The shared center — held across the tradition
The soul is light in exile.
Gnosis survives here: the soul (nishimta) belongs to the world of light and is stranded in matter — religion is the long trip home.
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Living water is the sacrament.
Baptism is not an event but a rhythm: flowing river water, every Sunday, in white — renewal as repetition.
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John the Baptist is the great teacher.
Yahya Yuhana — honored above all prophets; Jesus, in the Mandaean telling, departed from his teaching.
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