{"id":10967,"date":"2024-10-01T15:07:13","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T15:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/il-culto\/simon-magus\/"},"modified":"2025-06-22T10:00:28","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T10:00:28","slug":"simon-magus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/en\/the-cult\/simon-magus\/","title":{"rendered":"Simon Magus"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(350deg, var(--color-alt-content-bg-alt) 30%, var(--color-alt-content-bg) 85%)\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><nav class=\"g-breadcrumbs separator_icon align_none hide_current\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-item\" itemscope itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/en\/\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\"\/><\/div><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-separator\"><i class=\"far fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/div><div class=\"g-breadcrumbs-item\">Pages<\/div><\/nav><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1>Simon Magus, the <em>Prophet of<\/em> <em>Nigredo<\/em><\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium color_alternate\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"g-cols wpb_row via_grid cols_1-2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\" style=\"--columns-gap:3rem;\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image img-fondatore align_center\"><div class=\"w-image-h\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Staff_Nigredo-Press_Simon-Magnus-1.webp\" class=\"attachment-woocommerce_single size-woocommerce_single\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Staff_Nigredo-Press_Simon-Magnus-1.webp 600w, https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Staff_Nigredo-Press_Simon-Magnus-1-200x300.webp 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>Traditionally <strong>Simon Magus<\/strong> is considered a scoundrel, or a corrupt sorcerer who ends up being devoured by his own thirst for power. Some argue instead that Simon Magus is the mythical founder of some opposed Gnostic sects, as well as Paul of Tarsus himself.<\/p>\n<p>Almost no one knows, however, that Simon Magus was a prophet able to communicate with the plane of the <strong>Cinereous City<\/strong>, from which he drew the knowledge and inspiration to produce The Great Declaration, a visionary writing on the exchanges between this and other planes of existence. In this work, Simon Magus reworked Heraclitus&#8217; philosophy that made fire the first principle of all things. This first principle he called &#8220;Power without limit&#8221; and declared that it resided in the children of men, beings born of flesh and blood. But fire was not the simple thing that many imagined, and he distinguished between its hidden and manifest qualities, arguing that the former were the cause of the latter. After working out his science of aeons and passing it on to his followers, <strong>Simon Magus<\/strong> mysteriously disappeared.<\/p>\n<p>In the <em>Acts of Peter<\/em> it is reported that before his demise, Simon Magus was performing magic in the Forum and, in order to prove that he was a god, he hovered in the air. But the spell failed, Magus plummeted to the ground breaking his legs into three equal parts and was finally lynched by the angry mob. The truth is that the spirit of Magus, having fully developed the science of aeons, came to the <em>Cinerea City<\/em>. Here, shrouded in a cloak of ashes, he stares in ecstasy at the Cinereal Gate, from which he draws divine inspiration to forge symbols and icons for the spread of the Cult&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_medium\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium with_img\"><div class=\"l-section-img\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Nigredo Press - Il Culto\" data-img-width=\"1920\" data-img-height=\"380\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Nigredo-Press_Il-Culto.webp);background-repeat: no-repeat;\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-overlay\" style=\"background:linear-gradient(360deg, rgba(0,0,0,1) 25%, rgba(136, 55, 145, 0.6))\"><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_1 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-actionbox us_custom_535444f9 border-gradient-to-top-left on-violet color_primary controls_bottom\"><div class=\"w-actionbox-text\"><h2 class=\"w-actionbox-title\">Join the Cult<\/h2><div class=\"w-actionbox-description\"><blockquote>\n<p>Would you like to receive a preview of <strong>Astragali<\/strong>, the Cult newsletter, as well as esoteric gifts and apocalyptic visions of the future?<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-actionbox-controls\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_3\" href=\"https:\/\/nigredopress.it\/en\/join-the-cult\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Get the Vestments<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HomePagesSimon Magus, the Prophet of Nigredo Traditionally Simon Magus is considered a scoundrel, or a corrupt sorcerer who ends up being devoured by his own thirst for power. Some argue instead that Simon Magus is the mythical founder of some opposed Gnostic sects, as well as Paul of Tarsus himself. 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