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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Abraxas \A*brax"as\, n. [A name adopted by the Egyptian Gnostic Basilides, containing the Greek letters [alpha], [beta], [rho], [alpha], [xi], [alpha], [sigma], which, as numerals, amounted to 365. It was used to signify the supreme deity as ruler of the 365 heavens of his system.] A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Cabalistic word, 1738, of uncertain origin.
Wiktionary
n. (context gnosticism historical English) A mistaken transcription of Abrasax.
Wikipedia
Abraxas ( Gk. ΑΒΡΑΞΑΣ, variant form Abrasax, ΑΒΡΑΣΑΞ) was a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the "Great Archon" (Gk., megas archōn), the princeps of the 365 spheres (Gk., ouranoi). The word is found in Gnostic texts such as the Holy Book of the Great Invisible Spirit, and also appears in the Greek Magical Papyri. It was engraved on certain antique gemstones, called on that account Abraxas stones, which were used as amulets or charms. As the initial spelling on stones was 'Abrasax' (Αβρασαξ), the spelling of 'Abraxas' seen today probably originates in the confusion made between the Greek letters Sigma and Xi in the Latin transliteration.
The seven letters spelling its name may represent each of the seven classic planets. The word may be related to Abracadabra, although other explanations exist.
There are similarities and differences between such figures in reports about Basilides's teaching, ancient Gnostic texts, the larger Greco-Roman magical traditions, and modern magical and esoteric writings. Opinions abound on Abraxas, who in recent centuries has been claimed to be both an Egyptian god and a demon. The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung wrote a short Gnostic treatise in 1916 called The Seven Sermons to the Dead, which called Abraxas the supreme power of being transcending both God and devil and unites all opposites into one being.
Abraxas is the second studio album by latin rock band Santana. Building upon the interest generated by their first album released in August 1969 entitled Santana and their highly acclaimed live performance at the Woodstock Festival in August 1969, the band released Abraxas in September 1970. The album's mix of rock, blues, jazz, salsa, and other influences was very well received, showing a musical maturation from their first album and refining the band's early sound.
In 2016, the album was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry due to its "cultural, historic, or artistic significance."
Abraxas, also known as Abraxas5, discovered in April 1993, is an encrypted, overwriting, file infecting computer virus which infects .COM and .EXE files, although it does not infect [[command.com]]. It does not become memory resident. Each time an infected file is executed, Abraxas infects the copy of [[dosshell.com]] located in the C:\DOS directory (creating the file if it does not exist), as well as one EXE file in the current directory. Due to a bug in the virus, only the first EXE file in any directory is infected.
Abraxas-infected files will become 1,171 bytes in length and contain Abraxas' viral code. The file's date and time in the DOS disk directory listing will be set to the system date and time when infection occurred. The following text strings can be found within the viral code in all Abraxas infected programs:
"*.exe c:\dos\dosshell.com .. MS-DOS (c)1992"
"->>ABRAXAS-5<<--"
"...For he is not of this day"
"...Nor he of this mind"
Execution of infected programs will also result in the display of a graphic "ABRAXAS" on the system display, accompanied by an ascending scale being played on the system speaker.
Abraxas was created with the PS-MPC virus creation tool, which can be used to create similar, easily detected viruses, which are usually encrypted as well.
More than 20 viruses have appeared which have clearly been produced with the PS-MPC:
- 203 (computer virus)
- 644 (computer virus)
- Abraxas (computer virus)
- ARCV-n (computer virus) Remark: ARCV group has also produced viruses with the TPE and developed the ARCV strain.
- Joshua (computer virus)
- Kersplat (computer virus)
- McWhale (computer virus)
- Mimic (computer virus)
- Small ARCV (computer virus)
- Small EXE (computer virus)
- Swan Song (computer virus)
The name "Abraxas" was also used for a virus in the video game Tron: Evolution.
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Abraxas is Czech rock band, formed in 1976. The leader is guitarist and composer Slávek Janda.
Founding member Ivan Sekyra died in June 2012 at age 59.
Abraxas (common name, the magpie moths) is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.
Abraxas was the group consisting of the winners of MTV Campus Rock Idols, Edition 5. The group consisted of Gaurav Tiwari on Lead Guitar, Akhilesh on keyboards, Sara Kelly on bass and Prabuddha Kanjilal on Drums and Violin. Their music was great inspired by the Classical Hard Rock genre, namely the British Heavy Metal band Iron Maiden.
Abraxas is a deity in the Gnostic faith.
Abraxas, or the variant form Abrasax, may also refer to:
In music:
- Abraxas (album), a 1970 musical album by Santana
- Abraxas: Book of Angels Volume 19, a 2013 album by Shanir Ezra Blumenkranz composed by John Zorn
- Abraxas (Czech band), a Czech rock band
- Abraxas (Indian band)
- "Abraxas", a song on the Therion album Lemuria (2004)
In works of fiction:
- Abraxas (comics), a fictional cosmic entity in the Marvel Comics' universe
- Abraxas, a virus created by CLU 2.0 to exterminate the ISO's in Tron: Evolution
- Abraxas, hero of Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe, a science fiction movie starring Jesse "The Body" Ventura and Sven Ole-Thorson
- Abraxas, the symbolic godhead in the novel Demian by Hermann Hesse
- Abraxas, a giant red horned whale in the graphic novel Abraxas and the Earthman by Rick Veitch
- Abraxas, a fictional planet in the Xenosaga video game series
- Abraxas, the philosopher from Discworld
- Abraxas Malfoy, relative of Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter book series
- House of Abrasax, a spacefaring dynasty of merchant princes in the 2015 film Jupiter Ascending
- Abraxas, the name of a fictional telecommunications company and the United States' second largest Internet Service Provider in Alan Glynn's The Dark Fields.
Organisations:
- Abraxas Corp, a North Carolina-based company that developed a U.S.-wide public surveillance system Trapwire
- Abraxas Foundation, a defunct Social Darwinist think tank founded by Boyd Rice
- Abraxas, a darknet market
- Kulturhaus Abraxas in Augsburg, Germany
Other uses:
- Abraxas (computer virus) (also known as "Abraxas5"), a computer virus discovered in 1993
- Abraxas (moth), a genus
Usage examples of "abraxas".
That the strange name, Abraxas, sprouting simultaneously in the minds of three people, belonged to a real person?
The job of my task force is to establish Abraxas and his good works all over the world.
He would make no other contribution to Abraxas or his murdering council.
The purpose of those killings could only have been to dupe whoever was on the receiving end of those subconscious television messages into believing that this Abraxas character is some sort of Lone Ranger, spreading good wherever he goes.
Good or bad, saint or killer, Abraxas had taken their minds and swallowed them whole.
The same can be done on a larger scale, bringing the message of Abraxas to millions.
Although the masses will flock to the Plan of Abraxas, those wielding power and money will not easily give up their privileges for the good of society.
LePat took up the name of Abraxas in a chant, and the others joined him.
Out of the rubble of this body, I created Abraxas anew, Abraxas the perfect god, the giver of life, the force of good and evil, because it was my destiny to do so.
It was possible that Abraxas was nowhere Remo could reach him before the precious minutes were up.
In the sudden brightness he saw Abraxas, first screaming in terror as the ocean rushed toward him, then pitching with the force of the water.
I can assure you I have quite a lot at my disposal all kinds of different spells fee faw fums, mumbo jumbos, abraxas, love potions, he glanced quickly at the queen here and added, though I see you have no need of the last of those, having a very beautiful wife whom you love to distraction.
Guard Captain arrived, he told me that I could either stay in jail all night and face trial in the morning or I could trust in the judgment of the gods by being in the front ranks of the defenders when Abraxas attacked that evening.
It seems that a special alignment of the planets would open a vortex to the Void that night, releasing Abraxas and his Demon Horde.
Their origins are a matter of record, in the merger nineteen years ago of the depraved Temple of Abraxas with a discredited house of surgical software, Frewin Maisang Tobermory.