Lion Serpent by Reddit User u/NIGHTGROWLER (thelemmy.club)

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Reminiscent / a version of Yaldabaoth / Chnoubis "The Demiurge"

Snake with the head of a lion
usually a negative / evil figure. Occasionally invoked / inscribed positively / for protection
said to be born of the concept of wisdom (Sophia) who attempted to create something without the other half of her syzygy. On it's creation yaltabaoth was expelled from heaven (The Pleroma or "fullness") into the material world (The Kenoma or "emptiness"). It dragged Sophia into the material world with it and shattered her into a multitude of fragments. It then created the earth and imprisoned those fragments of Sophia in the Kenoma as humans, doomed to reincarnate into the material world until they achieve gnosis and are able to ascend back into The Pleroma.

Note: Also reminiscent of another thing.

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[-] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago

YOU. You get me.

this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2026

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Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek γνωστικός (gnōstikós) 'having knowledge'; Koine Greek: [ɣnostiˈkos]) is a collection of different religious and philosophical ideas and systems that fully developed by the mid-2nd century among sects of early Christianity and other faiths. It is not a singular, homogeneous tradition or religion, but an umbrella term used by modern scholars to describe different groups and beliefs that shared certain characteristics. These diverse Gnostic groups generally emphasized personal spiritual knowledge (gnosis) above the authority, traditions, and proto-orthodox teachings of organized religious institutions.

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