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Why is the demiurge represented as a Sunflower in this pic ?
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Why is the demiurge represented as a Sunflower in this pic ?
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>>1325793
is a lion you tit, Ialdabaoth is a lion with reptile body
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>>1325809
So... why lion and snake then ?
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>>1325816
penetrate the outer symbol teaching plz
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>>1325816
It was found on a gnostic gem

Gnosticism talks about the demiurge

So now we assume the demiurge looks like this
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>>1325816
Because the serpent wants to be the king.
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Satan is often compared to a lion and serpent in the Bible, so maybe it was a chimaera of those ideas.
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