Enciclopedia Cattolica

ABRAXAS

Volume I · p. 100 · 1948

English translation · Testo originale italiano

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Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

ABRAXAS — A gnostic gem of talismanic value depicting on the obverse ABRAXAS with the head of a cock (a solar animal) and the feet of a serpent (≈ earth); in its hands it holds a scourge against evil spirits and a shield to protect whoever wears the gem. On the reverse are the names of six angels.