Shahrat
Ship in Mandaeism
In Mandaeism, Shahrat (Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡄࡓࡀࡕ, romanized: Šahrat, lit. 'she kept watch') is a ship or boat mentioned in the Scroll of Abatur. Shahrat ferries souls from Tibil across the river Hitpun and into the house of Abatur.[1] According to the Mandaean priest Brikha Nasoraia (2021), it is basically a "space-ship" traveling "faster than the speed of light" through ayar (ether) to higher realms.[2]: 71
In Mandaean Book of John 55:60–61, the ship ferrying souls to the house of Abatur is described as follows.[3]
- I (Hibil Ziwa) made a ship for the good,
- a ferry of souls carrying them,
- over to Abatur's house,
- who gives them strength and truth from head to toe.
See also
- Hitfun
- Solar barque in ancient Egyptian mythology
- Charon, the ferryman of the underworld in Greek mythology
- Nibiru (Babylonian astronomy), "crossing" (especially of rivers)
References
- ^ Drower, Ethel S. (1950). Diwan Abatur or Progress through the Purgatories. Studi e Testi. Vol. 151. Vatican City: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana.
- ^ Nasoraia, Brikha H.S. (2021). The Mandaean gnostic religion: worship practice and deep thought. New Delhi: Sterling. ISBN 978-81-950824-1-4. OCLC 1272858968.
- ^ Haberl, Charles and McGrath, James (2020). The Mandaean Book of John: critical edition, translation, and commentary. Berlin: De Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-048651-3. OCLC 1129155601.
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