Abraxas

[deviadah]

This could go anywhere really, move at will...

Abrahadabra has been identified with Abrasax (also Abraxas) who is also considered synonymous with Aeon, both stemming from ancient Gnosticism. - from this thread (http://forums.abrahadabra.com/showthread.php?t=133&highlight=abraxas)
I've been having a lot of Synchs with this word of late... :eek:
The letters of Abraxas, in the Greek system of alphabetic numerology, sum to the number 365, and the Basilideans gave the name to the 365 orders of spirits which, as they conceived, emanated in succession from the Supreme Being. These orders were supposed to occupy 365 heavens, each fashioned like, but inferior to that above it; and the lowest of the heavens was thought to be the abode of the spirits who formed Earth and its inhabitants, and to whom was committed the administration of its affairs.

In addition to the word Abraxas and other mystical characters, they have often symbolic mystical figures engraved on them. The most common of these have the head of a fowl, and the arms and bust of a man, and terminate in the body and tail of a serpent. - wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraxas)


The origins of the God Abraxas are mysterious though it is believed the concept existed in ancient Egypt. It is thought that Abraxas was then adopted by Jewish mystics and then later by the Gnostic Christians. So Abraxas has a long history in the esoteric circles of the Mediterranean and near East. - source (http://www.iawwai.com/Abraxas.htm)

Abraxas, also known as Abrasax, is a Gnostic solar deity associated with Yahweh, Mithras and the Celtic Belenus, as well as Yeshu (Jesus). - source (http://altreligion.about.com/library/glossary/bldefabraxas.htm)

http://www.iawwai.com/MultiAbraxas.jpg (http://www.iawwai.com/Abraxas.htm)http://www.alchemylab.com/Abraxas_a_Gnostic_Pantheon.jpg (http://www.alchemylab.com/)
I would love to hear some more angles on this word!

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[Xner]

Abraxas is described in the Theogony outlined in my book Kosmology as the masculine emanation of the Most High, with Sophia being the feminine emanation.

A chapter from one of the books of my soon-to-be-published text of Ophitic Scripture:


In the beginning Abraxas sprung forth from the Nothing.
In His emergence, He spread thin the blackness of the Void.
Chaos was no more; Kosmos came to be, bringing order to newly formed matter.
The Kosmos, devoid of light, begat Sophia as equal to the Most High.
Sophia left the side of Abraxas, wandering the heavens in despair of solitude, weeping.
Her tears collected at the bottom of the heavens, a stagnant pool of Wisdom and sadness from whence rose the Archons.


Hopefully this was of interest to you.

[m1thr0s]

Ophitic Scripture???
Any good links to this that you know of? I'm not real familiar with this stuff...

I only really understand Abrasax intuitively myself, from spatterings of text but probably more from studying the iconography. A lot is combined in his image and it is very syncretic, including elements from other well defined deities. The cock's head still trips me out a bit. It's a little difficult equating chickens to the "intelligence behind every star"... :laugh:

The twin-serpent feet is a very telling feature of this godform...

m1thr0s

[Naomi]

Garuda, by the way....

http://www.dazimua.com/images/occult/garuda2.jpg


I know nothing about Abraxas but, Garuda's a good ally, very, very martial but that's always a good thing when you're dealing with real forms, and he likes women, you have to be very pure of intent to carry his standard though...I've been working with that one for about seven years now, somehow it's all connected to Ningishzidda of course, and Mithras too as a matter of fact - all of the really big world breakers are connected at least on a name knowing basis...seems to me Europe figures in on the slow end of the spectrum as far as archetypes go....pale imitations of original prototypes, as if something wasn't being told. The Church was always a staunch ally of imposing limitation and restriction on others though.

Another been there done that for ancient India...of course it's all been there, done that for the eternal.....so who gives a fuck. It's important for fucking humans to make the global connections though.

[MythMath]

Basilisk or Cockatrice:

http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/weird-beasts/basilisk.gif
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/conker/weird-beasts/mythical-beasts-basilisk.htm

http://www.occultopedia.com/images_/topic/basilisk2.jpg

Cockatrice (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d5/DragonTransom.jpg

It was supposed to be born from an egg laid by a cock (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock_%28chicken%29)[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice#_note-0) and incubated by a toad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toad) or snake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake).

Its reputed magical abilities include turning people to stone or killing them
by either looking at them — "the death-darting eye of Cockatrice"[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockatrice#_note-1) —
touching them, or sometimes breathing on them.

It is said in the medieval bestiaries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestiary) that the weasel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel) is the only
animal that is immune to the glance of a cockatrice.

It was also thought that a cockatrice would die instantly upon hearing a rooster crow.
According to legend, having a cockatrice look itself in a mirror
is one of the few sure-fire ways to kill it.

The cockatrice was also able to fly with the set of wings affixed to its back.


http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6c/Hane_basilisk.jpg

[Xner]

Ophitic Scripture???
Any good links to this that you know of? I'm not real familiar with this stuff...

There are no links to be had. These scriptures are my creation...my interpretation of ancient currents.

[frater luciferi]

XNER is one of the few fellow neo-gnostics that i greatly respect....he has a damn good grip on things, and im proud to call him a fellow luciferian as well.

[Xner]

Thanks much, brother.
Have you ever read any of my works, or just my forum posts?

[m1thr0s]

I have no problem with original work...just to be clear on that. It just wasn't evident from the post that this was the case...

I actually regard it as a most solemn responsibility that any magus should be producing original work as much as possible. Otherwise he cannot possibly be attending properly to the time in which he labors...

m1thr0s

[deviadah]

Abraxas is described... as the masculine emanation of the Most High, with Sophia being the feminine emanation.

So in your work what is the offspring of Abraxas and Sophia?

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[Xner]

They have no direct offspring together, although the spirit of mankind could be seen as the offspring of Pleroma as a whole.