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of Basilius into the Christian religion (fig. 125). It was as if 
the giant Apophis, of Egypt, in dying under the spear of 
Alexandrian Christianity, infected its destroyer with its 
envenomed breath, and poisoned whom it could not over- 
Fiff l l 26 A very curious Greco-Egyptian Gnostic seal (considerably enlarged). Christ 
' with the attributes of Horus, treading upon the crocodile of evil, and holding 
the sacred symbol of his name, a fish, ix9vgf\.e. IrjaovgXpLUTog SeovYiog 
(Jesus Christ, the Bon of God, the Saviour). This gem is peculiarly valuable, as 
showing how easily the Alexandrian Christians introduced their ancient emblems 
and their corresponding theories into the rising Christianity of Egypt. (From 
the collection in the British Museum.) 
power* (fig. 126). The subject is a wide, a grave, and a sacred 
one, and if studied at all must be reverently and unbiassedly 
studied. Close we the story of Egyptian Ophiolatry here, and 
in as few words as may be compatible with the lateness of the 
hour, and the extent of the materials, summarize the results 
of this imperfect examination. 
43. I. That in the Egyptian mythology, the oldest which, 
apart from the Bible, has been handed down to us, and is clearly 
{Note on some of the preceding names of serpents.) 
* Abraxas PTH 21^ fallen spirit (?) Ab-rahak. From Ezekiel i. 15-16. 
Cabbala-Sohar gives Ophan (wheel) an order of Angels, as 2^2 
Krub (cherub). ^ (Satan) from m (shoot) wandering, Job i. 7 ; ii. 2. 
syK Aph-aph, -anger, wrath (of God). (Anaph), foaming with 
rage Nose, inflated nostrils wing, Kanaph spa ?— S. M. Drach. 
