Basilides

Philosopher and theologian, who in Alexandria in the 2nd century AD. He initiated a series of doctrinal and gnostic movements that evidenced the existence of a single god, ruler of all universes.

(II century) Alexandrian philosopher, one of the founders of Gnosticism. Its system of Neoplatonic inclination and in which magic and astrology are important, describes the existence of divine forces (Abraxas) in a decreasing series of splendor through numerous emanations. The organization of the group of his disciples is similar to the symbolic structure in the Pythagorean manner. He was the inventor of the word "Abracadabra", which was used as a Magic Key by the Kabbalists. His works have been lost. His disciples were called "Basilidians."