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Chinese Manichæi art of Jesus Christ as Buddha on Song dynasty silk scroll at Seiunji Temple, Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. In gnostic Manichæism, the prophets include Zoroaster, Gautama, Jesus & Mani
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Chinese Manichæi art of Jesus Christ as Buddha on Song dynasty silk scroll at Seiunji Temple, Kōshū, Yamanashi, Japan. In gnostic Manichæism, the prophets include Zoroaster, Gautama, Jesus & Mani
The #Manichaean #Gnostic Connection With the #Elchasaites, a Jewish Christian Group with Essene Influences (Vegetarianism, Sabbath Keeping, etc...)
IMAGE: page 32 of, Manichaean Texts from the Roman Empire
#Mani
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
The Life of Mani: http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Manicheism/Manicheism_II_Texts.pdf
Terror-Toilets: Of Child-Me
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.…
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Manichaeanism
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
Manichaeanism. (n.d.) American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. (2011). Retrieved April 23 2018 from https://www.thefreedictionary.com/Manichaeanism
Goodbye, Penny Dreadful. Goodbye, Person of Interest. Hello, Preacher.
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…
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Shut the Fuck Up, Victor Davis Hanson
#FortressAmerica Or pick up an M4 and do something about those Hollywood fantasies your goddamn chicken-shitty, Feith-loving, history-distorting, Greek-worshipping, ranch-inheriting, race-baiting self. Read more... http://bit.ly/1rvilj2