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Ophites
ophitic texture
ophitic texture Large
crystals of
augite enclosing, either wholly or partially, laths of
plagioclase feldspar, and found within
dolerites and
basalts. The texture is a particular type of
poikilitic texture.
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Blue quartz from the Antequera-Olvera ophite, Malaga, Spain.
Magazine article from: The Mineralogical Record; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...basic volcanic rocks known as ophites, a general term for diabases...been altered to uralite. The ophites in Malaga are found as dikes...ILLUSTRATION FOR FIGURE 2 OMITTED]. Ophite outcrops are relatively common...Because of its hardness, ophite has occasionally been mined...
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From the Antequera-Olvera Ophite, Malaga, Spain
Magazine article from: Mineralogical Record; 3/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...basic volcanic rocks known as ophites, a general term for diabases...been altered to uralite. The ophites in Malaga are found as dikes...2). (Figure 2 omitted) Ophite outcrops are relatively common...Because of its hardness, ophite has occasionally been mined...
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Paradise reconsidered in Gnostic mythmaking; rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence.(Nag Hammadi and Manichaean studies)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2009; 587 words
; ...mythmaking; rethinking Sethianism in light of the Ophite evidence. Rasimus, Tuomas. BRILL 2009 355...literature that certain early church leaders called Ophite--snake people. He argues that this Ophite evidence is essential for understanding Sethianism...
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Ammonite fossil portrayed on an ancient Greek countermarked coin.(Research)(Author abstract)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...pseudonym Orpheus) referred to ophites as a vocal stone in which...With such activation the ophite served as protection from...markings resembling snakes ophites. More specifically, his Augustean ophites were rocks with markings that...
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Periodical literature.(Bibliography)
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 4/1/2008; 700+ words
; ...Rizzo. La Civilta Cattolica, 158, III (Aug. 4-18, 2007), 257-65. Le serpent guerisseur et I'origine de la gnose ophite.Annarita Magri. Revue de I'histoire des religions, 224 (Oct.-Dec., 2007), 395-434. Perceptions chretiennes...
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SERIES SCHISM 2: THIRD GNOSTIC CRISIS
News Wire article from: United Press International; 3/30/2004; 700+ words
; ...threat to Catholicism and therefore brutally suppressed. Some of the early Gnostic sects, such as the Nicolaitans and the Ophites, did not bother much with the Demiurge, whom they thought was in charge of matter. Since matter was sharply opposed to spirit...
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Third Corinthians: Reclaiming Paul for Christian Orthodoxy
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...aimed. It could not have been written exclusively to refute the Marcionites, but an allusion to the serpent suggests that the Ophites may have been included. H. suggests that the nature of the false teachings targeted reflects an early stage in the development...
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Lux Humana, Lux Aeterna: Essays on Biblical and Related Themes in Honor of Lars Aejmelaeus
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 4/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...364-73); Outi Leppa, "Believers and Unbelievers in 2 Corinthians 6:14-15" (pp. 374-90); Tuomas Rasimus, "Ophite Myth of Adam and the Corinthians Situation" (pp. 391-414); Minna Laine, "Gnosis, Love and Resurrection: Interpretation...
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000 3 YO UP, 6 F 1 GoldandBlBox 5-2 4 Wing Man 8-1 1a Final Story [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 5/2/2008; ; 594 words
; ...49,000 3 YO UP FM, ALW, 6 F 1 KarakorumRltt 10-1 6 Mia 12-1 1a KrkrmPlymt 10-1 7 MyLuckeyPnny 12-1 2 Cizi 8-1 8 Ophite 9-2 3 Kaz Court 20-1 9 Sweet Madness 6-1 4 CountThisSnr 15-1 10 LostWthtYou 7-2 5 La Ransom 2-1 11 Alchera 6-1...
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6 Cool N Collective 11.60 4.90 3.40 8 Bailero (ARG) 3.30 2.70 [Derived Headline]
Newspaper article from: New Haven Register; 4/13/2008; ; 622 words
; ...2-8) $152.50; Pick-3 (1-2-8) $455.50 EIGHTH 1 My Dinah 36.20 11.80 8.40 8 Jovanna 5.30 3.90 6 Ophite 9.90 Exacta (1-8) $213.50; Trifecta (1-8-6) $2,483.00; Pick-3 (2-8-1) $2,184.00 NINTH 2 Sherine...
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Ophites
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
Ophites This sect of Gnostics appears to date from the second century. A system of initiation was popular among the members and they possessed...
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Basilidians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...x2014; and possessed two allegorical statues, male and female. The doctrine had many points of resemblance to that of the Ophites and the Jewish Kabala. Sources: Legge, Francis. Forerunners and Rivals of Christianity from 333 B.C. to 330 A.D...
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Gnosticism
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...have derived some of their mysteries and rites from Isis worship, and used theurgic incantations, symbols, and signs. The Ophites also adapted Egyptian rites, and, as their name indicates, these included serpent symbolism, an actual serpent being the...
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Naasenes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Naasenes (Heb., naḥash ; a gnostic sect): see OPHITES .
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Lithomancy
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology
...related at length this legend of Helenus: "To him, Apollo gave the true and vocal sideritis, which others call the animated ophites, a stone possessing fatal qualities, rough, hard, black, and heavy, graven everywhere with veins like wrinkles. For...
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