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ABRAXAS, THE SACRED NAME

A symbol of the Divine nature as expressed in the great Cycle of Life , and in the conflict through which the Self passes in its progress through the lower worlds.

'The figure may be taken as aspeaking type of the Pleroma , the one embracing all within itself . "- C.W. KING , Gnostics , p.245.

"The name Abraxas, which consisted of seven elements or letters, was a mystery -designation of the God who combined in himself the whole power of the Seven Planets, and also of the Year of 365 days , the sum of the number values of the letters of Abraxas working out to 365. This mysterious Being_was the Year ' ; but the Year as the Eternity . "- G. R. S. MEAD , T. G. Hermes , Vol . I. p. 402.

“The Year " has the same significance as the "Zodiac , "—the path way of the Sun , i.e. the Self ;-it is a symbol of the Cycle of Life with all its divisions , content , and activities. " Pragāpati the year is the same as " Abraxas the year ." They both mean the One mysterious Being who is the life and source of all that has been , that is , and that shall be.

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MANVANTARA
PLEROMA
PRAGAPATI (relaxed)
SAMSARA
TUAT
YEAR
YMIR
ZODIAC