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-The word '''''archon''''' [from the Greek ''archo'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign or rule over] means ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, or authority. The prefix of the word ''[[archangel]]'' is also the same Greek word. An archangel is therefore a “chief angel.”
+The word '''''archon''''' is a Greek word meaning ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, or authority. It is the present participle of the verb ''archo'', or ''arché'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign, or rule over. The prefix of the word ''[[archangel]]'' is also derived from ''arché''.  An archangel is a “chief angel.”
 In Christian [[Gnostic]] writings, the archons are the terrible spiritual powers who rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.
-Hans Jonas, author and eminent scholar of Gnosticism, summarizes the Gnostic beliefs on the Archons.
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-This magical quality is enlightenment. It is the aura of light itself enhanced by the gifts of the Holy Spirit, this through gnosis. The seven sacraments of the Church performed in this life may secure this magical quality. The Gnostics knew that these sacraments and others which they performed would give them the key to their protection and the sealing of their seven chakras. This is why it is so necessary that these be a part of every church and every path that one walks.
+This magical quality is enlightenment. It is the aura of light itself enhanced by the gifts of the [[Holy Spirit]], this through gnosis. The seven [[sacrament]]s of the Church performed in this life may secure this magical quality. The Gnostics knew that these sacraments and others which they performed would give them the key to their protection and the sealing of their seven [[chakra]]s. This is why it is so necessary that these be a part of every church and every path that one walks.
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 Therefore Gnosticism and gnosis itself is self-knowledge, but it is also the knowledge of the [[fallen angel]]s and the knowledge of how to make the proper invocations that they might be bound that they may not be able to intrude upon us as we nightly go to the etheric octaves to study and even at the hour of the change called death.
-According to Church Father Epiphanius, the Gnostics believed that the archons opposed the exodus of the soul from the world because “the soul is the food of the Archons and Powers, without which they cannot live because she is of the dew from above and gives them strength.”<ref>Ibid., p. 169.</ref>
+We can see, then, that this understanding of formulas begins to translate to us the many [[prayer]]s, the [[invocation]]s, the divine [[decree]]s that were held by the [[Essene]]s, by the disciples of Jesus, by those who kept that inner circle and have transmitted it to us again today by the [[dictation]]s of the [[ascended master]]s.
 == In the New Testament ==
-The word archon is used by Jesus as recorded in the Book of John:
+The word ''archon'' is used by Jesus as recorded in the Book of John:
 <blockquote>Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince [the archon] of this world be cast out.<ref>John 12:31.</ref></blockquote>
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 <blockquote>Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince [the archon] of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me.</blockquote>
-The [[Apostle Paul]] also wrote about the Archons:
+The [[Apostle Paul]] also wrote about the archons:
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	The world is the work of lowly powers which though they may mediately be descended from Him do not know the true God and obstruct the knowledge of Him in the cosmos over which they rule....		The world is the work of lowly powers which though they may mediately be descended from Him do not know the true God and obstruct the knowledge of Him in the cosmos over which they rule....

	The universe, the domain of the Archons, is like a vast prison whose innermost dungeon is the earth, the scene of man’s life. Around and above it the cosmic spheres are ranged like concentric enclosing shells.... The spheres are the seats of the Archons.... The Archons collectively rule over the world....		The universe, the domain of the Archons, is like a vast prison whose innermost dungeon is the earth, the scene of man’s life. Around and above it the cosmic spheres are ranged like concentric enclosing shells.... The spheres are the seats of the Archons.... The Archons collectively rule over the world.<ref>Hans Jonas, ''The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity'', 2d ed. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1963), pp. 42–43.</ref>
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	As guardian of his sphere, each Archon bars the passage to the souls that seek to ascend after death, in order to prevent their escape from the world and their return to God...~~. It is with anxiety and dread that the soul anticipates its future encounter with the terrible Archons of this world bent on preventing its escape~~.		As guardian of his sphere, each Archon bars the passage to the souls that seek to ascend after death, in order to prevent their escape from the world and their return to God....

	In this case, the gnosis has two tasks: on the one hand to confer a magical quality upon the soul by which it becomes impregnable and possibly even invisible to the watchful Archons....		It is with anxiety and dread that the soul anticipates its future encounter with the terrible Archons of this world bent on preventing its escape.

			In this case, the gnosis has two tasks: on the one hand to confer a magical quality upon the soul by which it becomes impregnable and possibly even invisible to the watchful Archons....<ref>Ibid., pp. 43, 167.</ref>
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	on the other hand by way of instruction to put man in possession of the names and the potent formulas by which the passage can be forced, and this “knowledge” is one meaning of the term ~~''gnosis''~~.		... on the other hand by way of instruction to put man in possession of the names and the potent formulas by which the passage can be forced, and this “knowledge” is one meaning of the term “gnosis.”<ref>Ibid., p. 168.</ref>
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	Therefore Gnosticism and gnosis itself is self-knowledge, but it is also the knowledge of the [[fallen angel]]s and the knowledge of how to make the proper invocations that they might be bound that they may not be able to intrude upon us as we nightly go to the etheric octaves to study and even at the hour of the change called death.		Therefore Gnosticism and gnosis itself is self-knowledge, but it is also the knowledge of the [[fallen angel]]s and the knowledge of how to make the proper invocations that they might be bound that they may not be able to intrude upon us as we nightly go to the etheric octaves to study and even at the hour of the change called death.

	According to Church Father Epiphanius, the Gnostics believed that the archons opposed the exodus of the soul from the world because “the soul is the food of the Archons and Powers, without which they cannot live because she is of the dew from above and gives them strength.”		According to Church Father Epiphanius, the Gnostics believed that the archons opposed the exodus of the soul from the world because “the soul is the food of the Archons and Powers, without which they cannot live because she is of the dew from above and gives them strength.”<ref>Ibid., p. 169.</ref>

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	== ~~Sources~~ ==		== For more information ==

	Hans Jonas, ''The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity'', 2d ed. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1963), pp. 42–46, 130–36, 165–69, 200–226.		Hans Jonas, ''The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity'', 2d ed. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1963), pp. 42–46, 130–36, 165–69, 200–226.

			== Sources ==

	Elizabeth Clare Prophet, “Teachings of the Mother: Souls Who Have Forgotten Why They Are Here,” July 2, 1989.		Elizabeth Clare Prophet, “Teachings of the Mother: Souls Who Have Forgotten Why They Are Here,” July 2, 1989.

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	Hans Jonas, ''The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity'', 2d ed. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1963), pp. 42–46, 130–36, 165–69, 200–226.		Hans Jonas, ''The Gnostic Religion: The Message of the Alien God and the Beginnings of Christianity'', 2d ed. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1963), pp. 42–46, 130–36, 165–69, 200–226.

			Elizabeth Clare Prophet, “Teachings of the Mother: Souls Who Have Forgotten Why They Are Here,” July 2, 1989.

	Elizabeth Clare Prophet, lecture on the Secret Book of James, August 13, 1991.		Elizabeth Clare Prophet, lecture on the Secret Book of James, August 13, 1991.

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-The word '''''archon''''' [from the Greek ''archo'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign or rule over] means ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, or authority. In Christian [[Gnostic]] writings, the archons are the terrible spiritual powers who rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.
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-Scholar Hans Jonas, in an outline of Gnostic tenets, writes:
+In Christian [[Gnostic]] writings, the archons are the terrible spiritual powers who rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.
-<blockquote>The universe, the domain of the Archons, is like a vast prison whose innermost dungeon is the earth, the scene of man’s life. Around and above it the cosmic spheres are ranged like concentric enclosing shells.... The spheres are the seats of the Archons.... The Archons collectively rule over the world.... As guardian of his sphere, each Archon bars the passage to the souls that seek to ascend after death, in order to prevent their escape from the world and their return to God.... It is with anxiety and dread that the soul anticipates its future encounter with the terrible Archons of this world bent on preventing its escape.</blockquote>
+Hans Jonas, author and eminent scholar of Gnosticism, summarizes the Gnostic beliefs on the Archons.
 According to Church Father Epiphanius, the Gnostics believed that the archons opposed the exodus of the soul from the world because “the soul is the food of the Archons and Powers, without which they cannot live because she is of the dew from above and gives them strength.”
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-[Greek, from ''archo'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign or rule over] Ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, authority. In Christian [[Gnosticism|Gnostic]] writings, archons are the powers that rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.
+The word '''''archon''''' [from the Greek ''archo'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign or rule over] means ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, or authority. In Christian [[Gnostic]] writings, the archons are the terrible spiritual powers who rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.
 == Sources ==
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	[Greek, from ''archo'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign or rule over] Ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, authority. In Christian Gnostic writings, archons are the powers that rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.		[Greek, from ''archo'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign or rule over] Ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, authority. In Christian [[Gnosticism\|Gnostic]] writings, archons are the powers that rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

	{{~~POW~~}}~~, vol. 32, no. 47.~~		{{POWref\|32\|47}}

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	[Greek, from ''archo'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign or rule over] Ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, authority. In Christian Gnostic writings, archons are the powers that rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.		[Greek, from ''archo'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign or rule over] Ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, authority. In Christian Gnostic writings, archons are the powers that rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.

	== ~~References~~ ==		== Sources ==

	{{POW}}, vol. 32, no. 47		{{POW}}, vol. 32, no. 47.

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[Greek, from ''archo'', meaning to be first (in political rank or power), reign or rule over] Ruler, chief, magistrate, lord, prince, authority. In Christian Gnostic writings, archons are the powers that rule the world and attempt to prevent the soul from returning to her divine source.

== References ==

{{POW}}, vol. 32, no. 47