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In Mandaeism, Shahrat ( Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡄࡓࡀࡕ, romanized: Šahrat, lit. 'she kept watch') is a ship or boat mentioned in the Scroll of Abatur. Shahrat ferries souls from Tibil across the river Hitpun and into the house of Abatur. [1] According to the Mandaean priest Brikha Nasoraia (2021), it is basically a " space-ship" traveling "faster than the speed of light" through ayar ( ether) to higher realms. [2]: 71
In Mandaean Book of John 55:60–61, the ship ferrying souls to the house of Abatur is described as follows. [3]
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In Mandaeism, Shahrat ( Classical Mandaic: ࡔࡀࡄࡓࡀࡕ, romanized: Šahrat, lit. 'she kept watch') is a ship or boat mentioned in the Scroll of Abatur. Shahrat ferries souls from Tibil across the river Hitpun and into the house of Abatur. [1] According to the Mandaean priest Brikha Nasoraia (2021), it is basically a " space-ship" traveling "faster than the speed of light" through ayar ( ether) to higher realms. [2]: 71
In Mandaean Book of John 55:60–61, the ship ferrying souls to the house of Abatur is described as follows. [3]
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