Concept

World of Light

Overview

In Mandaeism, the World of Light or Lightworld (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡌࡀ ࡖࡍࡄࡅࡓࡀ, romanized: alma ḏ-nhūra), also the Worlds of Light (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡌࡉࡀ ࡖࡍࡄࡅࡓࡀ, romanized: almia ḏ-nhūra, Modern Mandaic pronunciation: [ˈɑlmi dənˈhura]), is the primeval, transcendental world from which Tibil and the World of Darkness emerged.

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Related ideas

• Monad (Gnosticism)
• Mandaeans
• Mandaeism
• Pleroma
• God
• Air (classical element)
• World of Darkness (Mandaeism)

Place in the tradition

Part of Dualism in cosmology.

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