Metal:
Tigris-Euprates River Civilization (Byzantine, Mesopotamian & Persian
Empires, Silk Road, Rome) Mt Ararat & Euphrates/Tigris River Civilization
Autumn Season:
Zarathustra, Tammuz, Sumer, Manichaean, Sufi, Rumi...
The Late Summer season accentuates the Manichaean
Religion of Light, along with earlier Summerian and Zarathustrian and later
Sufi influences. Mani tended to categorize many things in groups of 5,
and this Pentadization is a focus here. The descent of Innana to the underworld
is a theme. The region is the Tigris-Euprates watersheds, eastward
over the Silk Road and northwest thru Eastern Turkey, Central Italy.
Texts: Poems of Rumi, Gathas of Zarathustra, Manichaean Hymns, Kephalaia,
Cologne, Gospel of Thomas. Ziwaneh Light Sparks is a major theme. The Manichaeans
were known for an obsession with food categorization and this season concentrates
on that, reworking the outdated Chinese 5 Element color system for a more
accurate botanical model.Being loving, good, doing no harm either to nature
or man. Ishtar between two lions. Taming the wild within. Discernment,
separating good from bad. Gathering in scattered light sparks. Descent
into shadow, taming darkness within. Dammuzi descent foreshadowing Primal
Man's descent and dismemberment. There is a war within and without, light
against darkness..
Rituals: The major influence of this season is
the Manichaean, but their rituals have not been well preserved. The ceremonies
of the season therefore rely upon Magian rites, of which the Manichaean
school sourced, as well as some Sufi. The Parsees have preserved many of
the older Zarathustrian Rites, and many are well documented by Drower and
others. The relationship between Magian/Zoroastrian rites and Mandeans
one is pronounced.
The symbolic script is Aramaic.
Symbolic Grain/Legume: Eikhorn, Emmer, Spelt,
Rye, Triticale (Italy, Fertile Crescent)
Art: Manichaean silk paintings and manuscript
illumination.
Historical Movements:
Sufi Levels
Sufi Lataif-e-Sitta
Qalb (color yellow; experienced
in left side of the body)
Ruh (color red; experienced in right side of the body) Sirr (color white; experienced below the navel) Khafi (color black; experienced in forehead) Ikhfa (color green; experienced in center of chest) |
Qalb (Joy/Wanting)
Ruh (Strength/Anger) Sirr (Will/Anxiety) Khafi (Peace/Agitation) Ikhfa (Compassion/Hurt) |
PURPOSE on 3 LEVELS
Seal of Hands |
Seal of Mouth |
Seal of Breast |
No killing, avoidance of harm to life, perserving life forms. Creating a better world and cleaner envirmonet. Gardens, greenhouses. | Pure Diet, pure speech. Encouraging the expansion of life, farming, permaculture. Preserving food. | Breeeding plants and seeds, terraforming planets, building edens. Preparing healing foods and elixers. Kindness, compassion. |
Below is a revised list of 100 historically verifiable spiritual
exercises, practices, routines, or rituals from the Manichaean tradition,
supplemented by related Sufi and Dervish practices, categorized by the
Chinese five elements (Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, Water) and subdivided
into Body, Speech, and Mind. Each entry retains the original information,
including historical verifiability and sources, and now includes a few
lines explaining how to personally put the practice into action. The list
prioritizes Manichaean practices from sources like Jason BeDuhn’s The Manichaean
Body (2000), Coptic texts (PsalmBook, Kephalaia), Chinese Hymnscroll, and
Turfan texts, supplemented by Sufi and Dervish practices from texts like
alGhazali’s Ihya Ulum alDin and Rumi’s Mathnawi. Due to the limited number
of distinct Manichaean practices, Sufi and Dervish exercises fill the gap
to reach 100, ensuring historical grounding. The five elements framework
is interpretive, and practices are assigned based on thematic resonance.
Peace to all....
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