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a gnostic archangel and the Ophitic Hebdomad - one of the seven Elohim created by Ialdabaoth "in his own image" who rules over the third gate that leads to the "aeon of the archons." Another source names him as being one of the seven sons of Melchisedec, a.k.a. Sydik. Still others say that his is another name for Satan. He is a primordial power in Phoenician theogony and C.W. King says that Astanphaeus was originally a magi and is "the Jewish angel of the planet Mercury. In The Gnostics and Their Remains King even includes a picture of a gnostic gem that has the angel's name inscribed upon it.

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a gnostic archangel and the Ophitic Hebdomad - one of the seven Elohim created by Ialdabaoth "in his own image" who rules over the third gate that leads to the "aeon of the archons." Another source names him as being one of the seven sons of Melchisedec, a.k.a. Sydik. Still others say that his is another name for Satan. He is a primordial power in Phoenician theogony and C.W. King says that Astanphaeus was originally a magi and is "the Jewish angel of the planet Mercury. In The Gnostics and Their Remains King even includes a picture of a gnostic gem that has the angel's name inscribed upon it.