Also called Naassenes. (Sethians) A 2nd century Greek Gnostic sect who are associated with their reverence toward "ohis" the serpent. They contended that the serpent represented the introduction of good and evil in the Garden of Edan. Known to have divided into other sects, like Borborites with diverse beliefs. Used a symbol of an equilateral cross in the center of a circle, called the Ophite Cross, and other symbolistic icons using circles, leviathans. (See Gaffney, Hippolytus, Ref. of All Her. Bk 5, See also; "The Brother of Jesus", Butz, Inner Traditions, 2005.)