XI. GONCERNIKG THE .'EON-DOCTRINE 387-412

The Scope of our Essay .... 387 The Orphic Tradition of the Geneeis of the World- Egg 388
Commentary ...... 392
The Sethian Gnosis . .393
The Mithriac iEon . .399
Probable Date of Origin of the HelleniAtic JRon-
Doctrine ...... 401
Abraxas ...... 402
The Feast of the .£on .403
The Quintessence and the Monad 403
The iEon in Plato .404
Concerning the Hellenistic Origin of .£onolog>' 405
The .£on the Logos . .406
The Roman Seecuhim Cult derived from Eg}'pt 407
The iEonic Immensities of Egypt 407
A Song of Praise to the iEon 408
The Demiurgic JEon ..... 410
The M(m in Tlieurgic Literature .410