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The modern term 'Gnostic' refers to a loose group of religions originating in the  Middle East around Alexandria towards the beginning of the Christian era. Gnosticism was based on the duality between the  imperfect material world and the perfection and light of the true, spiritual world. Although there were parallels between  Christianity and gnostic faiths and some Gnostics may have considered themselves Christian, tensions with the organised  Church led to accusations of heresy. \r\n\r\nThe figure of Anguipes, sometimes accompanied by the inscription ABRAXAS is often said to have been revered by Egyptian gnostic sects who saw him as the head of a group of 365  spiritual beings. The name is found engraved on gemstones and on the bezel of rings and has also been found in Egyptian and  Greek magical texts. Wearing a ring with the figure of Anguipes may therefore have had a magical and amuletic purpose as well as  a spiritual one.  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