Purgatory Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Mandaeism === In [[Mandaean cosmology]], the soul must go through multiple ''[[maṭarta]]'' (i.e., purgatories, watch-stations, or toll-stations) after death before finally reaching the World of Light ("heaven").<ref name="Aldihisi 2008">{{cite thesis|url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1444088/|last=Aldihisi|first=Sabah|year=2008|title=The story of creation in the Mandaean holy book in the Ginza Rba|type=PhD|publisher=University College London}}</ref> The [[Mandaeism|Mandaeans]] believe in purification of souls inside of [[Leviathan]],<ref name="johannesbuch-a">[[Mandaean Book of John|Das Johannesbuch der Mandäer]], ed. and transl. by [[Mark Lidzbarski]], part 2, Gießen 1915, pp. 98–99.</ref> whom they also call [[Ur (Mandaeism)|Ur]].<ref name="jonas-gnostic">[[Hans Jonas]]: The Gnostic Religion, 3. ed., Boston 2001, p. 117.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page