title: Seers, Sybils, and Sages in Hellenistic-Roman Judaism (Supplements to the Journal for the Study of Judaism, V. 54)
author:  John Joseph Collins 
description: <b>John J. Collins</b> is Holmes Professor of Old Testament at Yale University.
zlib_text: Confessions of Cyprianus v. 19.10, www.philaletheians.co.uk, 17 February 2019 
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  Confessions of Cyprianus, 
  the Penitent Sorcerer of Antioch 
   
   
  
  BLACK VERSUS WHITE MAGIC SERIES 
  CONFESSIONS OF THE PENITENT SORCERER OF ANTIOCH 
  Confessions of Cyprianus v. 19.10, www.philaletheians.co.uk, 17 February 2019 
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  The Pagan Sorcerer of Antioch is the antipode of Manes, 
  the Persian prophet and founder of Manichaeism. 
  From Blavatsky Collected Writings, (ST. CYPRIAN OF ANTIOCH) XIV pp. 162-67. Excerpts from the confes-
  sions of the pagan magician of Antioch were translated into English by H.P. Blavatsky from the French 
  of Jules de Mirville. Frontispiece by Ilene Meyer. 
  The Aiōns (Stellar Spirits) — emanated from the Unknown of the Gnostics, and iden-
  tical with the Dhyāni-Chohans of the Esoteric Doctrine — and their Plērōma, having 
  been transformed into Archangels and the “Spirits of the Presence” by the Greek and 
  Latin Churches, the prototypes have lost caste. T