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Demiurge

also known as the Craftsman, Yaldabaoth

Definition

In Platonic thought, the rational artisan who shapes the cosmos. In Gnosticism, recast as the lower creator god — sometimes ignorant, sometimes malicious — who fashions the material world that traps divine sparks. Often identified with the angry God of the Hebrew Bible.

Etymology

Greek dēmiourgos — public worker, craftsman.

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