Background information
  from Drower


Various sections
of the Canonical Prayerbook

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BOOK OF SOULS  Prayers  1-31

  
MASIQTA  Prayers  32-72
 
The Letter ('ngirta)  Prayer 73
  
COLOPHON  #74
  
HYMNS OF PRAISE  Prayers 75-77
 
The Responses ('niania)  Prayers 78-103

The Rusma (Daily Ablution Prayers)--Prayer 104

ASIET MALKIA  Prayer 105
 
Rahmia (Daily Devotional Prayers)--Prayers 106-168

    
Colophon 169

   
Tab Taba Ltabia (the full Commemoration prayer forthe dead and living--Prayer  170

    
Hymns of Praise--Prayers 171-172

    
Sumhata (The Names)--Prayers 173-176

    
Little New Year's Feast Prayer--Prayer 177

    
Prayers for honoring the crown--Prayer 178

   
Hymns of marriage and a new priest (including the series Kt Azil Bhira Dakia--  Prayer 179-198

    
Colophon 199

   
Prayers 200-283

  
Colophon 284

    
Prayers 285-304

   
Coronation Prayers and hymns (including two for  myrtle)-- Prayers 305-328

     
Colophon 329

BANNER HYMNS  Prayers 330- 347

   
Blessed Oblation Prayers and Hymns--Prayers 348- 374

 
Blessings on the chief celebrant after Blessed Oblation--                     Prayers 375-381

   
Myrtle prayers and hymns--Prayers 382-385

    
Various prayers 386-409

    
Prayer of Yahia--Prayer 410

    
Odd hymns--411- 412
THE CANONICAL PRAYERBOOK
OF THE MANDAEANS
RAHMIA
Prayer  106

Prayers 107 - 108

Prayer 109

Prayers 110 - 112

Prayers 113 - 116

Prayer 117

Prayer 118


Prayers 119 - 124

Prayers 125 - 130

Prayers 131 - 136

Prayers 137 - 142

Prayers 143 - 148

Prayers 149 - 154

Prayers 155 - 160

Prayers 161 - 162

Prayers 163 - 164

Prayers 165 - 168
Prayer 118
Pray this prayer in the evening devotions after incense (and)  after "For the Ether-light do I stand". (#113)


118

It is time to pray the "Devotions"
The great moment for humble worship
For offering up propitiatory prayer

To my lord, Manda-d-Hiia,
For arousing the elect righteous.
The priests say to Manda-d-Hiia:

"We will abjure that which we possess
Of fee, alms and benefit
And the (false) deity  of the House
We will come and will be believers."

Manda-d-hiia saith to them, to the priests:

"Your Father hath great strength,
Surpassing all limit, (stronger)
Than passionate thoughts, vain things
And the devouring flame.

The Good One clotheth His children
He covereth them and raiseth and showeth them
That there is great enlargement of Life
And your souls shall rejoice
With clouds (spouses?) of light.

But other souls will die and become
As though they had never existed.

Ye shall receive your vestments
Ye shall receive your wreaths.

In the presence of the Great (Life?)
Ye will be great, and will be called
'Uthras amongst the 'uthras.

And ye will say "The Living stand
In the dwelling of the Life"

And Life is victorious over all works.