Living Water Lineage
Essene Nazoraean Mandaean Manichaean Path
In the Living Gods, Let the hallowed Light of Transcendant Truth be praised. Let the Sweet Mystery of Miryai awaken in all heart of hearts.
 

LIVING WATER LINEAGE

A few Teachers within the Living Water Lineage and its various branches, with females highlighted:

• Bahram (Syrian Baptizing prophet) active in the last century before the common era, in the generation before Enos
• Enos (Syrian guide of John Baptist) head of the Mt. Parwan School of northern Nazorean Essenes, active circa 3BC - 29 AD
• Sufnai Lilith (Priestess who travelled to help Enos acquire John as a baby, active circa 3 BC)
• Judy (Nazorean prophetess mentioned by Cayce) active 3 BC-31AD
• Mariam (mother of Yeshu/Jesus) c16 BC - 30+ AD
• Yohana (John the Baptist) 3 BC - 29 AD  reformer of older Nazoreanism taught him by Enos and Sufnai
• Anhar (a teacher as well as a wife of John)
• Qintat (a teacher as well as a polygamous wife of John)
• Yeshu (Gnostic Jesus), January 6th, 2 BC - 3 April 30 AD,  (opposed by Dostai or Dositheus the teacher of Simon Magus)
• Yacob (James, brother of Jesus) 9 AD-62 AD, 
• Judas (Jude, brother of Jesus, b. 10 AD)
• Simon (Peter) active missionary under authority of James
• Paulus (Paul) - created a gentile Roman interpretation of Nazoreanism that evolved into false Christianity, rejected by most Nazoreans until Mani
• Miryai (Gnostic Mary Magdalene, wife of Yeshu, first "buddha" in His lineage) codifier of Yeshu's reforms to the Nazorean path, not fully accepted by all Nazoreans, especially Peter
• Shalama (Salome, sister of Jesus, b. 11 AD, Teacher, active with Miryai and Yacob, her students flourished in Egypt)
• Arshinah (Arsinoe, female teacher, active with Miryai and Yacob)
• Elxai (Elchasaite founder, reformer or expander of Miryai's Nazoreanism, discouraged celibacy, active 101 AD in southern Syria)
• Yexai (Elxai's brother, esoteric writer, active 101 AD in southern Syria)
• Qidra (Nazorean scribe & Priestess) active circa 180 AD
• Shlama (earliest reorded scribe of the Left Ginza & Priestess) active circa 200AD
• Mani (founder of Manicaheaism, innovator, reformer, writer) born April 14, 216 A.D., grows up in Elchasaite monastery in Iraq, established New Covenant 240 AD, dies March 2, 274 A.D.
• Zazai d-Gawazta, son of Hawa, scribe, priest, spread traditional (non Manichaean) Nazoreanism thruout the middleast from southeastern Syria (Hauran) during the chaos after Mani's death, (active circa 270-274 AD) 
• Zazai sent forth fellow Priests: Papa, Anus, Anus, Brik-Yawar, Nsab, and Skamanda (circa 274 AD)
• Sisan  sucessor to Mani, dies ten years after Mani (circa 284 AD)
• Innaios sucessor to Mani after Sisan was martyred after 12 years (circa 285-297AD)
• Julia of Antioch converted the whole city of Gaza to Mani's Religion of Light (circa 404 AD)
• Yasmin mother of Sganda (of Zazai school, circa 430)
• Hawa mother of Ruzba (Zazai school, fifth century)
• Sarat mother of 'Qaiam (Zazai school, sixth century)
• Miriai daughter of Simat (Zazai school, mid-sixth century)
• Hawa daughter of Nukraia (Zazai school, early seventh century), (thereafter this non-Manichaean branch withered and became Mandaeanism thru changes made by Rumuia in 638 AD)
• Shad-Ohrmizd, in the lineage of Mani's disciple mar Ammo, founder of the eastern Denawar branch of buddhistized Manichaeism in Kocho region of the Silk Road, active circa 570 AD, dies circa 601 AD. This branch of the Living Water tradition comes to an end circa 1035 AD when Manichaean manuscripts are sealed up in a Cave of the Thousand Buddhas, near Dunhuang, China. Various hybrid expressions continue.

 

Gnosis is Liberating and Gracious, Truth is Transcendant and Triumphant
Shalamic Peace to all....