A 8 mordial creator"89 deity, "with all the infinite emanations."90 The god Abraxas unites the opposites, including good and evil,91 the one and the many.92 He is "symbolized as a composite creature, with the body of a human being and the head of a rooster, and with each of his legs ending in a serpent."9 His name is actually a mathematical formula: in Greek, the letters add up to 65, the days of the year94 and the number of eons95 (cycles of creation). "That a name so sacredly guarded, so potent in its influence, should be preserved by mystic societies through the many ages . . . is significant,"96 notes Moses W. Redding, a scholar of secret societies. Redding suggests that only in Freemasonry has this "Divine Word" been "held in due reverence." 97 Facts: The psychologist Carl Jung discussed the deity Abraxas in such works as The Seven Sermons to the Dead (1917). In mythology, Abraxas is the name of a celestial horse that draws the dawn goddess Aurora across the sky.98 The word abraxas was a favorite inscription on Mediterranean amu lets and magical papyri dating back to the first century BCE.99 Abraxas is used as an oath in the great nineteenth-century Swedish classic The Queen's Tiara by Carl Jonas Love Almqvist. Common Magician's Applications: Vanishing. For example: "With his free hand, the magician removed his top hat and held it out before him. 'Abraxas!' he intoned dramatically. One by one, the doves took wing and disappeared into the seemingly infinite depths of the black silk topper.100 Variations and Incantations: • Abracax -- Occultopedia (2005) • Abraksas "I conjure thee, prince whose name is Abraksas." -- The Sword of Moses (c. 10th century), translated by M. Gaster (1896) 89 Zecharia Sitchin, The Cosmic Code (1998) 90 Gustave Flaubert, The Temptation of Saint Anthony (1874), translated by Lafcadio Hearn 91 Tracy R. Twyman, The Merovingian Mythos and the Mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau (2004) 92 Marc Ian Barasch, Healing Dreams (2001) 9 Manly Palmer Hall, The Secret Teachings of All Ages (1928) 94 John Michael Greer, The New Encyclopedia of the Occult (200 ) 95 Carl Lindahl, Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs (2002) 96 The Illustrated History of Freemasonry (2004) 97 Ibid. 98 Anna Franklin, Midsummer: Magical Celebrations of the Summer Solstice (2002) 99 Richard Kieckhefer, Magic in the Middle Ages (2000) 100 Greg Cox, "Sideshow Slayer" (2004)