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Anthony Peake | Consciousness, Altered States, & The Pleroma
Gnosticism, The Pleroma and the Demiurge Yaldabaoth
Gnosticism is explored as a theological system from the first and second century AD that addresses the problem of evil through the concept of theodicy. The Gnostics posited that the material world was created by a lesser entity known as the Demiurge or Yaldabaoth, rather than the true God. They believed humans contain a shard of the Pleroma, a realm of fullness and ultimate reality, which can be realized through the pursuit of gnosis or secret knowledge.