or ABRAAXAS, the supreme god of the Basilidian heretics. It is a mystical or cabalistic word, composed of the Greek letters, α, β, ρ, α, ε, α, ζ, which, together, according to the Grecian mode of numeration, make up the number 365. For Basilides taught, that there were 365 heavens between the earth and the empyrean; each of which heavens had its angel or intelligence, which created it; each of which angels likewise was created by the angel next above it; thus ascending by a scale to the Supreme Being, or first Creator. The Basilidians used the word Abraxas by way of charm or amulet.