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aeon
In Gnosticism or Manichaeism, one of the orders of spirits, or spheres of being, emanating from the godhead. The first aeon emanated directly from unmanifested divinity and was charged with divine force. Aeons increased in number and decreased in divine energy with increased remoteness from the divinity. At sufficient remoteness, error became possible and was the source of the material universe. Aeons may be viewed positively, as embodiments of the divine, or negatively, as media through which the soul must pass to reach its divine origin.


Aaron
Brother of Moses and first high priest of ancient Israel. Acting as a spokesman for Moses, he played a central role in forcing the pharaoh to allow the Israelites to leave Egypt. God charged Aaron and Moses with commemorating the event at Passover, and Aaron and his sons were given priestly authority by Moses. Though Aaron is a pivotal figure in Exodus, he nearly fades from view thereafter. He is mentioned as the one responsible for the Israelites' idolatrous worship of the golden calf while Moses was on Mt. Sinai receiving the Law from God. His death at 123 is noted in Numbers.


Amon
Egyptian deity revered as king of the gods. Amon may have originated as a local deity at Khmun in Middle Egypt. His cult spread to Thebes, where he became patron of the pharaohs by Mentuhotep I's reign (2008-1957 BC) and was identified with the sun god Re. Represented as a human, a ram, or both, Amon-Re was worshiped with the goddess Mut and the youthful god Khons. Akhenaton directed his reforms against the cult of Amon, but with little success, and Amon's status was restored in the 14th-13th cent. BC. In the New Kingdom, Amon came to be seen as one of a triad with Ptah and Re, and in the 11th-10th cent. BC as a universal god who intervened in affairs of state by speaking through oracles.


Aron
French sociologist and historian. After receiving his doctorate from the É cole Normale Supé rieure (1930), he taught at the Univ. of Toulouse until 1939. During World War II he joined the Free French and edited their newspaper (1940-44). He later taught at the É cole Nationale d'Administration, the Sorbonne, and the Collè ge de France. He was also a columnist for Le Figaro (1947-77) and L'Express (1977-83). His opposition to Marxism put him at odds with France's left-wing intellectuals, incl. his former classmate J.-P. Sartre. His books often discuss violence and war, from a rationalist humanist point of view.


Aton
In ancient Egyptian religion, a sun god, depicted as the solar disk emitting rays terminating in human hands. The pharaoh Akhenaton (r.1353-36 BC) declared Aton to be the only god, and in opposition to the Amon-Re priesthood of Thebes, built the city of Akhetaton as the center for Aton's worship, but Aton's religion is poorly understood. After Akhenaton's death, the old religion was restored.


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