There are indeed certain exceptions Basilides taught the existence of a "great archon" called Abraxas who presided over 365 archons. These Seven are in most systems semi-hostile powers, and are reckoned as the last and lowest emanations of the Godhead below them-and frequently considered as proceeding from them-comes the world of the actually devilish powers. Hebdomad Ī characteristic feature of the Gnostic concept of the universe is the role played in almost all Gnostic systems by the seven world-creating archons, known as the Hebdomad (ἑβδομάς). In The Reality of the Rulers, the physical appearance of Archons is described as hermaphroditic, with their faces being those of beasts. In Manichaeism, the archons are the rulers of a realm within the "Kingdom of Darkness", who together make up the Prince of Darkness. The political connotation of their name reflects rejection of the governmental system, as flawed without chance of true salvation. Among the Archontics, Ophites, Sethians and in the writings of Nag Hammadi library, the archons are rulers, each related to one of seven planets they prevent souls from leaving the material realm.
Archons are, in Gnosticism and religions closely related to it, the builders of the physical universe.
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