.
The last two times it's used in Isaia h— 14:29 and 30: 6— those "fiery serpents" are said to fly, too!
Dragons in Heaven!
Yaldabaoth
A lion-faced deity found on a Gnostic gem in Bernard de Montfaucon 's L'antiquité expliquée et représentée en figures may be a depiction of the Demiurge.
In the Ophite and Sethian systems, which have many affinities with that last mentioned [ clarification needed ], the making of the world is ascribed to a company of seven archons , whose names are given, but their chief, "Yaldabaoth" (also known as "Yaltabaoth" or "Ialdabaoth") comes into still greater prominence.
In the Apocryphon of John c. 12 0– 180 AD, the Demiurge arrogantly declares that he has made the world by himself:
Now the archon (ruler) who is weak has three names. The first name is Yaltabaoth, the second is Saklas ("fool"), and the third is
Samael . And he is impious in his arrogance which is in him. For he said, "I am God and there is no other God beside me," for he is ignorant of his strength, the place from which he had come. [
He is Demiurge and maker of man, but as a ray of light from above enters the body of man and gives him a soul, Yaldabaoth is filled with envy; he tries to limit man's knowledge by forbidding him the fruit of knowledge in paradise. At the consummation of all things all light will return to the Pleroma . But Yaldabaoth, the Demiurge, with the material world, will be cast into the lower depths
Yaldabaoth is frequently called "the Lion-faced", leontoeides, with the body of a serpent. We are told also that the Demiurge is of a fiery nature, the words of Moses being applied to him, "the Lord our God is a burning and consuming fire," a text which Hippolytus claims was also used by Simon.
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