On the Demiurge:

 

On the Demiurge:

“Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.”

“JUPITER is not said to be, but is, the father of those who genuinely preserve the proper form of life, such as Hercules and the Dioscuri; but of those who are never at any time able to convert themselves to a divine nature, he never is nor is said to be the father. Such therefore, as having been partakers of a certain energy above human nature, have again fallen into the sea of dissimilitude, and for honour among men have embraced error towards the Gods, -of these Jupiter is said to be the father.”

Hercules and the Dioscuri are referring to those who refuse complete desolation in death and return to the world as avatars, not dissimilar to the idea of the Bodhisattvas of Buddhism. The Dioscuri is the office, so to speak, that was given to Castor and Pollux, heroes of the ancient Greek pantheon. It would seem from the above, that one’s relationship as being akin to the Demiurgus, is dependent on Karma, a notion that is not foreign to those of the Great White Brotherhood. Yes, a certain snobbery is indicated, but how many of us are truly drawn to the philosophic life, where it becomes with us the centre of the All? This quote then, is ideal in realizing the importance, that the Greeks, as well as the Egyptians placed on the philosophic pursuit, as intimating their means to transcendence. I would imagine that perfect knowledge of the gods is impossible to convey in terms that may be understood within the limits of temporality, and thus as they “have again fallen into the sea of dissimilitude,” their essences serve as a guidepost for one’s own realization, by means of the philosophic art.

“The paternal cause originates supernally from the intelligible and occult Gods; for there the first fathers of wholes subsist; but it proceeds through all the intellectual Gods into the demiurgic order.”

These paternal causes may be associated with the spheres of Binah, Chokmah and Kether, of course the L.V.X. generated from this realm preserves creation through consciousness and are thus called the fathers of the Gods.

“The fathers, however, who are superior to the one fabrication are called Gods of Gods, but the demiurgus is the father of Gods and men. Farther still, Jupiter is said to be peculiarly the father of some, as of Hercules, who immutably preserve a Jovian and ruling life during their converse with the realms of generation.”

Here it becomes clear why the supernal triad is called the Archetypal World and attributed to the Forms of Platonism, it is via the Demiurge, that the world is created, and we must be Gods as a result of the nature of existence, in other words, “I think therefore I am”. I am the All, a God, omnipresent, omnipotent and omniscient, and one with the Demiurge, the peculiarity spoken of in Jupiter’s relationship with Hercules, who could be considered an avenue only followed by the few, is that although the Demiurge is the father of all Gods and humankind, it is only through this unique aspect of the Demiurge, that we may come to realize each our individual godhead within the play of creation.

“Farther still, Jupiter is said to be peculiarly the father of some, as of Hercules, who immutably preserve a Jovian and ruling life during their converse with the realms of generation.”

It follows from these quotes that some are drawn to the Path of Return by the nature of their Souls, indeed "Let my servants be few & secret: they shall rule the many & the known." (Liber AL vel Legis) comes to mind from reading the above.

Quotes taken from Thomas Taylor’s: The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus, Additional notes.

“Love is the law, love under will.”