Abraxes Stones.

Certain pre-Christian and early Christian cults believed i Gnosis "abraxes" to denote the hierarchy of spirits colletively that emanated from a supreme being. The letter of the word "abraxes" in greek add ou to the number 365 and thus it was believed that there were 365 orders of these spirits. "Abraxas" has frequently been found on ancient talismanic stone, which were thus called abraxes stones It is thought that the word "abraxes" may have been the origin of the talismanic formula "acracadabra", although some cabalists claim that it is made up of the Hebrew Ab(Father) Ben(Son) and Ruach Acadsch (Holy Spirit.