Publisher's Synopsis
Abraxas Seu Apistopistus (1657) est liber scriptus a Macari, Joannes, qui est tractatus de mythologia Graeca et Gnostica. In hoc libro, auctor describit deum Abraxas, qui est figura complexa et mystica, quae habet capita draconis et leonis, corpus hominis, et pedes serpentinorum. Macari explicat quomodo Abraxas est cultus et adoratus in Gnosticismo, et quomodo figura eius est usque ad praesens invenienda in nummis et gemmis antiquis. Liber est scriptus in lingua Latina et est consideratus unum ex fontibus primariis de mythologia Gnostica.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.