“Yaldabaoth, the blind and ignorant god, the Demiurge, created the world from his own ignorance. He believed himself to be the only god and trapped the divine spark within the material realm, leaving humanity in darkness. Only by transcending his creation can the soul regain its true origin in the Pleroma, the realm of divine fullness.”
"Yaldabaoth stole power from his mother, for he was ignorant, thinking that there existed no other except his mother alone. He became strong, and created numerous realms for himself with a flame of luminous fire which still exists. Seven kings he placed over seven heavens, and five over the abyss. He shared his fire with them, but not the power of the light which he had received from his mother, for he, the first archon, is ignorant darkness. Each of the other archons created seven powers for themselves and each of the powers created angels for themselves."
- apocryphon of John
The seven kings that Yaldabaoth places over the heavens refer to the planetary archons, and their planetary spheres that revolve around the earth are the "seven heavens." To each is assigned a day of the week. The eighth heavenly sphere, beyond these, is the realm of Sabaoth the Good and Just. Beyond this, the ninth heavenly sphere is the place where the Sophia Achamoth [fallen wisdom] is said to be at rest:
"And she was taken up, not to her own realm, but above her son, to be in the ninth until she has corrected her deficiency"
"When the Arrogant One saw the creation which surrounds him and the multitude of angels which had come forth from him, he exalted himself above these and said to them: 'I am a jealous God and there is no God beside me.' By announcing this, he demonstrated to the angels who attend him that there exists another God. For if there were no other, of whom would he be jealous?"
- apocryphon of John
When the invisible Sophia looks down upon the impiety of the chief ruler, she cries out, "You are mistaken, Samael "that is- blind god." Sophia goes on to offer humanity hope in a higher God above the jealous one.
"An immortal Man of light has existed before you and will appear among your modeled forms; he will trample you to scorn as a potter's clay is pounded. At the consummation of your works, all the defects that Truth has made visible will be abolished as though they had never been."
- apocryphon of John
“The god of this world blinds humanity"
- 2 Corinthians 4:4.
“In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
- 2 Corinthians 4:4.
"There is no primordial form which he uses as a model as he works. There is no material from which he creates what he creates. Nor is there any substance from which he begets what he begets. There is no coworker working with him; to say anything that suggests otherwise is ignorant.
He is utterly unknowable, inconceivable by any thought, invisible to any eye, untouchable by any hand He alone knows himself, being in himself the Totality. He transcends all wisdom, and is above all intellect, and is above all glory, and is above all beauty, and all sweetness and all greatness and any depth and any height." -The Tripartite Tractate, NHL.
Yaldabaoth represents the lower ego When one is ruled by their lower nature there is chaos and division. They are living in darkness and ignorance.
Seven archonic kings, seven heavens
5 kings over the abyss