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any of a number of world-governing powers that were created with the material world by a subordinate deity called the Demiurge (Creator)...Archons were viewed as maleficent forces. They numbered 7 or 12 and were identified with the seven planets of antiquity or with the signs of the zodiac." from: Britannica Micropedia vol 1 "This basic gnostic myth is that the creator described in Genesis is not the true god, but an inferior Demiurge. The Demiurge has many sort of ministers, or archons, and together they are responsible for this miserable world. Though imprisoned in this "abortion of matter," humanity carries within itself the leftover sparks of the precosmic "pleroma" that existed before the Demiurge and his creation. Human beings are thus totally superior to the ecosystemnot stewards, but strangers in a strange land. Our body and the soul ("psyche") cloak this spiritual "spark" and must be rent for us to rediscover our true being." Erik Davis, from "Snakes & Ladders" "Hebraic cosmology had already described the planets not as dead stars but as living beings, as archangels whose brilliance was supposedly a celebration of the glory of the All-Powerful. Gnosticism retains this vision but reverses its meaning: these living planets, these blazing archangels shine forth above us in celebration of their own glory. It is as usurpers that they occupy their domain of the lower heavens and rule over their damned creation." Jacques Lacarriere, from: The Gnostics "History, written by the archons, and organised religion, also controlled by them, have elevated this evil bloodthirsty tribal god to the highest level, while suppressing the truth about the existence of the True God. Religions are all false renditions of Gnostic truths, and have been the basis of wars, suffering, torture, and enslavement of the human spirit instead of liberating it. Over time, the biblical designation YHVH, or Yahweh, has come to mean "God"." Dr. J.S. Chiappalone, from "The Kingdom of Zion: Exposing the Worldwide Conspiracy of Evil" From a Gnostic perspective, the Loosh Collectors are the Archons the dreaded rulers of hyperspace who had to be avoided at all costs when leaving the body at death. The Archons collectively rule over the world, and each individually in his sphere is a warder of the cosmic prison. Their tyrannical world-rule is called heimarmene, universal fate ... [This universal fate] aims at the enslavement of man. As guardian of his sphere, each Archon bars the passage to the souls that seek to ascend after death, in order to prevent their escape from the world and their return to God. Jonas, Hans (1958, 1963). The Gnostic Religion, Beacon Press, Boston, pg 43 "Like Yahweh, the seven archons created the law. The Gnostics believed these powers created constraint, evil, darkness, death, deception and wickedness. The demiurge was evil because he wanted to impose an untrue religion. He also wanted to impose his judgment upon humans because he thought he could judge good and evil. Gnostics thought the archons were inferior demonic beings. Their Old Testament names were Iao, Sabaoth, Adonai, Elohim, and El Shaddi. They intervened to separate humanity from God, and the universe became a prison controlled by the archons. Archons barred the passage of souls who were seeking to ascend to God after death, who were attempting to escape the world." Robert Siblerud, from Keepers of the Secrets: Unveiling the Mystical Societies "The creation of physical, material man by the archons, and what might be considered subsequent "nth derivative" creations of "homo sapiens" by the Nephilim and the propagation of an ungodly race by the Watchers, thus rendered man subject to not only the laws of mortality but to inbred emotions of rebellion and lust and animal-like behaviour that could only be eradicated by "spiritual

surgery" as it were, by man's submission to the path of initiation whereby he is restored to his original, inner Divine Nature." Joseph P. Macchio, from: The Orthodox Suppression of Original Christianity "Each Aeon has its Archon, or ruler, created by internal tensions in the Aeons. In other systems, ultimate reality itself is the First Archon and from this a number of Archons, usually seven, the Hebdomad, evolved by a process called Ennoia. Ennoia means that each Archon creates another, lower Archon by projecting its thoughts into the lower planes consciously or unconsciously, creating an inferior image of itself ("And God created man in His image")" Anders Sandberg from The Gnostics "The Gnostics believed the Catholic Church was an arm of Satan because it did not teach the truth. Catholic teachings were introduced by the archons, claimed the Gnostics, who were the wicked rulers of the world that led men astray. Robert Siblerud, from Keepers of the Secrets: Unveiling the Mystical Societies. "According to the Valentinian school of theology (which inherited its teaching from Paul), the Aeon of this cosmos refers to a usurper god, called the demiurge (Greek: artificer or fabricator). The word "Aeon" has many meanings in Greek, including age, space, or a spiritual being governing a vast space or dimension either in the heavens (Pleroma) or below. Here it is used to refer to a spiritual being (Aeon), whom Paul also calls the "Archon of the power of the air." Archon is the Greek word for ruler, and "the power of the air" is identified with the devil by Valentinian theologians. Paul therefore must be referring to the Ruler or usurper god who has had dominion over the physical cosmos (as opposed to the spiritual universe called by Paul the Pleroma or fullness). This ruler, according to Valentinian theology, created the "devil" from the passion of grief which was transformed into the cosmic element of air. The "power of the air," then, is the devil who is the spirit working in the children of disobedience. The element air has commonly been identified with the mind." Joseph P. Macchio, from: The Orthodox Suppression of Original Christianity "Were I to persuade anyone that the real soul is not a unit, but that the passions of the erring are occasioned by the compulsion of the accreted natures, no common excuse then would the worthless of mankind have for saying, 'I was compelled, I was carried away, I did it without wishing to do so, I acted unwillingly'; whereas it was the man himself who led his desire towards evil and refused to battle with the constraints of the accretions. Our duty is to show ourselves rulers over the inferior creation within us, gaining mastery by means of the rational principle." Isodoros, from "Concerning the Overgrown Soul" ""Paradoxically, it is through a very real need to understand and to explain the nature and destiny of the world we live in rational terms that the Gnostics, using the hypotheses of their era as a springboard, came to stray into the realm of mythological systems." Jacques Lacarriere, from: The Gnostics "If we picture earth at the center of the universe, the soul has acquired these energies on its downward (or inward) journey from the celestial regions through the planetary spheres. It emerges into earth life via the womb, full of potentials and tendencies that are delineated by its natal horoscope. Through life it works with these potentials, hopefully refining them so that they emerge as virtues. If this is accomplished, the soul when it leaves the body at death is light and unencumbered, and well able to rise upward (or outward) to the place of its origin. If instead the energies have coagulated in vices, then the upward journey will be difficult and the soul may even remain trapped in the earth's atmosphere, a torment to itself and a bane to its fellows." Joscelyn Godwin, from: Annals of the Invisible College

"This scenario is the archetypal pattern of Christian-Gnostic salvation: redemption from ignorance perpetrated by the archons through their attempt to bind men permanently to a genetically and otherwise manipulated physical matrix, an envelope of matter and consciousness tainted with rebellion and the lust of the archons." Joseph P. Macchio, from: The Orthodox Suppression of Original Christianity "From our point of view this makes seven planetary archons, a complete octave, comprising the solar system and visible to the naked eye. These all correspond to functions of our life on earth, within the categories of space and time as we know them, and this octave defines the wave-lengths within which we function, comparable to the spectrum of visible light." Michael McMullin, from Astrology as a New Model of Reality "Simon Magus, a Samaritan whose enigmatic teachings were replete with a rare luminosity, was singled out by the early church as its chief enemy. His foremost disciple and fellow Samaritan, Menander, "also attained the pinnacle of the magical art", according to Irenaeus. His authentic magic or soul-wisdom promised self-conscious immortality to those who could pass through the spiritual baptism which washes away attachment to every angel and principality below the unknowable First Power." Elton Hall, from "Basilides" "In an age when the Church Fathers were seeking to suppress and conceal all evidence regarding the existence of the archons, demons, giants, fallen angels and other manifestations of evil, Mani was revealing the conspiracy of Darkness to his followers, for he taught nothing less than the counterfeit creation of mankind (a kind of man) by evil creative powers." Joseph P. Macchio, from: The Orthodox Suppression of Original Christianity "Humans are generally ignorant of the divine spark resident within them. This ignorance is fostered in human nature by the influence of the false creator and his Archons, who together are intent upon keeping men and women ignorant of their true nature and destiny. Anything that causes us to remain attached to earthly things serves to keep us in enslavement to these lower cosmic rulers. Death releases the divine spark from its lowly prison, but if there has not been a substantial work of Gnosis undertaken by the soul prior to death, it becomes likely that the divine spark will be hurled back into, and then re-embodied within, the pangs and slavery of the physical world. " Stephan A. Hoeller, from The Gnostic World View: A Brief Summary of Gnosticism "There is no reason to reject the New Testament or the early esoteric Christian schools concerning their teachings on the cause and continued presence of planetary evil. .... this very teaching on evil, had it been accepted by Christians in the later centuries, would have removed much of the mystery as to why the people of earth have been unable to challenge evil successfully... these very same forces of evil have seen to it that all references to the race of evil (whether they be fallen angels, archons, or Nephilim) have been either removed, suppressed or destroyed outright. ... In general, this evil is the result of either fallen, inferior or usurper deities, angels or rulers. It is very probable that the Christian- Gnostics believed that these powers not only inhabited certain of the planetary spheres but other frequencies, wavelengths or dimensions of matter not readily detectable by ordinary humans. Further, there is every reason to suspect that the schools of Christian- Gnostics were aware of the existence of beings navigating in not only the physical dimension but in other, more subtle frequencies. These beings were most often termed rulers or archons, and were created by or ruled by a chief Archon known by various names such as Ildabaoth, Sacklas, Satan, Sammael, etc. That these beings possessed the power of creating bodies is evident from the texts in question; that they believed themselves to be creators or "gods" is also evident. As a result of their fallen state, they are hostile to humanity and attempt to prevent mankind from attaining to spiritual liberation." Joseph P. Macchio, from: The Orthodox Suppression of Original Christianity

"It was an age-old legend that there were seven watchers who were tried in the judgment, found not faithful, and overthrown. Now in the Ritual there appear the seven mortal sins "that lie in wait at the balance where all hearts are weighed, to arrest the further progress of the soul" (Ch. 71). These seven natural instincts of the mortal self constituted the seven-headed serpent that lay in wait at the "bight of Amenta," to devour the infant and innocent god-soul. The present exegesis receives striking corroboration in the statement of the Ritual that this place of ambuscade is "at the balance where all hearts are weighed." For assuredly it is in the incarnate state only that the soul could meet the seven enemies whose very existence is in the animal body and the carnal nature. The seven early mindless rulers were to be displaced by the twelve archons seated on the twelve thrones of judgment." Alvin Boyd Kuhn, from: The Lost Light "The esoteric teaching of the Christian-Gnostics and that of Mani concerned the creation of dense bodies by evil archons and their originating of sexual intercourse to keep the soul chained to those bodies through procreation. It was a misuse and abuse of this doctrine that caused the Church Fathers to so detest sex and woman, whom they considered a lure for man. They neglected to teach the laity that the establishment of sexual intercourse in lower bodies was the work not of woman but of archons/ fallen ones and that there existed a form of procreation in the archetypal universe and on the "etheric" earth (paradise) which man once inhabited quite different from the present method as we now know it. The other aspect of this teaching they suppressed was the doctrine that when man and woman come together in love and not in lust (which was the trademark of the Watchers and archons) and when "God hath joined them together" (i. e., when their union is infused with the spiritual element) they can bring forth sons and daughters of God into incarnation." Joseph P. Macchio, from: The Orthodox Suppression of Original Christianity "Jeane Dixon experienced a vision one day while meditating in St. Matthews Cathedral and in that vision she was presented with information regarding the astrological signs and the twelve Apostles with a matching correspondence from each Apostle to each sign. It is interesting information because it links the archetypes found in the signs together with the personality types of both the signs and the Apostles." Dr. Katherine O'Connell, from "Astrology and the Bible" "A sect termed the Paulicans emerged in Armenia from the seventh to the twelfth centuries and promulgated gnostic and Manichaen doctrines. Another sect, known as the Bogomiles (the friends of God), thrived from the tenth to eleventh centuries in Thrace and elsewhere. The doctrines of these various sects were similar to the teachings of Mani, and, like Manichaen Christianity, they taught the existence on earth and in other spheres of fallen angels, archons, etc., which had penetrated to the highest levels of Church and State." Joseph P. Macchio, from: The Orthodox Suppression of Original Christianity "Numerous Gnostics believed Jesus was only the temporary habitation of Christ, the Savior, who descended upon Jesus at his baptism and separated from him again before the crucifixion....The text, The Second Treatise of the Great Seth, taught that it was not Christ who suffered, but Simon of Cyrene. Simon was transformed by Christ so that he thought to be Jesus, and Jesus actually took the form of Simon. Jesus stood by, and the text said, he laughed during the crucifixion. He ascended to the Father and mocked the Jews and the archons." Robert Siblerud, from Keepers of the Secrets: Unveiling the Mystical Societies "No biblical personae make their exit on their own. The Eternal One moreover provides for each of us a guardian angel, as well as, for each nation, an archon (Greek for "ruler"), who acts as a guide assigned to its every move. Saint Michael, of all archangels the most frequently called on, was Israel's guardian, and he traditionally passes for being that of France." Regis Debray, from Transmitting Culture

"It is quite obvious that compared to Gnostic cogitations Genesis and the Gospels are dazzlingly clear and simple. What then is concealed behind this complexity, these perpetual subtleties which transform history into a chain of absurd tragedies, a series of obscure causes and effects, amid a vast array of Archons and Powers, Entities without number? Was it necessary to stage so many coup de theatre, to indulge in so much weeping and gnashing of teeth, so many falls and so much repentance, such contrivance and perversity on the part of the Archons and the Aeons, in order to make this eminently simple statement: real life is elsewhere? Jacques Lacarriere, from: The Gnostics Rense: The Archons seem to be making their big move now, at this time. You can find out about the Nag Hammadi Library on the Internet, which is the living record of the great Gnostic movement. Gnostics and Templars seem to have been all but cleansed from history. How, in the texts, have the Archons been described as coming here? Is there any reference to their mode of transit, travel? Weidner: Supposedly, they live or lurk outside the inner planets near Saturn i.e. in our solar system. The Gnostics thought that Jehovah was an alien, off planet, demon and that he was a fake god a masquerading Archon again - duplicating reality. They did believe in God, they believed in what they called the one true God and thats how they always defined it. Interestingly, Jesus defined his belief as being of the one true God, always delineating it. I believe many of the stories of Jesus are actually Gnostic myths about a possible rebellion against the Archons who came down very severely on the rebel. So the Archons were released somehow from a prison and this is probably what The Book of Enoch is about where he said he took the demons and locked them in a box but that they would come back at the end of time. Jesus was very interested in relating this idea that something was going to happen at the end of time. So you see this illusion going on and then we see also that when Sitchin translated the texts, the cuneiform tablets, that the Annunaki are probably also the Archons. So we can learn more about the Archons by reading about the Annunaki who came here and altered us genetically [using our DNA] so that they could make slaves of us. So we can work out a picture of what these Archonic forces are. They were somehow successfully quelled and then began their re-emergence and they are as close to immortal as we could understand and thats why their plan is so precise but they needed time to gain power because, the people of the earth were essentially Gnostics who were resistant to, and didnt believe in the religion that was being foisted on them where they must be fearful of an angry, war god called Jehovah. But eventually, the forces of Jehovah conquered the last of them and now they are pretty much in control of the system and are getting ready for the final, gleeful [sarcastic] orgy of despair and horror [imposed upon humans] which is what they like. So, following Tim Rifat and his horrific description of what is about to happen. This is very appropriate, very accurate because this is exactly what they want to occur. [link to occultsecrets.weebly.com] "Evil archons and minions in the guises of doctors, psychiatrists, psychologists, scientists, skeptics and so on, are labeling people, whose awareness is starting to expand to hitherto unexpected dimensions, as I had prophesied, in a derogatory and demeaning manner. Their futile attempt is trying to harness people's minds once again as in past days. But they will fail." J.S. Chiappalone, from "Notes on the Teachings"