In the Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, the demiurge (/dmi.rd/) is an artisan-like figure responsible for fashioning and maintaining the physical universe. This article is about philosophical concept of a Universal Fashioner. The earliest Gnostic sects ascribe the work of creation to angels, some of them using the same passage in Genesis. When Loki teleports away, seemingly abandoning the team, Wiccan sees no choice but to kill himself in order to end his spell, but is saved by Loki's return. He was supposed to have been safely locked away, guarded by the Avengers, but when a recently inverted group of Avengers (Sam Wilson, Scarlet Witch, Luke Cage, Wasp, Medusa, and Thor) went to check on him, they found that he'd escaped. The true Platonic other-worldliness, which love and venerates the material universe in all its goodness and beauty as the most perfect possible image of the intelligible, contracted at length with the false, Gnostic, other-worldliness which hates and despises the material universe and its beauties (chs. He briefly achieves this form, and is able to view the past, present and future, as well as freely alter the universe. Teleports an entire prisoner van to a secure SHIELD location. Doctor Strange has also claimed that Wiccan has the potential to be the next Sorcerer Supreme. Prodigy contacts the younger members of the X-Men at the Jean Grey School, and word gets around quickly. This link to Judeo-Christian tradition leads to a further comparison with Satan. He is a reality warper, according to Loki. Plotinus criticizes his opponents for "all the novelties through which they seek to establish a philosophy of their own" which, he declares, "have been picked up outside of the truth";[50] they attempt to conceal rather than admit their indebtedness to ancient philosophy, which they have corrupted by their extraneous and misguided embellishments. [7] This is the God above the Demiurge, and manifests through the actions of the Demiurge. When it is employed by other Gnostics either it is not used in a technical sense, or its use has been borrowed from Valentinus. Answer: Wiccan is a powerful magic user with a unique tie to Avengers history. It was originally a common noun meaning "craftsman" or "artisan", but gradually came to mean "producer", and eventually "creator". She and Cassie also convinced Billy to change his alias from "Asgardian" to "Wiccan" in acknowledgment of his new powers (and due to "Asgardian" being exploitable by the media in relation to Billy's sexuality and relationship with Hulkling). John D. Turner, professor of religious studies at the University of Nebraska, and famed translator and editor of the Nag Hammadi library, stated[55] that the text Plotinus and his students read was Sethian Gnosticism, which predates Christianity. The latest Tweets from Billy Kaplan (@Wiccan_Demiurge). It was other people that had a problem with him. His brother Tommy, who was a trained sorcerer, assisted the Avengers and the two fought each other until their father the Vision intercepted and destroyed Ultron, ending the battle. and our The Demiurge of Neoplatonism is the Nous (mind of God), and is one of the three ordering principles: Before Numenius of Apamea and Plotinus' Enneads, no Platonic works ontologically clarified the Demiurge from the allegory in Plato's Timaeus. During this battle, Billy revealed his ability to cast spells where he had previously limited himself to lightning projection and flight due to his inexperience. In the "Battle of the Atom" X-Men crossover event, Billy Kaplan is one of the future X-Men, alongside a Phoenix-powered Quentin Quire, Jubilee (who goes by the codename "Wolverine"), Kymera, Shogo Lee, and Sir Robert (Bobby Drake). @j2111: It's a twitter post by Kieron Gillen look it up yourself. 22022: "Short statement of the doctrine of the three hypostasis, the One, Intellect and Soul; there cannot be more or fewer than these three. and apparently if he can't hear himself chanting the spell, it won't cast. Demiurge. Another alternative title for the demiurge is "Saklas", Aramaic for "fool". Emil Cioran also wrote his Le mauvais dmiurge ("The Evil Demiurge"), published in 1969, influenced by Gnosticism and Schopenhauerian interpretation of Platonic ontology, as well as that of Plotinus. Plotinus' form of Platonic idealism is to treat the Demiurge, nous, as the contemplative faculty (ergon) within man which orders the force (dynamis) into conscious reality. Plotinus, "Against the Gnostics". Not to mention she proves that she can inhibit America's powers by dosing her with a counter serum. 07:49AM In the show, Wanda gives birth to Billy and his twin brother Tommy after moving to Westview to start a new life with Vision. During this time, Billy attempted to tell his parents that he was a superhero, only to accidentally come out to them. This vilification of the creator was held to be inimical to Christianity by the early fathers of the church. Attack on the Gnostic doctrine of the making of the universe by a fallen soul, and on their despising of the universe and the heavenly bodies (chs. Sylvie revealed to them that she was not actually from Asgard, but that she woke up one morning with powers. Team Affiliations: Young Avengers, New Avengers/AIM (soon). 1012). Wiccan's primary team is the Young Avengers, so any given volume of Young Avengers will feature him heavily. Then within this intellectual triad Iamblichus assigns the third rank to the Demiurge, identifying it with the perfect or Divine nous with the intellectual triad being promoted to a hebdomad (pure intellect). ). Wiccan ( William " Billy " Kaplan-Altman [1]) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. 6). Following an analysis by Scholem this etymology no longer enjoyed any notable support. Not to mention the fact that he as the demiurge was drawn by America in said Made in a USA comic run before Catalina showed up. 07:17 Serge Udalin - Witch. He is married to Hulkling. 09:51 Andrew Stets ft. Soncesvit - Gutsul. The idea of Demiurge was, however, addressed before Plotinus in the works of Christian writer Justin Martyr who built his understanding of the Demiurge on the works of Numenius.[12]. Unwillingly, Wiccan's spell to bring back Hulkling's mother has brought back the parents of multiple heroes, including Ms. America's. Wiccan, Speed, and Hulkling team up with Xavin and the Runaways to defeat the Super-Skrulls that are sent to assassinate Hulkling. Eaglemoss released a painted figurine of Wiccan. When Norman Osborn invaded Asgard with his army of superpowered beings and H.A.M.M.E.R. During the events of Dark Reign, Billy and the other Young Avengers encounter another group of superpowered teenagers running around using the name "Young Avengers". Also America: Made in the USA(2021). Demiurge. Demiurge Wiccan has more impressive feats. "Matter is therefore a non-existent"; Plotinus, "Apocryphon of John," translation by Frederik Wisse in. she absorbed the realms of nightmare and dream . So youre attempts to try and debunk his multiversal status arent gonna work. In the report of the system of Basilides,[23] we are told that our world was made by the angels who occupy the lowest heaven; but special mention is made of their chief, who is said to have been the God of the Jews, to have led that people out of the land of Egypt, and to have given them their law. As the Demiurge, Wiccan completely eradicated Mother and every threat she had created in Young Avengers #13 by Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie. The prophecies are ascribed not to the chief but to the other world-making angels. Loki literally says "you're gonna rewrite the laws of magic across all realities". The battle culminated with Iron Lad killing Kang which altered the past and present. In Young Avengers vol. @demiurgekaplan: multiversal demi urge has been debunked, https://comicvine.gamespot.com/forums/battles-7/demiurge-wiccan-vs-hom-wanda-vs-white-phoenix-jean-2159484/. Wiccan discovered that he and the newest recruit, a youth with super speed by the name of Tommy Shepard, were identical in appearance. Wiccan appears as a playable character in Marvel Future Fight. The Young Avengers decide to give the newbies a chance, and announce that they will host try-outs, where each Lite member will be teamed up with one or more Young Avengers. The two sides clashed until the battle was ended by Captain America's realization that their position was being fought in a manner that only endangered more citizens. Loki's hand is revealed, and Billy is locked in battle with Mother. on 01/09/22 It's unclear whether or not he uses magic here. 1). It's literally all from the same run. Billy took to her so well that, later, at a Young Avengers meeting, he vouched for Sylvie. I made The respect threads , and I'm telling you the unkindness is a problem. The team was split up, running rescue missions, relief missions, and interference across Asgard. He IS omniversal. This type of spellcasting has its flaws obviously. True Parents. Honestly Wiccan is mostly statements. Sometime later, Billy is targeted by the Vridai, a race of shapeshifters expelled from their home during War of the Realms. To Plotinus, the second emanation represents an uncreated second cause (see Pythagoras' Dyad). 45). Wiccan was featured in the HeroClix figure game. Soon, almost all the young heroes of Earth-616 are assembled to battle Mother's army. Meaning his feats are still the destruction of mother, the destruction of a universe over the course of 20 years and useless hype statements that everyone here has, @killianduclark: agreed. Wiccan (real name William "Billy" Kaplan) is a comic book character, a member of the Young Avengers, a team of teenage superheroes in the Marvel Universe. Since that night, Billy's father never did. The Neoplatonic philosopher Plotinus addressed within his works Gnosticism's conception of the Demiurge, which he saw as un-Hellenic and blasphemous to the Demiurge or creator of Plato. We dont know if shes telling the truth, so as of now its HAS NOT BEEN recton cause the story hasnt even given a chance to prove if shes telling the truth in the first place. In the Apocryphon of John c.AD 120180, the demiurge arrogantly declares that he has made the world by himself: Now the archon ["ruler"] who is weak has three names. [28], Opinions on the devil, and his relationship to the Demiurge, varied. Through magic, he is strong enough to clobber Loki. When Wiccan and Hulkling wake up the next morning, they discover to their horror that Hulkling's mother is not what she appears to be, but is actually an inter-dimensional parasite, who has taken control of Wiccan's parents. Billy used his magical abilities to send Sentry away, taking Osborn's most valuable team member off the board. After Secret Wars, Billy and Hulking joined the new Avengers team that Sunspot built from A.I.M., facing off against The Maker. [40], According to Marcion, the title God was given to the Demiurge, who was to be sharply distinguished from the higher Good God. Criticism of the attempts to multiply the hypostasis, and especially of the idea of two intellects, one which thinks and that other which thinks that it thinks. Iron Lad explained he needed help protecting himself from his future self, called Kang. Barely universal like I said the whole time? The Demiurge regretted even its slight imperfection, and as he thought himself the Supreme God, he attempted to remedy this by sending a Messiah. Iron Lad had used a system he found in the remains of the Vision which helped locate alternative members for the Avengers for the next generation. For Billy to activate his reality-bending magic, He must focus on a desire or idea and vocalize, repeating quickly what he wants in order for a spell to be cast. But it is only the name that can be said to be specially Valentinian; the personage intended by it corresponds more or less closely with the Yaldabaoth of the Ophites, the great Archon of Basilides, the Elohim of Justinus, etc. The mountain represents the Devil, or his world, since the Devil was one part of the whole of matter, but the world is the total mountain of evil, a deserted dwelling place of beasts, to which all who lived before the law and all Gentiles render worship. Wiccan and Hulkling were surprised to discover their Earth-A counterparts signed up for the Initiative and joined the army without their knowledge. Knocks out multiple people simultaneously, Manipulates water to to knock away a Skrull. Billy and Teddy had been helping out when they came across an Asgardian temple being desecrated and pillaged by the Wrecking Crew. In refuting the beliefs of the gnostics, Irenaeus stated that "Plato is proved to be more religious than these men, for he allowed that the same God was both just and good, having power over all things, and himself executing judgment. 'wisdom'), the Demiurge's mother and partial aspect of the divine Pleroma or "Fullness," desired to create something apart from the divine totality, without the receipt of divine assent. The utopian parallel was said to be created by and I quote the very breath of demiurge stated by America herself multiple times. The word dmiurgos properly describes his relation to the material; he is the father of that which is animal like himself.[15]. He did not do it and he will not do it, because then marvel would have to come up with actual laws for their magic and how does that apply to combat in the first place? Thus, a triad is formed of the intelligible nous, the intellective nous, and the psyche in order to reconcile further the various Hellenistic philosophical schools of Aristotle's actus and potentia (actuality and potentiality) of the unmoved mover and Plato's Demiurge. Christos Evangeliou has contended[52] that Plotinus' opponents might be better described as simply "Christian Gnostics", arguing that several of Plotinus' criticisms are as applicable to orthodox Christian doctrine as well. He was angry here so there were no spell chants. In Middle Platonist and Numenius's Neo-Pythagorean cosmogenies, the Demiurge is second God as the nous or thought of intelligibles and sensibles[4] (Middle Platonism and Neo-Pythagoreanism overlapped: both originating in the early 1st century BC and extending through to the end of the 2nd century AD or even into the 3rd century). I do believe unkindness best feat was eating the multiverse, Demi Wiccan has ascended the multiverse and time. The villain was specifically stated to be after the Demiurge abilities and to finally have them at full power when he destroyed one universe and seemingly himself along with it. For he said, 'I am God and there is no other God beside me,' for he is ignorant of his strength, the place from which he had come. 2 yr. ago. The confrontation led to a battle between Kang and the Young Avengers. He started out in the Young Avengers with the code name Asgardian, using only lightning powers. No she's above Hectate the goddesses of magic in the multiverse . Wiccan doesn't have sufficient control over his powers to fully utilize the Demiurge's powers. [28][42] And as Achamoth herself was only the daughter of Sopha the last of the thirty Aeons, the Demiurge was distant by many emanations from the Propatr, or Supreme God. Humiliated and defeated, Osborn ordered the remaining members of his team to stand down, simply stating to the YA that, "This never happened." Later on, he started using magic and could perform all kinds of spells. He looks at all of reality beneath his feet, Returns to his main body from infinite realities, Scan this QR code to download the app now. False and melodramatic Gnostic teaching about the cosmic spheres and their influence (ch. Billy Kaplan never had a problem being different than other people. (Kick Duck Dancing) 16:52 GG - Petrivka 19:49 Daniel Christian ft. Kolly Dee - Slava Ukraine 23:19 Andrew StetS feat. The character has been depicted as a member of the Young Avengers, a team of teenage superheroes, as well as the Champions. Clown move to be jumping the gun so quickly. Mother is defeated, and all theteen heroes gather at MJ's Club to celebrate the new year. (@ultraphoenix), https://twitter.com/spacekicker/status/1364588644032421889. 9). The Valentinian theory elaborates that from Achamoth (he kt sopha or lower wisdom) three kinds of substance take their origin, the spiritual (pneumatiko), the animal (psychiko) and the material (hyliko). Here, at the summit of this system, the Source and Demiurge (material realm) coexist via the process of henosis. Demiurge, under Mor-I-Dun's control, attacked the Avengers and his husband, King Hulk . The philosophical usage and the proper noun derive from Plato's Timaeus, written c.360 BC, where the demiurge is presented as the creator of the universe. Quispel[who?] There the boys encountered Master Pandemonium who further strengthened their belief that they are the reincarnated souls of the Scarlet Witch's twin sons. A hundred years? Wiccan was greatly convinced that their connection to the Scarlet Witch was evident, though Tommy was more skeptical. That retcon your speaking of had nothing to do with the utopian parallel but about how the GROUP OF SUPERPOWERED WOMEN (not the place itself) it came to be, I.e instead of Americas people being made by the demiurge they were recton to instead be asylum seekers after theyre own home (Planeta Fuertona) was destroyed by La Lgion. The team is quickly defeated even after the team of Initiative recruits arrive. The Super-Skrull noted that Wiccan seemed to have inherited the Scarlet Witch's magical and reality-warping abilities while Tommy has those of her twin brother, Quicksilver.
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