▁the ▁evil ▁powers — for ▁the ▁obvious ▁reason ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁official ▁religion ▁they ▁invari ably ▁appear ▁as ▁good ▁div in ities . ▁It ▁must ▁be ▁also ▁noted ▁that ▁the ▁M ith ras ▁myster ies , ▁so ▁closely ▁connected ▁with ▁the ▁Pers ian ▁religion , ▁are ▁acquaint ed ▁with ▁this ▁doctrine ▁of ▁the ▁as cent ▁of ▁the ▁soul ▁through ▁the ▁planet ary ▁spher es . ▁ ▁F allen ▁ang els ▁In ▁On ▁the ▁Origin ▁of ▁the ▁World , ▁the ▁arch ons ▁im pre gn ate ▁the ▁Bib lic al ▁E ve , ▁an ▁idea ▁probably ▁der iving ▁from ▁the ▁S ons ▁of ▁God ▁in ▁ ▁or ▁the ▁Book ▁of ▁En och . ▁In ▁accord ance ▁with ▁the ▁dep ict ions ▁of ▁fallen ▁ang els ▁in ▁the ▁En och ian ▁writ ings , ▁the ▁arch ons ▁in cite ▁pass ions ▁to ▁humans . ▁Further , ▁they ▁both ▁teach ▁id ol at ry , ▁sacrific es ▁and ▁blood sh ed ▁to ▁ens lave ▁the ▁G nost ics ▁and ▁tra pping ▁them ▁in ▁ignor ance . ▁ ▁Greek ▁the ology ▁The ▁myth ology ▁of ▁ancient ▁Greece ▁knew ▁gods , ▁da em ons , ▁and ▁hero es . ▁ Θ ε ο ὶ ▁ ἄ ρ χ ο ν τ ε ς ▁( r uling ▁gods ) ▁appear ▁in ▁the ▁subsequent ▁philosophy ▁of ▁Pl ato . ▁However ▁Phil o ▁never ▁all udes ▁to ▁arch ons : ▁in ▁a ▁single ▁passage ▁( De ▁Mon . ▁i . ▁ 1 ), ▁ ἄ ρ χ ο ν