Adam kasia means "the hidden Adam" , and comes from Nasoraean Gnosis where it means the soul of the first man . The hidden Adam is also called Adam Qadmaia ("the first Adam").  Among the Mandean (south Iraq and south-west Iran) Adam kasia means the soul of every human. Adam sasia shows many similarities with the Jewish idea of Adam Kadmon.  Ethel Stefana Drower: The Secret Adam: A Study of Naṣoraean Gnosis, Clarendon Press, 1960, p. 21 Ethel Stefana Drower: The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran: Their Cults, Customs, Magic Legends, and Folklore, Gorgias Press, p. 73, Manfred Lurker: A Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1987, p. 6 Gerhard J. Bellinger: Knaurs Lexikon der Mythologie. 3100 Stichwörter zu den Mythen aller Völker von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Droemer Knaur Verlag, München 1989, . Horst Robert Balz, Gerhard Krause, Gerhard Müller: Theologische Realenzyklopädie. Band 22. 1992.
Adam kasia means "the hidden Adam" . The hidden Adam is also called Adam qadmaia ("the first Adam"). In Nasoraean Gnosis it means the soul of the first man. Among the Mandean (south Iraq and south-west Iran) Adam kasia means the soul of every human. Adam sasia shows many similarities with the Jewish idea of Adam Kadmon. Sources Ethel Stefana Drower: The Secret Adam: A Study of Naṣoraean Gnosis, Clarendon Press, 1960, p. 21 Ethel Stefana Drower: The Mandaeans of Iraq and Iran: Their Cults, Customs, Magic Legends, and Folklore, Gorgias Press, p. 73, Manfred Lurker: A Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses, Devils and Demons, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, 1987, p. 6 Gerhard J. Bellinger: Knaurs Lexikon der Mythologie. 3100 Stichwörter zu den Mythen aller Völker von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart. Droemer Knaur Verlag, München 1989, . Horst Robert Balz, Gerhard Krause, Gerhard Müller: Theologische Realenzyklopädie. Band 22. 1992.
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In Nasoraean Gnosis it means the soul of the first man.
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