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repetition in, 191; by Sethians, 187–91,
226; snore in, 190–91
chaos, 53; in servant spirituality, 22, 24,
323
Chayefsky, Paddy, 163, 193
Children of Light, 147. See also Gospel of
John
Christ. See Jesus
Christianity, 5–6, 232, 236, 340; circumcision
and, 113–14; Elchasaites and,
306–7; emergence of, 110–14; Gentiles
in, 113–15; Mithras and, 209–10; New
Testament and, 140; Sethians and, 91,
222–23; Wayfarers in, 111–14. See also
Apostolic Catholic
Christof (fictional character), 52, 60,
75–76
circumcision, 36, 113–15, 129
civil law, 24; Mosaic law, 114–15, 121, 145,
150
civil order, 23, 26. See also Roman
civilization
Clark Kent (fictional character), 77–79,
78 , 105
close ( muô ), 39
Code of Hammurabi, 24
Cologne Mani Codex, 349
competition, 284–89, 326–27
consciousness, 283–84. See also brain;
transcendent
consonants, 190
container ( mana ), 335
control, 2–4, 51–52; of demons, 73–74
convention, 14–18, 295–97, 296 ; breaching
of, 263–65, 289–90; God and, 12–13.
See also transgression
conversion, 147–48, 244, 331; of Apostolic
Catholics, 245–46; competition
in, 284–89, 326–27
Corinth, 111
Corpus Hermeticum , 184, 348, 350
cosmic order, 22–24, 26
cosmos, 87; in Jeu, 318–19, 322–26; light
of, 313–15
costumes, 173, 219
counterculture, 4–5, 12, 16–17; alternative
compared to, 6–7; of New Age, 343;
transgression in, 282–84
covenant, 35–38, 132–33
covenant spirituality, 37–38, 129–30; in
Israel, 35–36, 121
creation, 32, 62–64, 255, 335
creeds, 288–89
crimes. See heresy
crucifixion, 139, 156, 215, 304–5, 325
cult statues, 88
culture, 344–45. See also counterculture
Cybele, 217
Damascus, 115–17
Daniel, 40
Dark City (film), 135–38, 136 , 160–61
dark lords, 72–73, 334, 338; of Jeu, 322–25;
Judas as, 300, 301 , 302–4; serpents as,
208–10; zodiac and, 206–7, 209–10
darkness, 137, 334–35
David (fictional character), 295–96
David Manning (fictional character),
341–42
death, 345; afterlife, 23–28, 26 ; Book of
the Dead, 46, 56–57, 81 , 320; embalming
after, 27; from God, 124–26; of
Mandaeans, 338–39; of Mani, 310–11;
of martyrs, 112, 114–15; tombstones
and, 253–55, 254 ; of Valentinians,
253–56, 254
Demeter, 31, 59, 67, 207, 251; mysteries
of, 171–73
demons, 120, 126; body and, 168–71,
171 ; in catharsis, 178–79; control of,
73–74; devil as, 34–35, 127, 142–44,
146, 152–53; gods as, 71–73, 79. See also
angels
Deuteronomy, 35–36
deviance, 264–65; in sociology, 273–74
devil, 142–43, 152–53; Jews and, 144, 146;
Satan as, 34–35, 127
devotion, 32, 42
Didache (Teaching of the Twelve
Apostles), 112
Dionysus, 30–31, 46–47, 174
discernment, 39–42
disciples, 292, 304; diversity and, 110–12;
in Gospel of John, 147; in Gospel of
Judas, 302–3; Letter of the, 157–58;
Paul and, 129