Eon vs Abrasax - What's the difference?
eon | abrasax |
(US) Eternity.
A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
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(geology) The longest time period used in geology.
(US, informal, hyperbole) A long period of time.
A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
(Gnosticism) One of the Archons who follows Sabaoth when he leaves the ranks of the Demiurge to become an Eon alongside Sophia.
(historical)
(historical) A gem engraved with the word Abraxas.
As a noun eon
is eternity.As an initialism EON
is ΕΟΝ, the Greek National Organisation of Youth similar to the Hitler Youth, it was formed before WWII and disbanded in 1941.As a proper noun Abrasax is
one of the Archons who follows Sabaoth when he leaves the ranks of the Demiurge to become an Eon alongside Sophia.eon
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Alternative forms
* aeon (chiefly British or Gnostic) * (qualifier)Noun
(wikipedia eon) (en noun)citation, passage=We live our lives in three dimensions for our threescore and ten allotted years. Yet every branch of contemporary science, from statistics to cosmology, alludes to processes that operate on scales outside of human experience: the millisecond and the nanometer, the eon and the light-year.}}
- It's been eons since we last saw each other.