Agathodaemon

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Agathodaemon

(Gr.)

The beneficent, good Spirit as contrasted with the bad one, Kakodæmon. The “Brazen Serpent” of the Bible is the former; the flying serpents of fire are an aspect of Kakodæmon. The Ophites called Agathodæmon the Logos and Divine Wisdom, which in the Bacchanalian Mysteries was represented by a serpent erect on a pole. (TG).

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Shortly: The beneficent, good Spirit as contrasted with the bad one, Kakodæmon. The “Brazen Serpent” of the B...