Abraxas: The Gnostic Power Beyond Good and Evil Abraxas, also written as Abrasax, Abraxis, or Abracax, is one of the most mysterious and paradoxical figures in Gnostic, magical, and demonological tradition. He
Asmodeus (Aeshma, Ashmedai, Ashmodai, Asmoday, Asmodius, Hasmoday, Sydonay) The Demon of lust, the third of the Seven Deadly Sins, and of jealousy, anger, and revenge, and the 32nd of the 72 Spirits of Solomon. Asmodeus’ chief objectives are to prevent
Elgin Marbles Popular name given to Greek sculptures from the Parthenon at Athens portraying Theseus, Lapiths, Centaurs, three Fates, Iris, and others. They were removed from the ruins by the seventh earl
Far and away the most famous of the ancient mysteries, the mystery rites of Eleusis were celebrated every September for nearly 2000 years in the small town of the same name, a
Electra (amber) In Greek mythology, daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra; sister of Orestes, Iphigenia, and Chrysothemis. Electra convinced her brother Orestes to murder their mother, Clytemnestra, and Aegisthus, their mother’s lover, in
Dryope (oaken face) In Greek mythology, a name for various women. According to the Homeric Hymn to Pan (attributed to Homer but not by him), one, a nymph of Arcadia, was the
Doris (bountiful) In Greek mythology, a sea goddess, daughter of Oceanus and Tethys; sister of Eidyia, Electra, Clymene, Meliboea, Metis, Perseis, Pleione, Proteus, Styk, Europa, Clytia, and Callirrhoë, the rivers and fountains;
Dodona In Greek cult, the site of the oracle of Zeus, built by Deucalion after the deluge and located in northwestern Greece. At Dodona there were priestesses called Peleiades (pigeons) who made
Lightning struck at Diomedes’ feet (From Homer’s Iliad) – Circa 1810. Painting by Louis Moritz Diomedes (godlike ruler) In Greek mythology, hero, king of Argos, son of Tydeus and Deipyle; companion to
Deucalion and Pyrrha (new-wine sailor and fiery red) In Greek mythology, hero and heroine of the Deluge, or Flood. Deucalion was the son of Prometheus and Hesione; married Pyrrha; father of Amphictyon,
Demophon (voice of the people) In Greek mythology, joint king of Melos; son of Theseus and Phaedra or of Theseus’s mistress, Antiope; half brother or brother of Acamas; and in some accounts
Delos (clear) In Greek legend, a small island in the Cyclades, where Apollo and Artemis were born on Mount Cynthos. Poseidon raised it from the sea as a place of refuge for
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