Note 116 — Chapter VIII · POST-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: THE OPHITES
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Thus, in a Coptic spell, the Words from the Cross: “Eli, eli, lama sabachthani,” are described as “the revered names of God.” See Rossi, “Trattato gnostico” in Mem. della Real. Accad. di Torino, Ser. B, XLII. fol. 9. So in mediaeval magic the word “Eieazareie” or “Escherie” is frequently used, apparently without any suspicion that it covers the אהיה אשר אהיה ’Ehyeh ’asher ’ehyeh—“I am that I am” of Exodus.