-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
1/16
ABRAXAS(Greek ) the name of a good in the system of the
gnosticBasilides; a magical spell inscribed on late Hellenistic
amulets and talismans.
The etymology of the name has not been completely explained.
J.B. Passerius regards thewords as originating from the Hebrew
ha-berak-hah, "blessing" (one of the oldest magicalspells is close
in meaning abracadabra or "to bless' from ha braka dabara). A.
Geiger
also looks for its roots in Hebrew: it is composed of the two
expressions abh, bara, and anegative, which means "Uncreated
Father". C. Salmasius and S. Sharpe support anEgyptian etymology,
as does J.J. Bellermann who thinks that "Abraxas" arose from
the
joining of two Coptic words: abrakandsaxa holy, revered and
blessed name. It is likely
that in ancient pagan times this name was associated with some
particular god. G. Davidsonthinks that it was the name of one of
the demiurges in early Christian Egypt, which wouldconfirm the
theory that the name is of Egyptian origin.
Abraxas became part of the history of religion thanks to the
early Christian heresiologists,St. Irenaeus (Adversus haeresesI 24,
7), St. Hippolytus (Refutatio, VII 14), and St. Jerome
(In Amos, 3). They discussed the views of Basilides and
considered him the "creator" of
Abraxas. In Basilides' theogony, Abraxas occurs as the "Great
Archon of the Ether", a"prince" who rules over 365 spiritual beings
( [ouranoi]) who were created byWisdon and Power, two elements that
come from the "Pre-eternal and Unknowable Bineg".Each ourans()
manifests a different aspect of the god, while Abraxas shows
the
god's fullness as his representative (hypostasis). The
"Unimaginable" is also described bythe term "Omnipotent (Supreme)
God". Irenaeus notes the connect between the nameAbraxas and the
number of the 365 ourani. A. Neander and K.L. Gieseler follow
Irenaeusand use the method of gematria to establish that this is
the numeric value of the letters that
compose the name Abraxas (A 1, B 2, R 100, A 1, S 200, A 1, X 60
= 365).This number symbolizes the 365 daily revolutions of the Sun
around the Earth in the courseof the year in a geocentric system.
One day and one revolution corresponds to one ourans,while 365
days, in the course of which all the spiritual beings reveal
themselves,
correspond to Abraxas. Abraxas thus represents a type of solar
god similar to the IranianMithra (Meithras) and the Egyptian god
Nile Neilos-Hapi. The numeric value of theirnames also equals 365,
and the Greek Helios, whose number is 365, and when connectedwith
the 5 planets it also gives the sum of 365.
At the beginning of the third century, Basilides' disciples
began to make talismans and
amulets that were called abraxases, and these were still used in
the middle ages. One oneside the name "Abraxas" would be inscribed
(later the names "Sabaoth", "Sabao", "Jao" and"Adonaios" appeared
these were archons occurring in Orphic gnosis). On the other
sidethere were various figures representing a god; most often there
was a rooster with the bodyand hands of a man and snakes instead of
legs. The figure held a shield, a scepter, a sword
or a crown or wreath with a cross. His head, hands and the
serpents ("5") symbolized theprinciple theological virtues
(Bellermann). The particular elements of the figure referred
tosolar and gnostic symbolism the rooster among the Egyptians,
Persians and Greeksdesignated the sun, fire, and the victory of
light over darkness; the serpent (Uraeus) had a
similar meaning which in Egyptian mythology was the
representative of the goddess "eyeof the sun" who destroys the
enemies of Ammon-Re. The forms of an ass and lion alsoappear on
gems. The lion, like the rooster, had a solar reference. The lion
symbolized theSun, sunlight, and the power of light. The ass (a
beast with often extremely differentmeanings) could mean patience,
endurance and wisdom.
C. Salmasius,De armis climastericis, Lei 1648, 572; J. B.
Passerius, De gemmisbasilidianis diatribain: Gori,Thesaurus
gemmerum antiquarum astriferarum, Florentiae1750, II 221-286; J.J.
Bellermann, Versuch ber die Gemmen der Alten mit dem Abraxas
Bilde, B 1818-1819; A. Neander, Genetische Entwicklung der
gnostischen Systeme, B
1818, 138-152; J.K.L. Giesler,Lehrbuch der Kirchengeschichte, Bo
1844, I 123-124; S.Sharpe,Egyptian Mythology, Lo 1863, 252 (nota);
A. Geoger, Abraxas und Elxai,Zietschrift der deutschen
morgenlandischen Gesellschaft 18 (1864), 824-825; H.
Leclercq,in:Dictionairee d'archologie chrtienne et de liturgie, P
1907, I 1127-1155; W. Drexter
in: The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, R
1957, I 16-17; G.
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
2/16
Davidson, in :A Dictionary of Angels, Lo 1967, 5 (ownik aniow,
Pz 1998).
Anna Z. Zmorzanka
AbraxasFrom Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaFor other uses,
seeAbraxas (disambiguation).
Part ofa series on
Gnosticism
History
Early
Syrian-Egyptic
Mandaeism Manichaeism
Sabians of Haran Modern schools
Proto-Gnostics
Philo Simon Magus
CerinthusValentinus
Basilides Menander
Scriptures
Gnostic Gospels
Nag Hammadi library
Pseudo-Abdias Clementine literature
Gnosticism and the New Testament
Codices
Codex Tchacos Askew Codex Bruce Codex Berlin Codex
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas_(disambiguation)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas_(disambiguation)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas_(disambiguation)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian-Egyptic_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian-Egyptic_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabianshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabianshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism_in_modern_timeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism_in_modern_timeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers_of_Christian_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers_of_Christian_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Magushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Magushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerinthushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerinthushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentinus_(Gnostic)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentinus_(Gnostic)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_(gnostic)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_(gnostic)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnostic_textshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnostic_textshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnostic_Gospelshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnostic_Gospelshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_libraryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_libraryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Abdiashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Abdiashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_literaturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_literaturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism_and_the_New_Testamenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism_and_the_New_Testamenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Tchacoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Tchacoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askew_Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askew_Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coa_Illustration_Cross_Crossed_circle.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askew_Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codex_Tchacoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codexhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism_and_the_New_Testamenthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clementine_literaturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudo-Abdiashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_libraryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnostic_Gospelshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnostic_textshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menander_(gnostic)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentinus_(Gnostic)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerinthushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Magushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fathers_of_Christian_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticism_in_modern_timeshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabianshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manichaeismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandaeismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syrian-Egyptic_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas_(disambiguation)
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
3/16
Lists
Gnostic sects Gnostic terms
Related articles
Gnosis Jnana
Esoteric Christianity
Theosophy
Neoplatonism and Gnosticism
V T E
Abraxas(Gk., variant formAbrasax, ) was a word of mystic meaning
inthe system of theGnosticBasilides,being there applied to the
GreatArchon(Gk.,megas
archn), theprincepsof the 365 spheres (Gk.,ouranoi).[1]
The seven letters spelling its namemay represent each of
theseven classic planetsSun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars,
Jupiter,and Saturn.[2]
The word is found in Gnostic texts such as theHoly Book of the
Great Invisible Spirit,and alsoappears in theGreek Magical
Papyri.It was engraved on certainantique gemstones,called onthat
account Abraxas stones, which were used asamuletsor charms. As the
initial spelling onstones was 'Abrasax' (), the spelling of
'Abraxas' seen today probably originates in theconfusion made
between the Greek lettersSigmaandXiin the Latintransliteration.The
wordmay be related toAbracadabra,although other explanations
exist.
There are similarities and differences between such figures in
reports about Basilides'steaching, ancient Gnostic texts, the
larger Greco-Roman magical traditions, and modernmagical and
esoteric writings. Opinions abound on Abraxas, who in recent
centuries has been
claimed to be both anEgyptiangod and ademon.[3]The Swiss
PsychologistCarl Jungwrote ashort Gnostic treatise in 1916
calledThe Seven Sermons to the Dead,which called Abraxas agod
higher than the Christian God and devil that combines all opposites
into one being.
Contents
[hide]
1 Sourceso 1.1 As an Archono 1.2 As a godo 1.3 As an Aeon
2 Abrasax stoneso 2.1 Galleryo 2.2 Anguipedeo 2.3 Origino 2.4
Magical papyri
3 Etymologyo 3.1 Egyptiano 3.2 Hebrewo 3.3 Greek
4 In literature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gnostic_sectshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gnostic_sectshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gnostic_termshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gnostic_termshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnanahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnanahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_Christianityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_Christianityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism_and_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism_and_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Gnosticism&action=edithttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Gnosticism&action=edithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princepshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princepshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princepshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_planethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_planethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Gospel_of_the_Egyptianshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Gospel_of_the_Egyptianshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Gospel_of_the_Egyptianshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraved_gemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraved_gemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraved_gemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amuletshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amuletshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amuletshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_(letter)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_(letter)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_(letter)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliterationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliterationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliterationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Junghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Junghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Junghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#As_an_Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#As_an_Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#As_a_godhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#As_a_godhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#As_an_Aeonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#As_an_Aeonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Abrasax_stoneshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Abrasax_stoneshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Galleryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Galleryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Anguipedehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Anguipedehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Originhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Originhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Magical_papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Magical_papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Etymologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Etymologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Egyptianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Egyptianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Hebrewhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Hebrewhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Greekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Greekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#In_literaturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#In_literaturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#In_literaturehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Greekhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Hebrewhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Egyptianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Etymologyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Magical_papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Originhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Anguipedehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Galleryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Abrasax_stoneshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#As_an_Aeonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#As_a_godhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#As_an_Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Sourceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Junghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abracadabrahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliterationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xi_(letter)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amuletshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engraved_gemhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coptic_Gospel_of_the_Egyptianshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_planethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princepshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_languagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Gnosticism&action=edithttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template_talk:Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoplatonism_and_Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theosophyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esoteric_Christianityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jnanahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnosishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_gnostic_termshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Gnostic_sects
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
4/16
5 References
6 Bibliography
7 External links
Sources[edit]
It is uncertain what the actual role and function of Abraxas was
in theBasilidian system,as ourauthorities (see below) often show no
direct acquaintance with the doctrinesofBasilideshimself.
As an Archon[edit]
Gemstone carved with Abraxas, obverse and reverse.
In the system described byIrenaeus,"the Unbegotten Father" is
the progenitor ofNous,andfrom NousLogos,from LogosPhronesis,from
PhronesisSophiaandDynamis,from Sophiaand Dynamisprincipalities,
powers, and angels, the last of whom create "the firstheaven." They
in turn originate a second series, who create a second heaven. The
processcontinues in like manner until 365 heavens are in existence,
the angels of the last or visibleheaven being the authors of our
world. "The ruler" [principem, i.e., probably tonarchonta]of
the 365 heavens "is Abraxas, and for this reason he contains
within himself 365 numbers."The name occurs in theRefutation of all
Heresies(vii. 26) byHippolytus,who appears in thesechapters to have
followed the Exegeticaof Basilides. After describing the
manifestation of theGospel in the Ogdoad and Hebdomad, he adds that
the Basilidians have a long account of theinnumerable creations and
powers in the several 'stages' of the upper world (diastemata),
inwhich they speak of 365 heavens and say that "their great
archon"is Abrasax, because hisname contains the number 365, the
number of the days in the year; i.e. the sum of thenumbers denoted
by the Greek letters in according to the rules ofisopsephyis
365:
= 1, = 2, = 100, = 1, = 200, = 1, = 60
As a god[edit]
Epiphanius(Haer.69, 73 f.) appears to follow partly Irenaeus,
partly the lost Compendiumof Hippolytus.[4]He designates Abrasax
more distinctly as "the power above all, and FirstPrinciple," "the
cause and first archetype" of all things; and mentions that the
Basilidiansreferred to 365 as the number of parts (mele) in the
human body, as well as of days in theyear.
The author of the appendix to Tertullian De Praescr. Haer. (c.
4), who likewise followsHippolytus's Compendium,[5]adds some
further particulars; that 'Abraxas' gave birth toMind (nous), the
first in the series of primary powers enumerated likewise by
Irenaeus and
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Bibliographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Bibliographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#External_linkshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#External_linkshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideanshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideanshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideanshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irenaeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irenaeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irenaeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phronesishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phronesishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phronesishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(wisdom)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(wisdom)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(wisdom)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophumenahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophumenahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophumenahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Romehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Romehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Romehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopsephyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopsephyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopsephyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=3http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=3http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphanius_of_Salamishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphanius_of_Salamishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panarionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panarionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panarionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas3.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas3.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas3.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas3.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panarionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epiphanius_of_Salamishttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopsephyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippolytus_of_Romehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophumenahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(wisdom)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phronesishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irenaeushttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilideanshttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#External_linkshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#Bibliographyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#References
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
5/16
Epiphanius; that the world, as well as the 365 heavens, was
created in honour of 'Abraxas;'and that Christ was sent not by the
Maker of the world but by 'Abraxas.'
Nothing can be built on the vague allusions ofJerome,according
to whom 'Abraxas' meantfor Basilides "the greatest God" (De vir.
ill. 21), "the highest God" (Dial. adv. Lucif. 23), "the
Almighty God" (Comm. in Amosiii. 9), and "the Lord the Creator"
(Comm. in Nah. i. 11).The notices inTheodoret(Haer. fab. i.
4),Augustine(Haer. 4), and 'Praedestinatus' (i. 3),
have no independent value.
It is evident from these particulars that Abrasax was the name
of the first of the 365Archons, and accordingly stood below Sophia
and Dynamis and their progenitors; but hisposition is not expressly
stated, so that the writer of the supplement to Tertullian had
someexcuse for confusing him with "the Supreme God."
As an Aeon[edit]
With the availability of primary sources, such as the those
inNag Hammadi library,theidentity of Abrasax remains unclear. The
Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, forinstance, refers to
Abrasax as anAeondwelling withSophiaand other Aeons ofthePleromain
the light of the luminary Eleleth. In several texts, the luminary
Eleleth is thelast of the luminaries (Spiritual Lights) that come
forward, and it is the Aeon Sophia,associated with Eleleth, who
encounters darkness and becomes involved in the chain ofevents that
leads to the Demiurge's rule of this world, and the salvage effort
that ensues.
As such, the role of Aeons of Eleleth, including Abrasax,
Sophia, and others, pertains tothis outer border of the Pleroma
that encounters the ignorance of the world of Lack andinteracts to
rectify the error of ignorance in the world of materiality.
Abrasax stones[edit]
A vast number of engraved stones are in existence, to which the
name "Abrasax-stones"has long been given. One particularly fine
example was included as part of theThetfordtreasurefrom fourth
century Norfolk, UK. The subjects are mythological, and
chieflygrotesque, with various inscriptions, in which often occurs,
alone or with other
words. Sometimes the whole space is taken up with the
inscription. In certain obscuremagical writings of Egyptian origin
or is found associated with othernames which frequently accompany
it on gems;[6]it is also found on the Greekmetaltesseramong other
mystic words. The meaning of the legends is seldomintelligible: but
some of the gems are amulets; and the same may be the case with
nearlyall.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeromehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeromehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeromehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=4http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=4http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_libraryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_libraryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_libraryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon_(Gnosticism)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon_(Gnosticism)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon_(Gnosticism)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(wisdom)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(wisdom)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(wisdom)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleromahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleromahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleromahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=5http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=5http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetford_treasurehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetford_treasurehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetford_treasurehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetford_treasurehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetford_treasurehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thetford_treasurehttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleromahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophia_(wisdom)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon_(Gnosticism)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_Hammadi_libraryhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodorethttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerome
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
6/16
A print fromBernard de Montfaucon's L'antiquit explique et
reprsente en figures(Band 2,2 page
358 ff plaque 144) with different images of Abraxas.
The Abrasax-image alone, without external Iconisms, and either
without, or but asimple, inscription.The Abrasax-imago proper is
usually found with a shield, a
sphere or wreath and whip, a sword or sceptre, a cock's head,
the body clad witharmor, and a serpent's tail. There are, however,
innumerable modifications of thesefigures: Lions', hawks', and
eagles' skins, with or without mottos, with or without atrident and
star, and with or without reverses.
Abrasax combinedwith other Gnostic Powers.If, in a single
instance, this supremebeing was represented in connection with
powers of subordinate rank, nothing couldhave been more natural
than to represent it also in combination with its emanations,the
seven superior spirits, the thirty Aeons, and the three hundred and
sixty-fivecosmical Genii; and yet this occurs upon none of the
relics as yet discovered, whilstthose with Powers not belonging to
the Gnostic system are frequently met with.
Abrasax with Jewish symbols.This combination predominates, not
indeed withsymbolical figures, but in the form of inscriptions,
such as:Iao,Eloai,Adonai,Sabaoth,Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Onoel,
Ananoel, Raphael, Japlael, and many others. The name, to which
issometimes added, is found with this figure even morefrequently
than , and they are often combined. Beside an Abrasax figure
thefollowing, for instance, is found: IA ABPAA AN , "Iao Abrasax,
thou art theLord".[7]With the Abrasax-shield are also found the
divine names Sabaoth Iao, Iao
Abrasax, Adonai Abrasax, etc.[8]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_de_Montfauconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_de_Montfauconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_de_Montfauconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon#Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon#Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon#Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohimhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohimhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohimhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonaihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonaihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabaothhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabaothhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabaothhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_358_Abraxas.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_358_Abraxas.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_358_Abraxas.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_358_Abraxas.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabaothhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonaihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elohimhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon#Gnosticismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_de_Montfaucon
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
7/16
Abrasax with Persian deities.Chiefly, perhaps exclusively, in
combinationwithMithras,and possibly a few specimens with the
mystical gradations of mithriaca,upon Gnostic relics.
Abrasax with Egyptian deities.It is represented as a figure,
with the sun-god Phreleading his chariot, or standing upon a lion
borne by a crocodile; also as a name, in
connection
withIsis,Phtha,Neith,Athor,Thot,Anubis,Horus,andHarpocratesin
aLotus-leaf; also with a representation of the Nile, the symbol of
prolificacy,withAgathodaemon(Chnuphis), or withscarabs,the symbols
of the revivifyingenergies of nature.
Abrasax with Grecian deities, sometimes as a figure, and again
with the simplename, in connection with the planets,
especiallyVenus,Hecate,andJupiter,richlyengraved.
Simple or ornamental representations of the journey of departed
spirits throughthe starry world toAmenti,borrowed, as those
above-named, from the Egyptianreligion. The spirit wafted from the
earth, either with or without the corpse, and
transformed at times intoOsirisorHelios,is depicted as riding
upon the back of acrocodile, or lion, guided in some instances by
Anubis, and other genii, andsurrounded by stars; and thus attended
hastening to judgment and a higher life.
Representations of thejudgment,which, like the preceding, are
either ornamental orplain, and imitations of Egyptian art, with
slight modifications and prominent symbols,as the vessel in which
Anubis weighs the human heart, as comprehending the entirelife of
man, with all its errors.
Worship and consecrating serviceswere, according to the
testimony ofOrigenin hisdescription of thoophitic diagram,conducted
with figurative representations in thesecret assemblies of the
Gnostics unless indeed the statement on which this opinionrests
designates, as it readily may, a statue of glyptic workmanship. It
is uncertain ifany of the discovered specimens actually represent
the Gnostic cultus and religiousceremonies, although upon some may
be seen an Abrasax-figure laying its hand upona person kneeling, as
though for baptism or benediction.
Astrological groups. The Gnostics referred everything to
astrology. Even theBardesenists located the inferior powers, the
seven, twelve and thirty-six, among theplanets, in the zodiac and
starry region, as rulers of the celestial phenomena whichinfluence
the earth and its inhabitants. Birth and health, wealth and
allotment, areconsidered to be mainly under their control. Other
sects betray still stronger partialityfor astrological conceits.
Many of these specimens also are improperly ascribed toGnosticism,
but the Gnostic origin of others is too manifest to allow of
contradiction.
Inscriptions, of which there are three kinds: Those destitute of
symbols or iconisms, engraved upon stone, iron, lead and silver
plates, in Greek, Latin, Coptic or other languages, of arauletio
import, and in theform of prayers for health and protection.
Those with some symbol, as a serpent in an oval form. Those with
iconisms, at times very small, but often made the prominent object,
so
that the legend is limited to a single word or name. Sometimes
the legends are asimportant as the images. It is remarkable,
however, that thus far none of the platesor medals found seem to
have any of the forms or prayers reported by Origen. It is
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neithhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neithhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neithhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thothhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thothhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thothhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpocrateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpocrateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpocrateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chnuphishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chnuphishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chnuphishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarabshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarabshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarabshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amentihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amentihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amentihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osirishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osirishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osirishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helioshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helioshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helioshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement_(afterlife)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement_(afterlife)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement_(afterlife)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophite_Diagramshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophite_Diagramshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophite_Diagramshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophite_Diagramshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgement_(afterlife)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helioshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osirishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amentihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hecatehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarabshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chnuphishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpocrateshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thothhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hathorhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neithhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ptahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithras
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
8/16
necessary to distinguish those specimens that belong to the
proper Gnostic periodfrom such as are indisputably of later origin,
especially since there is a strongtemptation to place those of more
recent date among the older class.
Gallery[edit]
Prints fromBernard de Montfaucon's ''L'antiquit explique et
reprsente enfigures'' (Band 2,2) page 358 ff.
Plaque 144
Plaque 145
Plaque 146
Plaque 147
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=6http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=6http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_de_Montfauconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_de_Montfauconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_de_Montfauconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_147.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_146.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_145.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_358_Abraxas.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_147.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_146.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_145.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_358_Abraxas.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_147.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_146.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_145.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_358_Abraxas.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_147.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_146.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_145.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_358_Abraxas.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_de_Montfauconhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=6
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
9/16
Plaque 148
Plaque 149
Anguipede[edit]
Engraving from an Abrasax stone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=7http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=7http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas,_Nordisk_familjebok.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas,_Nordisk_familjebok.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_149.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_148.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas,_Nordisk_familjebok.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas,_Nordisk_familjebok.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_149.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_148.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas,_Nordisk_familjebok.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas,_Nordisk_familjebok.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_149.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_148.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas,_Nordisk_familjebok.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas,_Nordisk_familjebok.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_149.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Montfaucon_Abraxas_Plaque_148.xcfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=7
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
10/16
In a great majority of instances the name Abrasax is associated
with a singular compositefigure, having aChimera-like appearance
somewhat resembling abasiliskor the Greekprimordial godChronos(not
to be confused with the Greek titanCronus). According toE. A.Wallis
Budge,"as a Pantheus, i.e. All-God, he appears on the amulets with
the head ofacock(Phbus)or of a lion (RaorMithras), the body of a
man, and his legs are serpentswhich terminate in scorpions, types
of theAgathodaimon.In his right hand he grasps a
club, or a flail, and in his left is a round or oval shield."
This form was also referred to astheAnguipede.Budge surmised that
Abrasax was "a form of theAdam KadmonoftheKabbalistsand the Primal
Man whom God made in His own image."[9]
Some parts at least of the figure mentioned above aresolar
symbols,and the BasilidianAbrasax is manifestly connected with the
sun. J. J. Bellermann has speculated that "thewhole represents the
Supreme Being, with his Five great Emanations, each one pointedout
by means of an expressive emblem. Thus, from the human body, the
usual formassigned to the Deity, forasmuch as it is written that
God created man in his own image,issue the two supporters, Nousand
Logos, symbols of the inner sense and the quickeningunderstanding,
as typified by the serpents, for the same reason that had induced
the oldGreeks to assign this reptile for an attribute to Pallas.
His heada cock'srepresents Phronesis, the fowl being emblematical
of foresight and vigilance. His two
hands bear the badges of SophiaandDynamis, the shield of Wisdom,
and the scourge ofPower."[10]
Origin[edit]
In the absence of other evidence to show the origin of these
curious relics of antiquity theoccurrence of a name known as
Basilidian on patristic authority has not unnaturally beentaken as
a sufficient mark of origin, and the early collectors and critics
assumed this wholegroup to be the work of Gnostics. During the last
three centuries attempts have been madeto sift away successively
those gems that had no claim to be considered in any senseGnostic,
or specially Basilidian, or connected with Abrasax. The subject is
one which hasexercised the ingenuity of many savants, but it may be
said that all the engraved stonesfall into three classes:
Abrasax, or stones of Basilidian origin Abrasaxtes, or stones
originating in ancient forms of worship and adapted by the
Gnostics Abraxodes, or stones absolutely unconnected with the
doctrine of Basilides
While it would be rash to assert positively that no existing
gems were the work of Gnostics,there is no valid reason for
attributing all of them to such an origin. The fact that the
nameoccurs on these gems in connection with representations of
figures with the head of acock, a lion, or an ass, and the tail of
a serpent was formerly taken in the light of whatIrenaeus says
about the followers of Basilides:
These men, moreover, practise magic, and use images,
incantations, invocations,and every other kind of curious art.
Coining also certain names as if they were
those of the angels, they proclaim some of these as belonging to
the first, andothers to the second heaven; and then they strive to
set forth the names,principles, angels, and powers of the 365
imagined heavens.
Adversus hreses, I. xxiv. 5; cf. Epiph. Haer. 69 D; Philastr.
Suer. 32
Incantations by mystic names were characteristic of the hybrid
Gnosticism plantedinSpainand southernGaulat the end of the fourth
century and at the beginning of thefifth, whichJeromeconnects with
Basilides and which (according to his Epist., lxxv.) usedthe name
Abrasax.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basiliskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basiliskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C5%93bushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C5%93bushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C5%93bushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguipedehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguipedehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguipedehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kadmonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kadmonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kadmonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_symbolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_symbolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_symbolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-10http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=8http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=8http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeromehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeromehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeromehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeromehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaulhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_symbolhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kadmonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguipedehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agathodaemonhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ph%C5%93bushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roosterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cronushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chronoshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basiliskhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chimera_(mythology)
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
11/16
It is therefore not unlikely that some Gnostics used amulets,
though the confidentassertions of modern writers to this effect
rest on no authority. Isaac deBeausobreproperly calls attention to
the significant silence ofClementin the two passagesin which he
instructs the Christians ofAlexandriaon the right use of rings and
gems, andthe figures which may legitimately be engraved on them
(Paed. 241 ff.; 287 ff.). But noattempt to identify the figures on
existing gems with the personages of Gnostic mythology
has had any success, andAbrasaxis the only Gnostic term found in
the accompanyinglegends that is not known to belong to other
religions or mythologies. The present state ofthe evidence
therefore suggests that their engravers and the Basilidians
received themystic name from a common source now unknown.
Magical papyri[edit]
Having due regard to themagic papyri,in which many of the
unintelligible names of theAbrasax-stones reappear, besides
directions for making and using gems with similarfigures and
formulas for magical purposes, it can scarcely be doubted that many
of thesestones are pagan amulets and instruments of magic.
The magic papyri reflect the same ideas as the Abrasax-gems and
often bear Hebraicnames of God. The following example will suffice:
"Iao Sabaoth, Adonai . . .
Abrasax".[11]
The patriarchs are sometimes addressed as deities; for which
fact manyinstances may be adduced. In the group "Iakoubia,
Iaosabaoth Adonai Abrasax,"[12]thefirst name seems to be composed
ofJacoband Ya.
The Leyden papyrus recommends that this invocation be pronounced
to the moon:
[24] Ho! Sax, Amun, Sax, Abrasax; for thou art the moon, (25)
the chief of thestars, he that did form them, listen to the things
that I have(?) said, follow the(words) of my mouth, reveal thyself
to me, Than, (26) Thana, Thanatha, otherwiseThei, this is my
correct name.[13]
The magic word "Ablanathanalba," which reads in Greek the same
backward as forward,also occurs in the Abrasax-stones as well as in
the magic papyri. This word is usuallyconceded to be derived from
the Hebrew (Aramaic), meaning "Thou art our father" ( a nopu dnuof
si noitpircsni gniwollof eht ;xasarbA htiw noitcennoc ni srucco
osla dna ,(metal plate in the Carlsruhe Museum:
Etymology[edit]
Gaius Julius Hyginus(Fab. 183) givesAbrax Aslo Therbeeoas names
of horses of the sunmentioned by 'Homerus.' The passage is
miserably corrupt: but it may not be accidental
that the first three syllables make Abraxas.The proper form of
the name is evidentlyAbrasax, as with the Greek writers,
Hippolytus,Epiphanias, Didymus (De Trin. iii. 42), and Theodoret;
alsoAugustineand 'Praedestinatus';and in nearly all the legends on
gems. By a probably euphonic inversion the translator ofIrenaeus
and the other Latin authors haveAbraxas, which is found in the
magical papyri,and even, though most sparingly, on engraved
stones.
The attempts to discover a derivation for the name, Greek,
Hebrew, Coptic, or other, havenot been entirely successful:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Beausobrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Beausobrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Beausobrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Beausobrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_of_Alexandriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_of_Alexandriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_of_Alexandriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=9http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=9http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-13http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=10http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=10http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Hyginushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Hyginushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustinehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homerhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Julius_Hyginushttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Magical_Papyrihttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clement_of_Alexandriahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Beausobrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Beausobre
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
12/16
Egyptian[edit]
Claudius Salmasiusthought it Egyptian, but never gave the proofs
which he promised. J. J. Bellermann thinks it a compound of the
Egyptian words abrakand sax, meaning
the honorable and hallowed word, or the word is adorable. Samuel
Sharpefinds in it an Egyptian invocation to the Godhead, meaning
hurt me
not.
Hebrew[edit]
Abraham Geiger sees in it a Grecized form of ha-berakhah, the
blessing, a meaningwhich C.W. King declares philologically
untenable.
J. B. Passerius derives it from abh, father,bara, to create,
anda-negativetheuncreated Father.
Giuseppe Barzilai goes back for explanation to the first verse
of the prayer attributed toRabbiNehunya ben HaKanah,the literal
rendering of which is O [God], with thymighty right hand deliver
the unhappy [people], forming from the initial and final lettersof
the words the wordAbrakd(pronounced Abrakad), with the meaning the
host of the
winged ones, i.e., angels. But this extremely ingenious theory
would at most explainonly the mystic wordAbracadabra, whose
connection with Abrasax is by no meanscertain.
Greek[edit]
Wendelin discovers a compound of the initial letters, amounting
to 365 in numericalvalue, of four Hebrew and three Greek words, all
written with Greek characters: ab,ben, rouach, hakads; stria apo
xylou(Father, Son, Spirit, holy; salvation from thecross).
According to a note of Isaac de Beausobres,Jean Hardouinaccepted
the first three ofthese, taking the four others for the initials of
the Greek anthrpousszn hagii xyli,saving mankind by the holy
cross.
Isaac de Beausobrederives Abrasax from the Greek habrosand sa,
the beautiful,the glorious Savior.
Perhaps the word may be included among those mysterious
expressions discussedbyAdolf von Harnack,[14]which belong to no
known speech, and by their singularcollocation of vowels and
consonants give evidence that they belong to some mysticdialect, or
take their origin from some supposed divine inspiration.
Yet we may with better reason suppose that it came originally
from a foreign mythology,and that the accident of its numerical
value in Greek merely caused it to be singled out at
Alexandria for religious use. It is worth notice thatandhave the
samevalue. The Egyptian author of the bookDe Mysteriisin reply
toPorphyry(vii. 4) admits apreference of 'barbarous' to vernacular
names in sacred things, urging a peculiar sanctityin the languages
of certain nations, as the Egyptians andAssyrians;and Origen
(ContraCels. i. 24) refers to the 'potent names' used by Egyptian
sages,PersianMagi,andIndianBrahmins,signifying deities in the
several languages.
In literature[edit]
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=11http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=11http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Salmasiushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Salmasiushttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Sharpe_(scholar)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Sharpe_(scholar)http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=12http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=12http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehunya_ben_HaKanahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehunya_ben_HaKanahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehunya_ben_HaKanahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=13http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=13http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hardouinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hardouinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hardouinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Beausobrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Beausobrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_von_Harnackhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_von_Harnackhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Mysteriis_Aegyptiorumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Mysteriis_Aegyptiorumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Mysteriis_Aegyptiorumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(philosopher)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(philosopher)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(philosopher)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahminhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahminhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahminhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=14http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=14http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=14http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahminhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magihttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persiahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_peoplehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porphyry_(philosopher)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Mysteriis_Aegyptiorumhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nilehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mithrashttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_von_Harnackhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_de_Beausobrehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hardouinhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nehunya_ben_HaKanahhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Sharpe_(scholar)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudius_Salmasiushttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=11
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
13/16
Medieval Seal representing Abraxas.[15]
Thomas More, Utopia
In the 1516 novelUtopiabyThomas More,the island called Utopia
once had the name"Abraxa", which scholars have suggested is a
related use.[16]
Aleister Crowley, "The Gnostic Mass"
Abrasax is invoked inAleister Crowley's 1913 work, "The Gnostic
Mass"ofEcclesiaGnostica Catholica:
IO IO IO IAO SABAO KURIE ABRASAX KURIE MEITHRAS KURIE PHALLE.
IOPAN, IO PAN PAN IO ISCHUROS, IO ATHANATOS IO ABROTOS IO IAO.
KAIREPHALLE KAIRE PAMPHAGE KAIRE PANGENETOR. HAGIOS, HAGIOS,HAGIOS
IAO.[17]
As a piece of mystical and religioussyncretism,the work reflects
more the personalpreferences of the modern magician than it holds
historical veracity.
Carl Jung, Seven Sermons to the Dead
Abraxas is an important figure inCarl Jung's 1916 bookSeven
Sermons to the Dead,arepresentation of the driving force of
individuation (synthesis, maturity, oneness), referredwith the
figures for the driving forces of differentiation (emergence of
consciousness andopposites), Helios God-the-Sun, and the
Devil.[18]
There is a God about whom you know nothing, because men have
forgotten him.We call him by his name: Abraxas. He is less definite
than God or Devil.... Abraxasis activity: nothing can resist him
but the unreal ... Abraxas stands above the sun[-god] and above the
devil If the Pleroma were capable of having a being, Abraxaswould
be its manifestation.
2nd Sermon
That which is spoken by God-the-Sun is life; that which is
spoken by the Devil isdeath; Abraxas speaketh that hallowed and
accursed word, which is life and deathat the same time. Abraxas
begetteth truth and lying, good and evil, light anddarkness in the
same word and in the same act. Wherefore is Abraxas terrible.
3rd SermonHerman Hesse, Demian
Several references to the god Abraxas appear inHermann Hesse's
1919 novelDemian,such as:
The bird fights its way out of the egg. The egg is the world.
Who would be bornmust first destroy a world. The bird flies to God.
That God's name is Abraxas.
Max Demian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowleyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowleyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowleyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gnostic_Masshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gnostic_Masshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gnostic_Masshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_Gnostica_Catholicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_Gnostica_Catholicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_Gnostica_Catholicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_Gnostica_Catholicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Junghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Junghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Junghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sermons_to_the_Deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sermons_to_the_Deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sermons_to_the_Deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-18http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Dead#Sermo_IIhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Dead#Sermo_IIhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Dead#Sermo_IIIhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Dead#Sermo_IIIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hessehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hessehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hessehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Abraxas_Artistic_representationi.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demianhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hessehttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Dead#Sermo_IIIhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Seven_Sermons_to_the_Dead#Sermo_IIhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Sermons_to_the_Deadhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Junghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syncretismhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_Gnostica_Catholicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia_Gnostica_Catholicahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gnostic_Masshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleister_Crowleyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Morehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utopia_(book)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_note-15
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
14/16
... it appears that Abraxas has much deeper significance. We may
conceive of thename as that of the godhead whose symbolic task is
the uniting of godly anddevilish elements.
Dr. Follens
Abraxas doesn't take exception to any of your thoughts or any of
your dreams.
Never forget that. But he will leave you once you become
blameless and normal.
Pistorius
Salman Rushdie, Midnight 's Chi ldren
Salman Rushdie's novelMidnight's Children(1981) contains a
reference to Abraxas in thechapter "Abracadabra":
Abracadabra: not an Indian word at all, a cabbalistic formula
derived from thename of the supreme god of the Basilidan gnostics,
containing the number 365, thenumber of the days of the year, and
of the heavens, and of the spirits emanatingfrom the god
Abraxas.
Saleem Sinai
References[edit]
1. Jump up^Cf. Hippolytus, Refutatio, vii. 14; Irenaeus,Adversus
hreses, I. xxiv. 72. Jump up^He who has His seat withinthe Seven
Poles, in the Magical
Papyri. Mead, G.R.S. (1906)."XI. Concerning the
on-Doctrine".Thrice-GreatestHermes1. London and Benares: The
Theosophical Publishing Society. p. 402.
3. Jump up^"Demonographers have made him a demon, who has the
head of a kingand serpents for feet."Collin de Plancy, Jacques
Auguste Simon(1818)."Abracax orAbraxas".Dictionnaire Infernal.
4. Jump up^Lipsius, R. A., Zur Quellenkritik d. Epiphanios99
f.
5. Jump up^Lipsius 33 f. &c.6. Jump up^Reuvens (1830). Lett,
M. Letronne s. I. Pap. bilingues, etc., Leyden7. Jump
up^Bellermann, Versuch,iii., No. 10.8. Jump up^Baudissin, Studien
zur Semitischen Religionsgeschichte,i. 189 et seq.9. Jump up^Budge,
E. A. Wallis(1930).Amulets and Superstitions. pp. 209210.10.Jump
up^Paraphrased byKing, Charles William(1887).The Gnostics and
Their
Remains.p. 246.11.Jump up^Wessely, Neue Zauberpapyri,p. 27, No.
229.12.Jump up^Ibid. p. 44, No. 71513.Jump up^Griffith, F. Ll. and
Thompson, Herbert (1904)."Col. XXIII".The Demotic
Magical Papyrus of London and Leiden (The Leyden Papyrus)
.14.Jump up^Harnack, Adolf von (1891). "ber das gnostische Buch
Pistis-Sophia". TU.
vii. 2: 8689.15.Jump up^Ralls, Karen (2007). Knights Templar
Encyclopedia: The Essential Guide tothe People, Places, Events, and
Symbols of the Order of the Temple. Career Press.pp.
1845.ISBN9781564149268.
16.Jump up^[1]17.Jump up^Gnostic Mass, Liber XV, Ecclesi Gnostic
Catholic Canon Miss,
hosted by the Scarlet Woman Lodge ofOrdo Templi Orientisin
Austin, Texas.18.Jump up^Hoeller S. A., The Gnostic Jung and The
Seven Sermons to the Dead,
Quest Books, Wheaton, 2006,ISBN 978-0-8356-0568-7
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdiehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdiehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%27s_Childrenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%27s_Childrenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%27s_Childrenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=15http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=15http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-1http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-2http://sacred-texts.com/gno/th1/th145.htmhttp://sacred-texts.com/gno/th1/th145.htmhttp://sacred-texts.com/gno/th1/th145.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-3http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_de_Plancyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_de_Plancyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_de_Plancyhttp://www.lucifer.tw/fantasy/artist/devil/pic/plancy.pdfhttp://www.lucifer.tw/fantasy/artist/devil/pic/plancy.pdfhttp://www.lucifer.tw/fantasy/artist/devil/pic/plancy.pdfhttp://www.lucifer.tw/fantasy/artist/devil/pic/plancy.pdfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_Infernalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_Infernalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_Infernalhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_William_Kinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_William_Kinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_William_Kinghttp://sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/http://sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/http://sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/http://sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-11http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-13http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/dmp/dmp26.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/dmp/dmp26.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/dmp/dmp26.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-14http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Numberhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Numberhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781564149268http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781564149268http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781564149268http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-16http://books.google.com/books?id=XcAgAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=utopia+%22thomas+more%22+abraxas&source=bl&ots=QoHPwDEhA8&sig=jYzt6c1kZZb5sJi2qggmc8u_-M4&hl=en&ei=mMTJTuPgO-3SiALUs6DeDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=XcAgAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=utopia+%22thomas+more%22+abraxas&source=bl&ots=QoHPwDEhA8&sig=jYzt6c1kZZb5sJi2qggmc8u_-M4&hl=en&ei=mMTJTuPgO-3SiALUs6DeDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=XcAgAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=utopia+%22thomas+more%22+abraxas&source=bl&ots=QoHPwDEhA8&sig=jYzt6c1kZZb5sJi2qggmc8u_-M4&hl=en&ei=mMTJTuPgO-3SiALUs6DeDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-17http://www.scarletwoman.org/docs/docs_mass.htmlhttp://www.scarletwoman.org/docs/docs_mass.htmlhttp://www.scarletwoman.org/docs/docs_mass.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientishttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780835605687http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780835605687http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780835605687http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780835605687http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-18http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordo_Templi_Orientishttp://www.scarletwoman.org/docs/docs_mass.htmlhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-17http://books.google.com/books?id=XcAgAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA268&lpg=PA268&dq=utopia+%22thomas+more%22+abraxas&source=bl&ots=QoHPwDEhA8&sig=jYzt6c1kZZb5sJi2qggmc8u_-M4&hl=en&ei=mMTJTuPgO-3SiALUs6DeDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781564149268http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Numberhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-14http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/dmp/dmp26.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-13http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-11http://sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/http://sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_William_Kinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-10http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-9http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-8http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-6http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-5http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-4http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dictionnaire_Infernalhttp://www.lucifer.tw/fantasy/artist/devil/pic/plancy.pdfhttp://www.lucifer.tw/fantasy/artist/devil/pic/plancy.pdfhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_de_Plancyhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-3http://sacred-texts.com/gno/th1/th145.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-2http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas#cite_ref-1http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=15http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%27s_Childrenhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_Rushdie
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
15/16
Bibliography[edit]
Salmasius, C. (1648). De armis climactericis. Leyden. p. 572.
Wendelin, in a letter in J. Macarii Abraxas . . . accedit Abraxas
Proteus, seu multiformis
gemm Basilidain portentosa varietas, exhibita . . . a J.
Chifletio . Antwerp. 1657.
pp. 112115. Beausobre, I. de (1739). Histoire critique de
Maniche et du Manichismeii.
Amsterdam. pp. 5069. Passerius, J. B. (1750). De gemmis
Basilidianis diatriba, in Gori, Thesaurus
gemmarum antiquarum astriferarum, ii. Florence. pp. 221286.
Tubires de Grimvard, Count de Caylus (1764). Recueil dantiquits,
vi. Paris. pp. 65
66. Mnter, F. (1790). Versuch ber die kirchlichen Alterthmer der
Gnostiker. Anspach.
pp. 203214. Bellermann, J. J. (181819). Versuch ber die Gemmen
der Alten mit dem Abraxas-
Bilde, 3 parts. Berlin. Matter, J. (1828). Histoire critique du
Gnosticismei. Paris.
Idem,Abraxasin Herzog, RE, 2d ed., 1877. Sharpe, S.
(1863).Egyptian Mythology and Egyptian Christianity.London. p. 252,
note. Geiger (1864). "Abraxas und Elxai". ZDMG. xviii: 824825.
Barzilai, G. (1873). Gli Abraxas, studio archeologico. Triest.
Idem,Appendice alla dissertazione sugli Abraxas, ib. 1874. Renan,
E. (1879). Histoire des origines du Christianismevi. Paris. p. 160.
King, C. W. (1887).The Gnostics and their Remains.London. Harnack,
Geschichte, i. 161. The older material is listed by Matter, ut
sup., and
Wessely, Ephesia grammata, vol. ii., Vienna, 1886. Monfaucon, B.
de (171924). LAntiquit expliqueii. Paris. p. 356. Eng. transl.,
10
vols., London, 1721-25. Raspe, R. E. (1791). Descriptive
catalogue of . . . engraved Gems . . . cast . . . by J.
Tassie. 2 vols. London. Chabouillet, J. M. A. (1858). Catalogue
gnral et raisonn des cames et pierres
graves de la Bibliothque Impriale. Paris. Budge, E. A.
Wallis(1930).Amulets and Superstitions. pp. 209210.Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in
thepublic domain:Herzog,Johann Jakob (1860)."Abraxas".Protestant
Theological and EcclesiasticalEncyclopedia, Volume I. Philadelphia:
Lindsay & Blakiston. pp. 2829.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in
thepublic domain:Smith,William;Wace, Henry.A Dictionary of
Christian Biography, Literature, Sects andDoctrines, Being a
Continuation of "The Dictionary of the Bible".
This article incorporates text from a publication now in
thepublicdomain:Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Abrasax".Catholic
Encyclopedia.Robert
Appleton Company. This article incorporates text from a
publication now in thepublic domain:Drexler, W.
(1908)."Abraxas".In Jackson, Samuel Macauley.New SchaffHerzog
Encyclopediaof Religious Knowledge1(third ed.). London and New
York: Funk and Wagnalls.pp. 16,17.
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=16http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=16http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=16http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/emec/index.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/emec/index.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/emec/index.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/index.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/index.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/index.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://books.google.com/books?id=HaMAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=HaMAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://books.google.com/books?id=HaMAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(lexicographer)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(lexicographer)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(lexicographer)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(lexicographer)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wace_(Anglican_priest)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wace_(Anglican_priest)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wace_(Anglican_priest)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Abrasaxhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Abrasaxhttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Abrasaxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://www.archive.org/stream/newschaffherzog00unkngoog#page/n48/mode/2uphttp://www.archive.org/stream/newschaffherzog00unkngoog#page/n48/mode/2uphttp://www.archive.org/stream/newschaffherzog00unkngoog#page/n48/mode/2uphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Schaff%E2%80%93Herzog_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_Knowledgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Schaff%E2%80%93Herzog_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_Knowledgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Schaff%E2%80%93Herzog_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_Knowledgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Schaff%E2%80%93Herzog_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_Knowledgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Schaff%E2%80%93Herzog_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_Knowledgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Schaff%E2%80%93Herzog_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_Knowledgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wikisource-logo.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Schaff%E2%80%93Herzog_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_Knowledgehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Schaff%E2%80%93Herzog_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_Knowledgehttp://www.archive.org/stream/newschaffherzog00unkngoog#page/n48/mode/2uphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Abrasaxhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Wace_(Anglican_priest)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(lexicographer)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Smith_(lexicographer)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://books.google.com/books?id=HaMAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q&f=falsehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._A._Wallis_Budgehttp://www.sacred-texts.com/gno/gar/index.htmhttp://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/emec/index.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=16
-
5/22/2018 Abraxas
16/16
This article incorporates text from a publication now in
thepublic domain:Chisholm,Hugh, ed. (1911)."Abrasax".Encyclopdia
Britannica1(11th ed.). CambridgeUniversity Press. p. 72.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in
thepublic domain:JewishEncyclopedia.19011906.
External links[edit]
Jewish encyclopedia entry The complete texts of Carl Jung's "The
Seven Sermons To The Dead"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://www.archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabri01chisrich#page/72/mode/1uphttp://www.archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabri01chisrich#page/72/mode/1uphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Editionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Editionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Editionhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=17http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=17http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=17http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=633&letter=Ahttp://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=633&letter=Ahttp://www.gnosis.org/library/7Sermons.htmhttp://www.gnosis.org/library/7Sermons.htmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:PD-icon.svghttp://www.gnosis.org/library/7Sermons.htmhttp://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=633&letter=Ahttp://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Abraxas&action=edit§ion=17http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Encyclopediahttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domainhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica_Eleventh_Editionhttp://www.archive.org/stream/encyclopaediabri01chisrich#page/72/mode/1uphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain
![ABRAXAS - Fuoco Sacro [il pensiero esoterico] · presso il tribunale di Prato 2\2006. Ogni diritto riservato, ogni riproduzione ... (metempsicosi: reincarnazione delle anime, secondo](https://img.pdfslide.tips/doc/110x75/5c6a5ad409d3f2310b8c7868/abraxas-fuoco-sacro-il-pensiero-esoterico-presso-il-tribunale-di-prato-22006.jpg)
