The text was found among those included in The Nag Hammadi Library, in Ogdoad, and how the destiny of man is affected by these primeval happenings.
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At the highest point of the Kosmos presides the great archon, ruling over the Ogdoad, or ethereal region, which is described as reaching down to the moon.
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In any case an Ogdoad 7 + 1 would have been inconsistent with a theory an essential part of which was the coupling its characters in pairs, male and female.
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In his cosmogonic depiction of the universe, Ptolemy referred to an extensive system of aeons that emanated from a Ogdoad of the Pleroma based on the prologue of John's gospel.
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Like the other concepts in the Ogdoad, his male form was often depicted as a frog, or a frog-headed human, and his female form as a snake or snake-headed human.
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The energies released by Demogorge gave birth to the next generation of demons ( pantheons of gods that currently populate the Marvel Universe-Atum himself is said to have a connection to some of them, such as the Egyptian Ennead and Ogdoad.
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The text also focuses heavily on Sobek's central role in creation as a manifestation of Ra, as he is said to have risen from the primal waters of Lake Moeris, not unlike the Ogdoad in the traditional creation myth of Hermopolis.
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But was it not just possible that couched in the obscure mix of mathematics, physics and Egyptian mysticism ( " ogdoad parity " refers to four pairs of gods with names like Darkness, Absence and Endlessness ) there lay an important insight?
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In the language of these sects the word hebdomad not only denotes the seven archons, but is also a name of place, denoting the heavenly regions over which the seven archons presided; while Ogdoad denotes the supercelestial regions which lay above their control.
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In the language of these sects the word Hebdomad not only denotes the seven archons, but is also a name of place, denoting the heavenly regions over which the seven archons presided; while " Ogdoad " denotes the supercelestial regions which lay above their control.
