Name ▲▼ | Origin ▲▼ | Description ▲▼ |
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Book name "Samael" | Chaldean | The concealed occult Wisdom. Chaldean Book of Numbers |
Angel name "Samael" | Chaldean | The Prince of darkness, the angel of death or Poison. Hebreo-Chaldean Qabbalah |
Deity name "Samael" | Platonism / Gnosticism | The Demiurge, The Craftsman or Creator, the deity responsible for the creation of the physical universe. Platonism and Gnosticism |
God name "Samael" | Gnostic Christian | Creator god. The blind god.See also YALDABAOTH.... |
God name "Yaldabaoth" | Gnostic Christian | Creator God. The so-called prime parent of Gnostic cosmogony, engendered by PISTIS SOPHIA out of the nothingness of chaos, provided with form and given charge over the substance of the cosmos. Yaldabaoth is, at first, unaware of the existence of Pistis Sophia and, by his own powers, engenders seven androgynous beings, placing them in seven heavens. He decrees himself alone and allpowerful, whereupon Pistis Sophia names him SAMAEL (blind god). Of his offspring, the most significant is SABAOTH, who stands against his father and on the side of Pistis Sophia. When she eventually reveals herself to Yaldabaoth as pure radiant light, he is humbled.... |