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COMPOZITUL MAGIC AGLA SAU DESPRE MISTERUL NUMELOR DE PUTERE
THE MAGIC COMPOSITE AGLA OR ABOUT THE MYSTERY OF POWER NAMES

Author(s): Petru Adrian Danciu
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: Gnosticism; Abrasax; AGLA; divine names; magic.

Summary/Abstract: The research seeks for the reconstruction of the meanings of the magical word AGLA, of Judeo-Gnostic origin, “built” at the end of the 1st century and the beginning of the 2nd century and discovered in our area (incised on a silver ring), at Ulpia Traiana Sarmisegetuza. Since the beginning, our approach is focused on revising the reading of this word, starting with the proposal of a new theory, that of a magical nominal composite (m.n.c). So, we consider that the four letters refer to the same number of divine names and do not mention a sacred text, aspect that sends us to a modified variant of the Gnostic meanings reinterpreted from a kabbalistic and medieval perspective with application in The High Magic (Renaissance), and that is the reason why so many researchers of the occultism had taken it so conveniently.

  • Issue Year: 18/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 179-186
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian