Editing Gnosticism (section)

===Cosmology===
The Syrian–Egyptian traditions postulate a remote, supreme Godhead, the [[monad (Gnosticism)|Monad]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Apocryphon of John – Frederik Wisse – The Nag Hammadi Library|url=http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/apocjn.html|access-date=2022-10-18|website=gnosis.org}}</ref> From this highest divinity [[emanationism|emanate]] lower divine beings, known as [[Aeon (Gnosticism)|Aeons]]. The [[Demiurge]] arises among the Aeons and creates the physical world. Divine elements "fall" into the material realm, and are latent in human beings. Redemption from the fall occurs when the humans obtain Gnosis, [[wikt: esoteric|esoteric]] or [[Intuition (psychology)|intuitive knowledge]] of the divine.{{sfn|Markschies|2003|p=16–17}}