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Free Plus Show: Peter Mark Adams | Game of Saturn: The Sola-Busca Tarot, Bloodlines, & The Demiurge Deal
The Shift to Dark Platonism and the Ignorant Demiurge
The original Platonic vision of a benevolent Demiurge shifted during the first centuries CE into the Gnostic concept of a dark, ignorant entity. This "Dark Platonism" acknowledges the Demiurge as a force that refuses to recognize its source, leading to a worldview focused on either liberation from or cooperation with this dark creator. Adams notes that the elite eventually abandoned the requirement of selflessness, retaining only the power-seeking aspects of the philosophy.