Abraxas
[[mythology]] A term used by the Basilideans, a Gnostic sect of the second century, designating the Supreme . . . They believed that Jesus Christ emanated from Abraxas and was a phantom while here on earth. They . . . days in the year. It was further believed that Abraxas commanded 365 gods, each possessing a virtue, . . . of the year. However, older mythologists place Abraxas among the Egyptian gods, while some demonologists . . . alchemy. It is most likely, therefore, that most abraxas stones that contained kabbalistic symbols made . . .
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