InMandaeism, admuta (Classical Mandaic:ࡃࡌࡅࡕࡀ,lit. 'image',Modern Mandaic pronunciation:[dəˈmutæ]) ordmut is aspiritual counterpart or "mirror image" in theWorld of Light.[1][2] People, spirits, and places are often considered to have both earthly and heavenly counterparts (dmuta) that can dynamically interact with each other.[3]: 37 A few examples include:
A dmuta dwells in theMshunia Kushta, a section of theWorld of Light.[3]
A successfulmasiqta merges the incarnate soul (ࡍࡉࡔࡉࡌࡕࡀnišimta) and spirit (ࡓࡅࡄࡀruha) from the Earth (Tibil) into a new merged entity in the World of Light called theʿuṣṭuna. Theʿuṣṭuna can then reunite with its heavenly, non-incarnate counterpart (or spiritual image), thedmuta, in theWorld of Light, where it will reside in the world of ideal counterparts called theMšunia Kušṭa (similar to Plato's idea of thehyperuranion).[3]
InQulasta prayer43,manda (gnosis) is mentioned as having proceeded from Dmut Hiia (thedmuta of Life). Prayers 170 (theTabahatan) and 411 in theQulasta mention Dmut Hiia as the mother ofYushamin.[4]
Similarly, the Qur'an (36:36,51:49, etc.) mentions that God created everything in "pairs." Related concepts in other religions includeyin and yang inTaoism, and theYazidi belief of there being both a heavenly and earthlyLalish.
Philosophical parallels include Plato'stheory of forms.[5]
In theScroll of Abatur,Dmut Hiia (or Dmut Hayyi) is depicted as a female uthra. The scroll also contains an illustration of Dmut Hiia.[6]
