Aeons and the Demiurge is a through-composed work that is somewhat programmatic. Each section tells the story of an Aeon (angel) who fell from grace and became the Demiurge (devil), and in a rage, created the world out of spite, which according to Gnostic belief, is the reason the Earth can seem like a hostile world at times. This composition is

Aeons and the Demiurge is a through-composed work that is somewhat programmatic. Each section tells the story of an Aeon (angel) who fell from grace and became the Demiurge (devil), and in a rage, created the world out of spite, which according to Gnostic belief, is the reason the Earth can seem like a hostile world at times. This composition is one of my personal favorites. I've included the originally recorded and the revised edition.