Gnostic concepts series — Hepodomad – 7 planetary spheres (worlds)
In many of the Gnostic texts, the Hepodomad is mentioned. These are seven planetary spheres , Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury, and the Moon. Each of these spheres is ruled by an Archon. Beyond these spheres is the realm of fixed stars and beyond that the Ogdoad (Heaven). This is the Gnostic Jacobs Ladder.I teach these spheres, and heaven are actually astral places within us (in our dreaming). They are like a divine dream, and even in dreaming, the body sense (ego) continues. Sophia is the mind and ego and conceals the one. Basically, these spheres are like Chakras. Let’s say we travel to God's temple. A religious person will see what he believes in (depending on someone’s thoughts). Therefore, we can not say that an experience is a real event as our mind is affecting our vision. However, there is a point when we access the universe mind (demiurge) and see what is there. This is where the seven planetary spheres come in as they are beyond our worldly mind but within the universal mind. Mental purification is required to access this universal mind. To find the One, we need to transcend the Demiurge, the solar system, and the universe.
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David
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