Laufa
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Classical Mandaic: ࡋࡀࡅࡐࡀ) is the concept of a spiritual connection forged between Tibil (Earth) and the World of Light. It has been variously translated as "communion," "spiritual union,"[1] "spiritual connection,"[2] or "vital connection."[3]
In rituals
Laufa between the
Ṭabahatan ("Our Ancestors") commemoration prayer in the Qolasta with its long list of ancestors' names.[2]
According to Mandaean priest Brikha Nasoraia (2021):[4]: 108–109
... the ritual life of the Naṣoraeans is to keep relations between the earth and the heaven always open, linked by the flow of cosmic into terrestrial running waters. This is why Baptism is the central Mandaean ritual. Mandaean Gnosis is thoroughly integrated into ritual, and the wider body of 'believers' can thus participate in (or just 'feel into') a collective experience of cosmic connection.
See also
References
- ^ Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
- ^ OCLC 65198443.
- ISBN 978-1-59333-621-9.
- OCLC 1272858968.
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