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Charles William King studies Gnostic beliefs through surviving engraved gems, amulets and other material remains. He compares their images and inscriptions with ancient religious traditions and the accounts of early writers.
The book considers figures such as Abraxas, symbolic animals, magical names and the interpretation of talismans. Illustrated plates and examples accompany King's attempt to trace relationships among ancient and medieval systems of belief. The download preserves the complete 1864 Bell and Daldy edition, with its original pages and images.