Adam Kasia

Adam kasia means "the hidden Adam",[1] and comes from Nasoraean Gnosis where it means the soul of the first man.[2] The hidden Adam is also called Adam Qadmaia ("the first Adam").[1] Among the Mandean (south Iraq and south-west Iran) Adam kasia means the soul of every human.[1][3][4] Adam Kasia shows many similarities with the Jewish idea of Adam Kadmon.[5]

References
  1. Manfred Lurker (2004). The Routledge Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons. Psychology Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-415-34018-2.
  2. Drower, E.S. (1960). The Secret Adam - The Study of Nasoraean Gnosis (PDF). Oxford University Press.
  3. Drower, E.S. (1942). Canonical Prayerbook of the Mandaeans. Brill. ISBN 978-90-04-00496-2.
  4. Drower, E.S. (2002). The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran: Their Cults, Customs, Magic Legends, and Folklore. Gorgias Press. ISBN 1931956499.
  5. "Adam Kadmon". www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org. Retrieved 2020-01-11.
  • Ethel Stefana Drower: The Secret Adam: A Study of Naṣoraean Gnosis, Clarendon Press, 1960, p. 21
  • Ethel Stefana Drower: The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran: Their Cults, Customs, Magic Legends, and Folklore, Gorgias Press, p. 73, ISBN 1-931956-49-9
  • Manfred Lurker: A Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1987, p. 6
  • Gerhard J. Bellinger: Knaurs Lexikon der Mythologie. 3100 Stichwörter zu den Mythen aller Völker von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Droemer Knaur Verlag, München 1989, ISBN 3-426-26376-9.
  • Horst Robert Balz, Gerhard Krause, Gerhard Müller: Theologische Realenzyklopädie. Band 22. 1992.
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