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The Reality of the Rulers (also called the Hypostasis of the Archons) is a Sethian Gnostic text from the Nag Hammadi Library. It retells the Genesis creation story from a Gnostic perspective, revealing the Archons as the true rulers of the material world and exposing their nature to the reader.
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Quick Facts
- Found in Nag Hammadi Codex II, alongside the Secret Book of John
- Date: c. 2nd–3rd century AD; Coptic translation of a Greek original
- The text reveals the "true" nature of the Genesis creator as an ignorant Archon
- Contains a dialogue between Norea (Noah's daughter) and an angelic messenger