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The Gnostics and Their Remains, Ancient and Mediaeval

by Charles William King

A Victorian collector's study of engraved gems and Gnostic religion that presented magical stones bearing Abraxas and related figures as relics of Gnostic sects. Its interpretations have been superseded, but its illustrations and enthusiasm shaped occult ideas about Abraxas for generations.

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