A mystical word or protective symbol used in Gnostic and early Christian magical traditions, often found carved on amulets and gems.
From Greek 'Abrasax' or 'Abraxas', of uncertain origin—possibly from Hebrew or other Near Eastern languages, or a Greek magical phonetic invention. The term appears in Gnostic texts and magical papyri.
Abrasax appears on thousands of ancient amulets—no one is completely sure what it means, but people wore it for protection anyway, making it perhaps history's most popular word nobody understands.
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