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Episode 225·late-magic

Into the Light-Worlds with Charles Häberl

‘We cannot make the perfect the enemy of the good.’

Listen on SHWEP5 sources in collection · 4 translated

Primary Sources

The Mandaean Book of John

Mark Lidzbarski (ed./trans.) · 1915 · Syriac · 310 pages

The Mandaean Book of John presents a unique synthesis of Eastern theological traditions. It maps the path of the soul as it navigates the traps of the material world. The text argues that the human body undergoes a three-fold transformation to reach the light. Through liturgical prayer and the imita

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Mandaean Book of John

G. R. S. Mead · 1924 · Syriac · 146 pages

G. R. S. Mead challenges the historical consensus by positioning the Mandaean Book of John as an independent, pre-Christian witness to a forgotten spiritual movement. He argues that the Mandaeans preserved a unique Gnostic tradition that rejected the authority of Jerusalem and the material world. By

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Ginza Rabba: Der Schatz der Mandäer

Mark Lidzbarski (ed./trans.) · 1925 · German · 522 pages

The Ginza Rabba, or 'Great Treasure,' offers a rare, unfiltered window into a dualistic universe where the human soul is a 'garment of radiance' trapped in a material world of 'deficiency.' Translated by Mark Lidzbarski, this foundational text challenges traditional narratives by presenting John the

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Periphyseon: The Division of Nature

John Scottus Eriugena · 1987 · English · 732 pages

Eriugena argues that true wisdom requires the use of philosophy to transcend the limits of human language. He posits that the universe is a fourfold system flowing from and returning to a Divine source that lies beyond being. By stripping away our reliance on physical categories like time and space,

75% translated

Ginza Rabba (English Translation)

Lidzbarski / Ram Al Sabiry · 2005 · Syriac

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