Alma Rišaia or Diwan Alma Rišaia ("The Supreme World" or "The First World") is a series of Mandaean religious texts that serve as esoteric priestly ritual...

The Alma Rišaia Rba or Diwan Alma Rišaia Rabbā (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡌࡀ ࡓࡉࡔࡀࡉࡀ ࡓࡁࡀ, "The Great Supreme World" or "The Great First World") is a Mandaean...

initiation ceremonies. It is written as a scroll. The Alma Rišaia Zuṭa complements the Alma Rišaia Rba, or "The Greater Supreme World", a related Mandaic...

Kušṭa Diwan Tafsir Owaljē Alma Rišaia scrolls Diwan Alma Rišaia Rabbā (The Great Supreme World) (DC 41) Diwan Alma Rišaia Zuṭa (The Smaller Supreme World)...

The Thousand and Twelve Questions, Scroll of Exalted Kingship, and Alma Rišaia Rba link the alphabet with the creation of the world, a concept found...

the Qolasta colophons, as well as the colophons of the 1012 Questions, Alma Rišaia Zuṭa, and The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa.: 58  Zazai of Gawazta was a contemporary...

achieve a balance. Mandaeans also believe in an afterlife or heaven called Alma d-Nhura (World of Light). In Mandaeism, the World of Light is ruled by a...

Scroll of Exalted Kingship The Coronation of the Great Shishlam Alma Rišaia Rba Alma Rišaia Zuṭa The Baptism of Hibil Ziwa Scroll of Abatur Dmut Kušṭa Secrets...

Mandaeism, the World of Darkness (Classical Mandaic: ࡀࡋࡌࡀ ࡖࡄࡔࡅࡊࡀ, romanized: alma ḏ-hšuka) is the underworld located below Tibil (Earth). It is ruled by its...

of the tarmida, and the two esoteric texts Alma Rišaia Rba "The Great 'First World'", DC 41 and Alma Rišaia Zuṭa "The Lesser 'First World'", DC 48. An...