General Index

Abiressia. See angels, Gnostic, Abrisene Shai and 11, 77, 79–85, 95, 98, 100–01, 107, Abiressine. See angels, Gnostic, Abrisene 205–07, 219, 315, 391 Abraham (astrologer) 312 shrines/altars to 79–82 Abu Jandir, Egypt. See Medînet Mâdi snakes and 52, 79, 83, 85, 206 Abū ‘shar 231, 257, 366 sun and 9, 198–200, 204–6 Abbreviation of the Introduction to Zarathustra and 161–62 Astrology 365, 377, 387 and 50–52, 293 De revolutionibus nativitatum 367, Ahriman 125, 161–62 375–76, 378, 476, 480, 481–82 Ahura Mazda 161–62, 351 Great Introduction/Greater Introduction Aidoneus. See 313, 365, 387, 475 Ailoaios. See archons, Eloaios lots and 376–78, 387, 475–76 Aither (Orphic deity) 351 Abydos 96, 98n93, 351n57 akh (spirit). See also Ꜣḫ.w 218 Achilles (astronomer?) 461–62 Akhenaten 104–05 Achilles Statius. See Achilles Tatius Akressina. See angels, Gnostic, Abrisene Achilles Tatius 462 122 Acropolis 48, 381 al-Bīrūnī 366, 387 Adonaeus. See archons, Adonaios The Book of Instruction in the Elements of Adonai. See archons, Adonaios the Art of Astrology 365 Adoni. See archons, Adonin alchemy 139, 392 344, 351–52, 354, 379 alcocoden. See also kadhkhudāh 259 aeons 163, 174, 179–80 Alexander of Aphrodisias Aeschylus 20, 122, 125 De anima 269 Bound 91, 345 On Fate 49 Aesculapius. See Alexander the Great 46, 78, 80, 85 Agathe (deity). See also Tyche; Alexandria 47, 77–86, 94, 129n75, 300, 436 good fortune 11, 47, 101 Sarapeum at 79 cultural pair with Agathos Daimon Tychaion at 82 46–49, 52, 76–77, 82, 300, 390 Allāt 94 fortune and 88 al-mubtazz. See almuten Isis and 47, 77–82, 86, 88, 91, 94–95, 390 almuten 260, 272, 435, 438 Renenet and 79–80, 101–02, 390 Al-Qabīṣī Shepset and 102 The Introduction to Astrology 223, 226, snakes and 79 313, 365 Agathos Daimon (deity). See also good daimon Amesha Spentas 161 aither and 204 amulet 117–18, 219 Bible and 130 Amun 78, 84n33, 105, 115, 217, 351n57 caduceus and 81, 86, 340n5 anairetēs (destroyer) 257 coins to 79–81, 86 , Necessity (deity/daimon). See also cultural pair with Agathe Tyche 46–49, necessity, anankē; Ἀνάγκη; ἀνάγκη, 52, 76–77, 82, 300, 390 ἀναγκαῖος 36, 143, 233–34, 300, 341–47, fate and 47, 85, 90, 95, 107, 112, 207 349, 383 Greek version of 46–49, 58, 82–85 Adrasteia and 344, 351, 354n76, in Magical Papyri 9, 195–200, 204–07 379n148 Potter’s Oracle and 79, 83–84 /Herakles and 353–55 Sarapis and 47, 77–80, 94–95, 101, 203, 390 Fate and 274, 345, 347, 349–50, 382 General Index 531

Hermes/Mercury and 234, 299, 353, 359, Anu-bēlšunu 456–57 chart of 307 in Macrobius 340–41, 380, 386 Anubio (astrological poet) 112, 186, 251 knot of 340, 355, 380, 386 on astrological places 72–73 Myth of Er and 282–84, 344, 347, 355, on decans 227–29 379, 383, 386n175, 394, 413n33 Anubis 207 Orphic 344–45, 350, 352–53, 379, aphesis (releasing) 321–23, 335, 388, 393, 386n175, 388 470 pair with 339, 346, 349–50, 379–81, aphetēs (releaser), apheta. See also dator vitae 383, 386, 388 107, 258, 260, 264–65, 321, 331, 412 anankē. See necessity, anankē description of 107–08 Andros 87, 380 /Venus 34–35, 50, 56–58, 60–62, angels 124, 131–32, 136–37, 171, 194–95, 201, 67, 70–74, 78, 88, 111–12, 134, 136n113, 222, 238, 247 146, 148, 168–70, 172, 174–75, 180, 183, Gnostic 164, 174, 179, See also aeons; 187, 190, 234, 241, 256, 259n97, 297–99, authorities (exousiai) 315, 319, 322n61, 325–27, 329, 342–44, Abel 175–77 348–49, 352n61, 356–59, 361, 365, 367, Abrisene 175 369–70, 373–74, 376, 381, 384, 387, 399, Adonaios 174–75 403–04, 407–09, 417, 419, 423–26, Adonin. See also archons, Adonin 175 429–32, 434–38, 447, 456–57, 470–71, Athoth. See also archons, Athoth 476, 479–82 174–78 Apis bull 78 moon and 177–78 Apophis 120 Belias 174–75, 177–78 Apuleius Galila 174–75 daimon and 18, 237 Harmas 174 De deo Socratis 22, 49 Harmoupiael 175 De Platone 29, 31, 49 Kain 174–75 fate and 28–29 Yobel 174–75 Metamorphoses 91, 105, 106 zodiac and 164, 174–79 Aratus Antigonus of Nicaea 112, 230, 257–58, Phaenomena 355 429–32 archangels 179, 222 Antiochus Epiphanes Philopappus, C. Julius Archir-Adonin. See angels, Gnostic, Adonin 184 Archive of Ḥor 53, 88–89, 102 Antiochus Epiphanes, C. Julius 184 archons 162–69, 171–74, 177, 179–80 Antiochus IV, C. Julius (of Commagene) 184 Adonaios 166–67, 170–72, 174–75 Antiochus of Athens 17, 65 Adonin. See also angels, Gnostic, Adonin and Porphyry 65, 188, 256n86, 264, 166, 172 267–71, 439–41 Astaphaios 166–67, 169–72 on astrological places 65, 143 Athoth 166, 171–72 on decans 226–27 moon and 172, 177–78 on lots 288, 309–11, 314 Eloaios 166–67, 169–70, 172 on the oikodespotēs 257–58 Ialdabaoth 164–67, 170–71 on planets 148 Iao 161, 165–66, 169–72, 178 possible heritage of 183–84 Sun and 165, 169–70, 172 Thema dei and 187–90, 192 Oraios 166–67, 170–71 Thema mundi and 184–85, 187–90, 192 planets as 162–65, 167 antiscia 93, 404 Sabaoth 163, 166, 170–72, 174, 180 Anu 280 Sabbataios 166, 171–72