The Mandeismo is one of the "Religions of Light." It is based on the vision of the cosmos as a place of conflict between the Light ( nhura ) and darkness ( hshuka ) concept of God as Father of the first life size, which flow from the entity of light ( 'Utri or Malchijah ) and Iardna (Jordan) Celeste, a sort of ethereal fluid in which they bathe those entities to continually regenerate. Interprets the work of creation as a demiurge, Ptahil, which, though left by the First Life, it fails to deal adequately with the corrosive action of the "murky waters". Describes the rise of the liberated souls through a series of "spheres" to the world's first life, proclaims its the enigmatic prophet Manda d-Hiia, and as a three year old child presents himself to John the Baptist (in turn proto-prophet of the community) to be baptized, inspiring beauty and wonder in the universe at the time of the dive; preaches divine gnosis - understood as an awareness of origin / dstino man - and constant purification as a means of ascent to heaven. It 's a shame that a faith so high in the present then entered the dark waste, such as the attacks on the figure of Jesus as a false messiah (even identified with Nebo / Mercury), partly explained as a defensive reaction to aggression proselytizing of the Church , and the inclusion in the rituals of animal sacrifices, evidently inherited from pre-existing traditions and incongruous with the spirit of deep Mandeismo, which is pure nostalgia for the Sky. But, you know, the evil creeps even in the most noble ideas.
The original Mandaean community of Mesopotamia, now has a few thousand souls, who live mainly in Basra, southern Iraq, the danger of extinction, compounded by the tragic events of recent geopolitical area, is remarkable. However, there is a hope of recovery in activities of the diaspora is present in various countries. In 18 of the book
Ginza ("Treasury"), the sacred text mondeo. is transmitted - with some variations with respect to vesion biblical anthropology, and even astrological ramblings - the saga Diluvian. Nu (Noach) appears as the father of Shum (Shem), founder of Pure Mandaeans.
But the phenomenology of the relationship between Mandaeans and Noahides does not stop there. Indeed, the common element is not so much more pronounced in the lift mythical, as in the "baptismal" the Mandaeans practice with the high frequency Mashbir , immersion in a water course which aims to reproduce that of ' Utri in the Jordan Celeste. Now it is clear that the ritual alive by the Masters Noahides Diluvian the story has a similar value, the determination of a process of constant regeneration (in time) and perennial (over time). And a community is attested also in the outcome of the route: if Noahides sing the song of the Rainbow for re / evoke the divine victory over the forces of evil symbolized by the Seal of Light, among the Mandaeans spread this prayer, which celebrates the sovereignty of the Light ":
The original Mandaean community of Mesopotamia, now has a few thousand souls, who live mainly in Basra, southern Iraq, the danger of extinction, compounded by the tragic events of recent geopolitical area, is remarkable. However, there is a hope of recovery in activities of the diaspora is present in various countries. In 18 of the book
Ginza ("Treasury"), the sacred text mondeo. is transmitted - with some variations with respect to vesion biblical anthropology, and even astrological ramblings - the saga Diluvian. Nu (Noach) appears as the father of Shum (Shem), founder of Pure Mandaeans.
But the phenomenology of the relationship between Mandaeans and Noahides does not stop there. Indeed, the common element is not so much more pronounced in the lift mythical, as in the "baptismal" the Mandaeans practice with the high frequency Mashbir , immersion in a water course which aims to reproduce that of ' Utri in the Jordan Celeste. Now it is clear that the ritual alive by the Masters Noahides Diluvian the story has a similar value, the determination of a process of constant regeneration (in time) and perennial (over time). And a community is attested also in the outcome of the route: if Noahides sing the song of the Rainbow for re / evoke the divine victory over the forces of evil symbolized by the Seal of Light, among the Mandaeans spread this prayer, which celebrates the sovereignty of the Light ":
Praise the Lord of the Kings (Angels).
Nothing would be if He had not.
He is not bound by death and destruction
means nothing to him
Your light illuminates worlds.
His Glory has no limit.
He is full of life and Truth
of Grace and Wisdom.
His light is unquenchable in
He is not the absence, in which Honey
He is not bitter.
The Sublime is safe in His Abode
and above all, as the sky the mountains, like the sun a lamp
He goes beyond all splendor.
(Ginza R. 1.5 et seq.)
Michael Moramarco
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