Episode 44: Ophite Gnosticism
What if the ultimate villain of the Garden of Eden was actually humanity's greatest liberator? And what if the Creator of the physical universe was an arrogant, tyrannical impostor?
This week on Cogito Ergo Pod, Daniel dives deep into the radical, inverted theology of the Ophite Gnostics. Flourishing in the shadows of the 1st to 3rd centuries CE, the Ophites turned orthodox scripture completely upside down. In this episode, we explore their complex cosmic mythology, from the descent of Sophia to the monstrous Demiurge known as Yaldabaoth.
In this episode, we discuss:
The origins of Gnosticism…
The skinny
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