A painting atYahya Yuhana Mandi depicting the ascension of Yahya Yuhana (John the Baptist) fromTibil to the World of Light during his meeting withManda d-Hayyi, who appears as a boy at theyardna. The story is fromRight Ginza Book 5, Chapter 4.
The Great Life (Hayyi Rabbi or SupremeGod/Monad) is the ruler of the World of Light.
Countlessuthras dwell inškintas in the World of Light. (Aškinta is a celestial dwelling where uthras, or benevolent celestial beings, live in the World of Light.[2])
When aMandaean person dies, priests perform elaborate death rituals or death masses calledmasiqta in order to help guide the soul (nišimta) towards the World of Light. In order to pass fromTibil (Earth) to the World of Light, the soul must go through multiplemaṭarta (watch-stations, toll-stations orpurgatories; see alsoAerial toll house,Arcs of Descent and Ascent, andAraf) before finally being reunited with thedmuta, the soul's heavenly counterpart.[2]
