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The masiqta (
Purpose
The complex ritual involves guiding the soul through the maṭarta, or toll houses located between the Earth (Tibil) and the World of Light, which are guarded by various uthras and demons.[3]
A successful masiqta merges the incarnate
Types
There are several different types of masiqtas depending on the cause or timing of the death. Adam and Shitil (Seth) both have masiqtas named after them.[3]
The masiqta of Shitil (described in The Thousand and Twelve Questions[5]) is performed for certain unclean deaths, such as:[3]
- priests who die without their myrtle wreaths (klila) or otherwise improperly clad
- women who die on or after the 7th day after childbirth
- people dying during the 36 hours of seclusion on Kanshiy u-Zahly)
The masiqta of Adam is performed for people who have died on one of the mbaṭṭal days, such as on Dehwa Rabba (New Year's Day).[2] The masiqta of Adam and the masiqta of Shitil are both performed together for people dying in one place but are being buried in another.
The
Other masiqtas are listed below.[2]
- The Bukra is the first masiqta performed by a priest after ordination (i.e., newly consecrated ganzibra).
- The
- The masiqta of Samandriʿil: is performed for people who have died from burns, trees falls, or drowning. (Samandriʿil is the name of an uthra.)
- The masiqta of Kanat is performed for women who died during pregnancy. (Kanat, also known as Kanat Niṭufta in the Asiet Malkia,[7] is the name of an uthra.)
- The masiqta of Hai-Šūm is performed for people who have died from snakebites. (Hai-Šūm is the name of an uthra.)
There are also other masiqtas for bridegrooms who have died during wedding ceremonies, and for moving the remains of a dead person.
Ritual objects
Ritual objects used in masiqtas include teriani (plates made from mud and reed).[8]
See also
- Masbuta
- Requiem
- Prayer for the dead
- Valentinianism § Death
- Bariah
- Qeej, used to guide departed souls in Hmong rituals
- Balafon, used to guide departed souls in African rituals
Further reading
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References
- ^ "The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon". cal.huc.edu.
- ^ a b c d Aldihisi, Sabah (2008). The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba (PhD). University College London.
- ^ OCLC 65198443.
- ISBN 978-1-80085-627-1.
- ^ a b Drower, Ethel S. (1960). The Thousand and Twelve Questions: A Mandaean Text (Alf Trisar Šuialia). Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
- OCLC 221130512.
- ^ Drower, E. S. (1959). The Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Leiden: E. J. Brill.
- ^ "Sydney 2014 Masiqta 18: Teriani (plates made from mud and reed which are used during the Masiqta)". The Worlds of Mandaean Priests. 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
External links
- Tamasha (Cleansing) and Masiqta performed at the 2014 Parwanaya festival at the Nepean River in Australia
- Sydney 2014 Masiqta 04: Doves to be sacrificed during Masiqta representing the liberation of the soul