J·AJason Abadi

The Gnostic Revelation

Why the Gnostics Believed the Creator Was Evil | DEMIURGE

June 10, 2026

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The Gnostics had an answer to the problem of evil that the early Church spent centuries trying to erase: that the god who built this world was not the highest god, and may never have known what it was doing.

This is the figure the Gnostics called Yaldabaoth: the blind creator, the false god, the maker of a broken world. We dig into the Gnostic answer to the problem of evil, the roles of Sophia and the Archons, the suppressed teachings of Marcion and the Cathars, and the strange way this ancient heresy keeps resurfacing in the visions of Philip K. Dick, the psychology of Carl Jung, the writings of Tom Montalk, and simulation theory.

Special thanks to Miguel Conner of @AeonByteGnosticRadio for contributing to this film. Go Subscribe to his channel for deeper exploration of Gnostic thought in our modern world.

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Chapters

  1. Intro
  2. The Problem of Evil
  3. Theodicy
  4. The Craftsman
  5. Miguel Conner
  6. Marcion
  7. Here Be Dragons
  8. In The Beginning
  9. The Gnostics
  10. The Simulation
  11. Names of The Demiurge
  12. Suppressed Knowledge
  13. The Modern Demiurge
  14. Ignorance
  15. Credits