The #Manichaean #Gnostic Connection With the #Elchasaites, a Jewish Christian Group with Essene Influences (Vegetarianism, Sabbath Keeping, etc...) 

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The Prophet Mani -- Manichaean Gnosticism -- Some Links

Youtube: Mani and the Manichaeans: Aeon Byte Gnostic Radio -- Jason BeDuhn, author of ‘The Manichaean Body: In Discipline and Ritual’ and Professor of Religious Studies at Northern Arizona University: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJWT46cVRuM&ab_channel=AeonByteGnosticRadio

Manichaean Writings at Gnosis.org: http://gnosis.org/library/manis.htm

Manichaean Psalms: http://manichaeanchurch.org/en/kingdomoflightchurch/2014/11/14/the-manichaean-psalms

Psalms of Thomas: http://gnosis.org/library/manithomas.htm

Parthian Hymns: http://www.azargoshnasp.net/languages/Pahlavi/Parthianhymns.pdf

Manichaean Hymns: https://web.archive.org/web/20120405104315/http://www.essenes.net/pdf/Hymnscroll.pdf

An Introduction to the Manichaean Religion: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Manicheism/Manicheism_I_Intro.pdf

As a very small child, I was extremely afraid of toilets. I thought, If a toilet can make giant poops and loads of toilet paper disappear completely, then why couldn’t it do the same thing to my small, squishy body? I would watch the water swirl and spiral down into the big, sucking hole, and it frightened me. I knew nothing of the concept of death, but perhaps the toilet allowed me to intuit it.…

Manichæan

Man·i·chae·ism

 (măn′ĭ-kē′ĭz′əm) also

Man·i·chae·an·ism

(-kē′ə-nĭz′əm)

n.

1.

The syncretic, dualistic religious philosophy taught by the Persian prophet Mani, combiningelements of Zoroastrian, Christian, and Gnostic thought and opposed by the imperial Romangovernment, Neoplatonist philosophers, and orthodox Christians.

2.

A dualistic philosophy dividing the world between good and evil principles or regardingmatter as intrinsically evil and mind as intrinsically good.

[From Late Latin Manichaeus,

Manichaean

, from Late Greek Manikhaios, from Manikhaios

, Mani

.]

Man·i·chae·an

(măn′ĭ-kē′ən)

n.

& adj.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Manichaeanism

Goodbye, Penny Dreadful. Goodbye, Person of Interest. Hello, Preacher.

When I taught the Introduction to Religion and Philosophy of Religion, I often referred to TV shows (and also movies) that illustrated key concepts that we were studying. There are not many shows that intelligently engage the big questions that religions represent. But there are, from time to time, a few shows that offer the viewer an invitation to explore these questions. Two of these shows…