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INDEX
Truman Show, The (film), 52 , 60, 75–76,
76 ; control in, 51–52
truth, 27, 233, 255–56; for Burbank, 75–76,
76 ; essence of, 274–75; for Irenaeus,
261, 266–72, 275–76
Truth (angel), 248
two-tiered system, 315
underworld, 334–35
unification, 180–81, 234
universalism, 149–50
universalists. See Apostolic Catholics
universality: of God, 216, 288; of Manichaeism,
309–10
universe, 169–70, 171
Ur, 334
‘ uthras (light beings), 334–36, 339
Vahram I, 310
Valentinian Apocalypse of Paul, 234–35
Valentinians, 173, 181–83; Apostolic Catholics
and, 234; baptism of, 234, 253–54,
254 ; death of, 253–56, 254 ; dimensions
of, 242–43; Heracleon and, 243–46;
initiations of, 233–36, 271–72; Irenaeus
and, 235, 239, 252, 271–72; Marcus
and, 247–52; marriage and, 237–39,
285; Ptolemy and, 239–42; rituals of,
249–51
Valentinus, 231–33, 317
vegetarians, 90
veil, 120
Venus, 43, 220–21
verticality, 175–76
vessel ( mana ), 335
vice, 87
vigil, 326
violence: Gnosticism and, 16, 83, 297–98,
340; of YHWH, 34–35
Virgin Mary, 158
Virgo, 207
visions: of Marcus, 247–48; of Miriai,
329–30. See also initiations
vowels, 191; divine beings and, 189–90;
in Egypt, 190, 249, 319; God and,
187–88; powers and, 187–89, 248–49
Wayfarers, 111–14
wholeness, 343–44
wine, 220, 249–51
Wisdom, 231–32
women, 147–48, 244–45; God as, 133–34,
134 ; of Mandaeans, 328–33, 329–33;
Marcus and, 252, 285; as priest, 328,
330–31
world religion. See Mani
worldview, 20
worship, 88–90, 145–46
Worthington, Sam, 230
YHWH, 97, 155, 222, 246, 301 , 302; Abraham
and, 31–34, 36, 115, 121; angels
and, 92–93, 115, 117; bifurcation of,
146–47; contract with, 35–38; as Father
God, 120–23, 265–66; forgiveness by,
37–38; humanization of, 91–95, 277;
institutionalization of, 291–92; jealousy
of, 93–94; Jesus and, 117–20, 277–79;
Job and, 34–35; Judas as, 300; Moses
and, 34, 36; Ptolemy on, 240–42;
Samaritans and, 98–99; servants of, 31–
35, 268, 278–79; Sethians and, 91–96;
Simon on, 101; subordination of, 92,
265–68, 303
Zagreus, 30
Zazai, 328
Zeus, 29, 30, 59, 102, 199, 207
zodiac, 169–70, 171 , 176, 334; dark lords
and, 206–7, 209–10; Lascaux caves
and, 197–98, 198 ; of Mani, 313–14; of
Ophians, 179, 210–12
Zoroastrianism, 310–11
Zostrianos, 168, 183, 223–25; integration
in, 180; vowels in, 187–88