▁with ▁Y ald aba oth ▁and ▁his ▁design ation ▁as ▁World - cre ator , ▁whereas ▁formerly ▁the ▁seven ▁plan ets ▁together ▁ruled ▁the ▁world . ▁This ▁confusion , ▁however , ▁was ▁suggested ▁by ▁the ▁very ▁fact ▁that ▁at ▁least ▁five ▁of ▁the ▁seven ▁arch ons ▁bore ▁Old - Test ament ▁names ▁for ▁God — El ▁Sh add ai , ▁Ad on ai , ▁E lo him , ▁Je hov ah , ▁S aba oth . ▁ ▁Wilhelm ▁An z ▁has ▁also ▁pointed ▁out ▁that ▁G nost ic ▁es chat ology , ▁consisting ▁in ▁the ▁soul ' s ▁struggle ▁with ▁host ile ▁arch ons ▁in ▁its ▁attempt ▁to ▁reach ▁the ▁P ler oma , ▁is ▁a ▁close ▁parallel ▁of ▁the ▁soul ' s ▁as cent , ▁in ▁Bab yl onian ▁ast ro log y , ▁through ▁the ▁real ms ▁of ▁the ▁seven ▁plan ets ▁to ▁An u . ▁The ▁late ▁Bab yl onian ▁religion ▁can ▁definitely ▁be ▁indicated ▁as ▁the ▁home ▁of ▁these ▁ideas . ▁ ▁Z oro ast rian ism ▁ ▁The ▁Bund ah ish n ▁tells ▁us ▁that ▁in ▁the ▁prime val ▁str ife ▁of ▁the ▁devil ▁against ▁the ▁light - world , ▁seven ▁host ile ▁powers ▁were ▁captured ▁and ▁set ▁as ▁const ell ations ▁in ▁the ▁heav ens , ▁where ▁they ▁are ▁guard ed ▁by ▁good ▁star - pow ers ▁and ▁prevent ed ▁from ▁doing ▁harm . ▁Five ▁of ▁the ▁evil ▁powers ▁are ▁the ▁plan ets , ▁while ▁here ▁the ▁sun ▁and ▁moon ▁are ▁of ▁course ▁not ▁reck oned ▁among