The Demiurge Gone Wrong

In the essay “The Evil Demiurge,” Chоran presents evil not as a pale reflection of good, but as a full-fledged, self-sufficient force that governs the world. He refuses to acknowledge a benevolent creator and its saving purpose, asserting the emptiness and ghostliness of existence, where a person is constantly held on the brink—at any moment the demonic ruler may seize his soul.

In the book “The Evil Demiurge,” Chоran reflects on evil as an independent and powerful element, equal to good. The evil demiurge appears as the creator and master of a world infected by evil. The author does not believe in a good creator and does not accept the promise of salvation; instead, he defends the idea of the nothingness and illusory nature of life, in which people are always only a step away from having their souls taken over by the evil demiurge…