basilidean

noun 1adj 1

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noun

1

A member of a Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria in the 2nd century.

adj

1

Of or relating to the Gnostic sect founded by Basilides of Alexandria.

In the Second Sermon Jung is concerned with the existence of a primal dichotomy within the psyche, a dichotomy which is united by a mysterious reconciling power of existential activity, named by Jung on the Basilidean model as Abraxas.

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