Mani

Since time immemorial, enmity between 'the Dark side' and 'the Light' has been the stuff of legend; in the third century CE a Persian called the 'Prophet Mani' articulated it, and in the 20th and 21st centuries, Star Wars repeated it.

Indeed, Manichaeism does not die easily; its dualistic cosmology has made 'the Dark' and 'the Light', bad and good, in perpetual conflict in the universeso clear and simple that it is easy for people to just accept it.

January 12, 2016

There's been an awakening. Have you felt it? The Dark side, and the Light.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Since time immemorial, enmity between 'the Dark side' and 'the Light' has been the stuff of legend; in the third century CE a Persian called the 'Prophet Mani' articulated it, and in the 20th and 21st centuries, Star Wars repeated it.

Indeed, Manichaeism does not die easily; its dualistic cosmology has made 'the Dark' and 'the Light', bad and good, in perpet


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