entity_id,source_id,evidence_type,source_note
ENT_MANICH_ARCHONS,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The Archons (demonic cosmic rulers whose bodies became the material cosmos) are named in Manichaean psalms; the Living Spirit's creation of the cosmos from the slain archons' bodies is the Manichaean cosmogonic myth documented in the Psalm Book
ENT_MANICH_CALL_ANSWER,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,"The Coptic Psalm-Book: Xroshtag and Padvaxtag, the Call and the Answer that awaken the Primal Man."
ENT_MANICH_COLUMN_GLORY,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The Column of Glory (the Milky Way as the path of ascending light) is invoked in Manichaean psalms; souls of the redeemed ascend through the Column of Glory back to the Light World; the Psalm Book hymns this cosmic mechanism of salvation
ENT_MANICH_DEMONS,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,Manichaean demonic forces are invoked in apotropaic and soteriological psalms; the Psalm Book documents the demonic hierarchy that opposes the work of light liberation
ENT_MANICH_FATHER_GREATNESS,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,"The Father of Greatness is invoked in Manichaean psalms as the supreme transcendent deity; ""I bless thee, O Father of Greatness"" is a formula running through the Psalm Book; the hymns document his separation from Matter and his light-realm"
ENT_MANICH_FIVE_SONS,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,"The Five Sons of the Primal Man (= five light elements: ether, wind, light, water, fire) are invoked in the psalms; they were surrendered to Darkness and mixed into matter; the Psalm Book hymns their liberation as the goal of the cosmic drama"
ENT_MANICH_GREAT_BUILDER,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The Great Builder (the cosmological architect invoked alongside the Living Spirit) appears in Manichaean hymns as the divine craftsman who constructs the material cosmos from the captured light particles; psalm documentation of the Manichaean cosmogony
ENT_MANICH_JESUS_PATIBILIS,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,"The Psalm-Book (the Bema and Jesus psalms): Jesus patibilis, the light suffering crucified in matter."
ENT_MANICH_JESUS_SPLENDOUR,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,"Jesus Splendour (the Manichaean cosmic Christ figure, distinct from the historical Jesus) is hymned extensively in the Psalm Book; the ""Psalms of Thomas"" and the ""Psalms of Heraclides"" in the Psalm Book address Jesus Splendour as the cosmic redeemer who calls souls to light"
ENT_MANICH_KING_DARKNESS,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The King of Darkness (the adversarial principle who attacks the World of Light) is named in Manichaean psalms; his realm of five kinds of darkness (equivalent to the five elements of the World of Light) is documented in the Psalm Book's cosmological hymns
ENT_MANICH_LIGHT_MIND,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The Light Mind (the divine nous/mind that descends into the righteous to begin their liberation) is a key figure in Manichaean soteriology; the Psalm Book invokes the Light Mind as the divine gift to human souls; the recipient of the Light Mind is the Manichaean Elect
ENT_MANICH_LIGHT_PARTICLES,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The light particles (trapped divine light in matter) are the object of all Manichaean soteriological effort; the Psalm Book's hymns express the longing of light particles for liberation; the fundamental Manichaean concept documented in its primary hymnic form
ENT_MANICH_LIVING_SPIRIT,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The Living Spirit (Second Evocation) is hymned as the rescuer of the Primal Man; he calls down to the captured Primal Man and hears his answering call (the Call and the Answer become divine beings); the psalms document his role in constructing the cosmos from the bodies of defeated demons
ENT_MANICH_MANI,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The Psalm-Book: Mani hymned as the apostle and seal of the prophets.
ENT_MANICH_MATTER,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,Matter (Hyle; the feminine principle of Darkness) is invoked in Manichaean hymns as the corrupt material of the cosmos; the Psalm Book's hymns describe the mixing of light particles into Matter and the work of liberation
ENT_MANICH_MOTHER_LIFE,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The Mother of Life (First Evocation) appears in Manichaean hymns as the divine mother who calls forth the Primal Man to defend the Light against the attack of Darkness; psalm hymns document her role in the primordial conflict
ENT_MANICH_PRIMAL_MAN,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,"The Primal Man (Ohrmizd Bay in Parthian) is hymned in the Psalm Book as the divine warrior who descends to fight Darkness, is defeated and captured, and must be rescued; his five sons (the light elements) are swallowed by Darkness in this primordial battle"
ENT_MANICH_WORLD_LIGHT,SRC_MANICHAEAN_PSALM_BOOK,direct attestation,The World of Light (the transcendent divine realm of the Father of Greatness) is hymned throughout the Psalm Book as the origin and ultimate destination of all light particles; the cosmological goal of Manichaean soteriology