Gnosticism and the Anunnaki: The Demiurge and the Pleroma

Gnosticism and the Struggle Between the Demiurge and the Luminous Father to Liberate Humanity

Gnosticism is a belief that humans carry a divine spark and is a salvific doctrine based on the concept that the true, first god is the transcendent Luminous Father, who is not the creator. In contrast, there is the Demiurge, a lower god who created this material world and humanity to serve him as slaves. He is imperfect, dwelling within the bounds of the luminous world and requires sanctification and worship. In the story of Adam and Eve, it is said that the Demiurge placed them in a paradise of pleasures and forbade them from approaching the Tree of Knowledge. This tree was the key to connecting with the higher realm, allowing humans to transition from servitude to the lower god to freedom with the higher god. In Gnosticism, the reason Adam and Eve ate from the tree was due to guidance from the higher god, the first Luminous Father, who seeks to liberate humans from their physical bodies through material death and into eternal life. The Demiurge, however, continues to create more humans to keep them worshiping him in this material world.

The Demiurge and the Pleroma: Conflict and Salvation in the Genesis Myth

The Demiurge punished humans by casting them out of paradise, diminishing their status, and binding them more deeply to their bodies, intensifying their physical constraints. He imposed rituals and burdens that oppressed them and made their lives a living hell. In the Genesis myth, it is mentioned that the Luminous Father existed alone, from whom spiritual, luminous beings called Aeons or the Pleroma (the Fullness) emanated. The term Pleroma has two aspects: those dwelling in the heavens or the supreme overflow. These beings are not created but rather emanate from the Luminous Father, meaning their existence is not temporal but follows the presence of the Luminous Father. Among the Pleroma is a being or spirit called Sophia, the mother of the Demiurge. The Demiurge is an emanation of Sophia, requiring material manipulation to exist, as he relies on embodiment to generate energy. Therefore, he instilled instincts within humans, represented by the Archons who control the four elements of the universe, ruling the lower world. These Archons form a gateway through which the Demiurge appears and multiplies.

Androgyny in Gnosticism: Between Perfection and Gender Conflict

Gnostics believe in androgyny, considering that the first god and the aeonic beings are androgynous, associating androgyny with perfection. They view the separation of male and female in the formation of the material world as the root of need and deficiency. If the male’s instinct to pursue the female, and vice versa, were removed, material motion would cease. When male and female meet, material creation occurs. The Demiurge bestows laws that separate male from female, keeping them in constant conflict to produce the deficient energy that represents limited, embodied creation. Every embodiment represents deficient energy, feeding either on extreme masculinity that denies femininity or extreme femininity that denies masculinity. This is where the concept of androgyny emerges, and Christ in Gnosticism came to instill within humans the divine spark, allowing them to transcend the duality of male and female and return to the unity of divine perfection.

The Formation of the World and Creation of Humanity as Servants to the Gods in the Sumerian Myth

At the mountain that separates heaven and earth, An bore his followers, the Anunnaki. In the Sumerian creation myth, it is mentioned that at the beginning, there was primordial water (refer to the article "And His Throne Was on Water – Article Plant Your Intentions in Secret"), and this water was on a single level until a mountain resembling a pyramid emerged, with its base as the earth (Ki) and its peak as the sky (An). From this mountain, a divine being, Enlil, emerged, bringing forth all beneficial things. He is the same Demiurge in Gnosticism, representing the "Id." Then another being called Enki was formed, along with the four elements: earth, sky, water, and air. Before this, there was no heaven or earth, only nothingness. At that time, they said that the gods were exhausted from their labors and requested a creation to substitute for them in performing tasks, thus creating humans to be servants to the gods. Humanity’s sole purpose became to serve the gods, enslaved through their five senses and instincts that bind them to the illusory material world, which consumes their energy. Fear and temptation were used as means of enslavement, as they are tied to lower energies within the energy system.