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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thesubfamily Ennominae — the magpie moths. - proper noun Alternative form of
Abrasax (archon).
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It is established knowledge that the word Abraxas (Abrasax or Abracax) was often found engraved on certain gemstones, which were called Abraxas stones.
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The word Abraxas was the name used by the Gnostics to denote the unspeakable name of the Supreme Being.
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The name Abraxas also is also found in the Greek Magical Papyri, which consists of the following sections:
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The word Abraxas is thought by some to be the origin of the word "abracadabra", though this word also has other sources cited as being its origin.
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Abraxas is a DEMON … or as in wikipedia: “Abraxas has been claimed to be both an Egyptian god and a demon, sometimes even being associated with the dual nature of Satan/Lucifer” oo-kay … what’s goin’ on here …
Think Progress » Some sources tell the San Diego Union Tribune 2006
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Upon them were engraved mysterious hieroglyphs and figures, called Abraxas, and they are known as Abraxoides.
Scarabs The History, Manufacture and Symbolism of the Scarabæus in Ancient Egypt, Phoenicia, Sardinia, Etruria, etc. Isaac Myer 1869
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All were subject to a Prince of Heaven, called Abraxas, who was himself under guidance of the chief Æon,
The Kasidah of Haji Abdu El-Yezdi Richard Francis Burton 1855
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In "Abraxas," Japanese director Naoki Kato tells the story of Jonan, a teenaged punk rocker-turned-Buddhist monk.
Spirituality Is The Star At Sundance Bryan Maygers 2011
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In "Abraxas," Japanese director Naoki Kato tells the story of Jonan, a teenaged punk rocker-turned-Buddhist monk.
Spirituality Is The Star At Sundance Bryan Maygers 2011
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According to Hillhouse, over 50 percent of the National Clandestine Service -- "the heart, brains and soul of the CIA" -- has been outsourced to private firms such as Abraxas, Booz Allen Hamilton, Lockheed Martin and Raytheon.
Charlie Cray: CIA, Inc.: A National Security Calamity in the Making? 2008
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How to utilize the many spellings of Abraxas...
Abraxas staves his mood he
plays his saxophone in a tame and scaley
Coltrane refrain.
He parallaxes this duality with a note –
"From, where I have been to –
where I may go."
From here on!
Abrasax plays his saxophone
relaxes his throats to coax
notes out in a slow tone
melodious melodrama to make
synthesis
Abraxas expounds upon a brass saxophone with notes
hung stark. The air of negative sky space of
white sky
black stars
slated moon.
Abraxas plays a brass saxophone and moans
an abracadabra abacas
He counts
his toes tally the tacks
across rods
Abraxas smacks his
beak together and blows
deeper, Gillespien style,
while all the feathers
flutter from his head
to quill the dirt with
incantations
The feathers dance like
hovering gnats
pirouetting like an autumn ballerina of leaves
twisting a child tornado on the sidewalk,
"IO IO IO IAO SABAO KURIE!" Reads the dust
and justly a brass saxophone blows deeper than a reflection
of facing mirrors.
Abracas abracadabracally constructs a melody
that human ears are not made to hear.
Like Goethe's architectural music Abraxas
apexically dances a slithering moon walk and
moors the planets to earth.
Venus and mars tethered to the pantheon
Earth – no longer orbiting between love and war.
Abrasax plays his brass saxophone Orpheusly and tames
the conflict within me.
A cobra hisses
from behind his back
a rattle scatters like the pills
scitter across a tiled floor from a last moments
peace – where you change your mind.
Abraxas blows his saxophone and a beaked
last hiss without lips caws in the skylight.
The pillars fall to his ouroboros shoes and Abraxas
now with cigarette in beak –
moans a melizmatic, perfectly poised, beautifully poetic –
cock-a-doodle-do
as the sun rises around us – in an unashamed world.
December 29, 2009