Dmuta

 ( Mandaean Philosophical Concepts ) 

In Mandaeism, a dmuta (, ) or dmut is a spiritual counterpart or "mirror image" in the World of Light. People, spirits, and places are often considered to have both earthly and heavenly counterparts ( dmuta) that can dynamically interact with each other. A few examples include:

• The heavenly Adam Kasia corresponding to the earthly Adam Pagria
• The heavenly Piriawis (or "Great Jordan") corresponding to earthly yardna (rivers)
• Abatur Rama ("Lofty Abatur") corresponding to Abatur Muzania ("Abatur of the Scales")

A dmuta dwells in the Mshunia Kushta, a section of the World of Light.

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Merging of the soul A successful masiqta merges the incarnate soul (ࡍࡉࡔࡉࡌࡕࡀ ) and spirit (ࡓࡅࡄࡀ ) from the Earth (Tibil) into a new merged entity in the World of Light called the ʿuṣṭuna. The ʿuṣṭuna can then reunite with its heavenly, non-incarnate counterpart (or spiritual image), the dmuta, in the World of Light, where it will reside in the world of ideal counterparts called the Mšunia Kušṭa (similar to Plato's idea of the hyperuranion).

Jorunn Jacobsen Buckley (2025). 9780195153859, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195153859

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In the Qulasta In Qulasta prayer , manda (gnosis) is mentioned as having proceeded from Dmut Hiia (the dmuta of Life). Prayers 170 (the Tabahatan) and 411 in the Qulasta mention Dmut Hiia as the mother of Yushamin.

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Parallels Similarly, the Qur'an (Ya-Sin:36, Adh-Dhariyat:49, etc.) mentions that God created everything in "pairs." Related concepts in other religions include yin and yang in Taoism, and the Yazidism belief of there being both a heavenly and earthly Lalish.

Philosophical parallels include Plato's theory of forms.

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As an uthra In the Scroll of Abatur, Dmut Hiia (or Dmut Hayyi) is depicted as a female uthra. The scroll also contains an illustration of Dmut Hiia.

Sandra van Rompaey (2025). 9782503593654, Brepols. . ISBN 9782503593654

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See also

• Dmut Kušṭa
• Laufa
• World of Light
• Mandaean cosmology
• Image of God in Christianity
• Correspondence (theology)
• Theory of forms in Platonism
• Hyperuranion in Platonism
• Archetype
• Qareen in Islam
• Doppelgänger
• Etiäinen
• Shadow (psychology)

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