Paul, believing in all such occult powers in the world “unseen,” but ever “present,” says: “Ye walked according to the ÆON of this world, according to the _Archon_ (Ilda-Baoth, the _Demiurg_) that has the domination of the air,” and “We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the _dominations_, the _powers_; the lords of darkness, the mischievousness of spirits in the upper regions.” This sentence, “Ye were dead in sin and error,” for “ye walked according to the _Archon_,” or Ilda-Baoth, the God and creator of matter of the Ophites, shows unequivocally that: 1st, Paul, notwithstanding some dissensions with the more important doctrines of the Gnostics, shared more or less their cosmogonical views on the emanations; and 2d, that he was fully aware that this Demiurge, whose Jewish name was Jehovah, was _not_ the God preached by Jesus. And now, if we compare the doctrine of Paul with the religious views of Peter and Jude, we find that, not only did they worship Michael, the Archangel, but that also they _reverenced_ SATAN, because the latter was also, before his fall, an angel! This they do quite openly, and abuse the Gnostics[388] for speaking “evil” of him. No one can deny the following: Peter, when denouncing those who are not afraid to speak evil of “_dignities_,” adds immediately, “Whereas angels, which are greater in power and might, _bring not railing accusations_ against them (the dignities) before the Lord” (ii. 11). Who are the dignities? Jude, in his general epistle, makes the word as clear as day. The _dignities_ are the DEVILS!! Complaining of the disrespect shown by the Gnostics to the _powers_ and _dominions_, Jude argues in the very words of Peter: “And yet, Michael, the Archangel, when contending _with the devil_, he disputed about the body of Moses, _durst not bring against him a railing accusation_, but said, The Lord rebuke thee” (i. 9). Is this plain enough? If not, then we have the _Kabala_ to prove who were the _dignities_.