Gnosticism is a pretty big territory in terms of esoteric material. While it may be cool to do a more involved Gnostic piece in the future, I wanted to focus on a certain part.
The serpent/lion creature in the center is the demiurge, Chnoubis, from Egyptian Gnosticism. He was characteristically depicted in correlation with the sun and the surrounding heavens. The sphere of light around him eminates outward into seven rays or regions that show the symbols of the planets.
That weird writing is Coptic, a language with Phonecian and Greek roots that was spoken prominently throughout Egypt from the 2nd century towards the 17th century.
The translation method I used is a bastardized version as I converted it straight from the roman alphabet into coptic rather than going the route of English literal -- Coptic phonetic -- Coptic literal.
The serpent/lion creature in the center is the demiurge, Chnoubis, from Egyptian Gnosticism. He was characteristically depicted in correlation with the sun and the surrounding heavens. The sphere of light around him eminates outward into seven rays or regions that show the symbols of the planets.
That weird writing is Coptic, a language with Phonecian and Greek roots that was spoken prominently throughout Egypt from the 2nd century towards the 17th century.
The translation method I used is a bastardized version as I converted it straight from the roman alphabet into coptic rather than going the route of English literal -- Coptic phonetic -- Coptic literal.
