An entity from the depths who represents the absolute and the transcendental as the highest possible level of reality

Galdrux : An entity from the depths who represents the absolute and the transcendental as the highest possible level of reality. In the classical conception, such an individual represents the infinite space with the exception of the human form and the divine substance, but this interpretation is problematic. Moreover, these entities, when seen outside of their human appearance, may also appear to be anthropomorphic; while, in reality, these archetypes may represent a very different entity, a cosmic being who is yet undefinable to us.

A second aspect of this concept is embodied at the level of archetypal or metaphysical symbols. For example, there is in Gnosis a distinction between the archetypes, which appear in human or natural life, but are ultimately represented in other human or mythic entities, such as the stars, the sun, and the moon, or the other divine names such as Apollo, Hermes, the Holy One, and the Mother of Spheres, and of course Hermetics. In the classic Gnostic tradition, there are also archetypal symbols and icons of archetypes; these are, as a consequence, represented in the traditional symbolic forms rather than in the actual forms. For example, the symbol of the Sun is based on the image of the Greek word for the Sun, seph