"Don't Fear The Reaper" sighting

Jon Browne jon at COMICS.DEMON.CO.UK
Mon Jul 14 13:09:36 EDT 1997


In article <01BC907C.77E56CC0 at host5-99-47-56.btinternet.com>, Andrew
Gilham <Andy.Gilham at BTINTERNET.COM> writes
>>I've often wondered, what, where etc is Abraxas?
>
>Gee, that dictionary comes in useful:
>
>abraxas
> noun: a mystic word, or a gem engraved with such a word, often bearing a
>mystical figure of combined human and animal form, used as a charm; (with
>capital Abraxas) the genus of the gooseberry or magpie moth.
>
>     >Said to have been coined by the 2nd century Egyptian Gnostic
>Basilides to express 365 by addition of the numerical values of the Greek
>letters
>
>- Andy


It's also one of the ten thousand names of God.
Allegedly. I havn't asked Him.
--
Jon Browne



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