Mani was an Iranian prophet who lived from 216 - 176 AD. He was the founder of Manichaeism and a major influence on the greater Gnostic tradition. His religious philosophy focuses on an endless struggle between a spiritual world of light and goodness and

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Mani was an Iranian prophet who lived from 216 - 176 AD. He was the founder of Manichaeism and a major influence on the greater Gnostic tradition. His religious philosophy focuses on an endless struggle between a spiritual world of light and goodness and a material world of darkness and evil.

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