ophite

In the context of the connection between darkness and matter it is also worth mentioning Irenaeus's testimony about the Gnostic sect called "Ophites" (because they were believed to worship the serpent, Gr.

(32) In a recent contribution, John Carey advanced as more plausible sources several Egyptian Gnostic writings, such as the Pistis Sophia treatise, the texts of the sect of the Ophites (as presented by Origen in Contra Celsum) and the Corpus Hermeticum (Treatise I mainly).

(1991): Geodynamic implications of geochemical data for the Pyrenean ophites (Spain-France).

That intangible malignity which has been from the beginning; to whose dominion even the modern Christians ascribe one-half of the worlds; which the ancient Ophites of the east reverenced in their statue devil;--Ahab did not fall down and worship it like them; but deliriously transferring its idea to the abhorred white whale, he pitted himself, all mutilated, against it.

Of special importance is the Gospel of Thomas followed then by the Gospel of Judas, the Gospel of Mary, the Tripartite Tractate, Cerenthus and the Ophites, Theodotus, and the tradition of Simon of Cyrene.

intangible which has been from the beginning; to whose dominion even the modern Christians ascribe one-half of the worlds; which the ancient Ophites of the east reverenced in their statue devil;--did not fall down and worship it like them; but its idea

6.31) mentions opposition to ascent in those rituals that he attributes to the Ophites.

The quartz occurrences are all related to basic volcanic rocks known as ophites, a general term for diabases that have retained their ophitic texture (i.e.