Wider Ancient Witness Archive · 4.5 Mandaean, Manichaean, and Late Antique Comparative Prayer Witnesses
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Manichaean Protective Hymn Fragments
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Manichaean Protective Hymn Fragments
[Archive witness: a comparative late-antique text, preserved as historical evidence, not as doctrine or scripture.]
Fragments of hymns sung for the guarding of the soul against the powers of darkness.
Guard us, O Light, from the snares of the enemy; let your watchers keep us by night and by day. Let the demons of darkness have no power over the children of light, but let us be sealed with your peace, until we reach the kingdom. [Line damaged]
[Fragment breaks here.]