602 MANICHAEAN LITERATURE
BODY OF THE LIGHT MIND IN HUMANS
The messenger speaks to the student:
All that error comes from the enemy of the lights,
who construed it and made it^13 look like a man.^14
The head of the cosmos has the first garments.
His neck is the nape of the garments.
His stomach is the five unfolded ones,
which are of the same garments.
His ribs are the firmaments.
His navel is the sphere of the stars
and the signs of the zodiac.
And also the parts coming from the navel to his hips
are the same that come
from the sphere to the corners of the four worlds.
His loins are the three earths on Atlas's head.
His ... to the earth on which Atlas stood firm.
His shins and his feet are ... and the whole zone
belongs to
His heart is human.
His liver is quadruped animals.
His lungs are the race of birds floating in the air.
His kidneys are the world of reptiles creeping
on the earth. His outer skin is the wall
surrounding the piercing and great fire.
His ... are the vessels of the great fire.
His ... darkness. His gall is... great intestine
and the breath of the great... of the worlds.
His veins ... all the springs and wells.
His eyes His feet are his
This is how each of the worlds stands in harmony.
Five gods^15 are fastened in him: they are his soul- That is, error.
- The universe is said to resemble a human.
- These are the five sons of the living spirit.