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"If, O Great Life, we have sinned in any way by failing to intercede or implore the mercy of heaven for another through prayer, if we have failed to notice the needs of others, or failed to have faith in the power of prayer to help the needy - then we now, O Great Life, pray to be forgiven." 32 Fold ConfessionAll Gnostics, and all lovers of the light, and especially lay members of the Order of Nazorean Essenes, are encouraged to say the Nazorean Prayer four times a day. The basic prayer times are sunrise, noon, dusk, and dawn (or bedtime). Each of these prayer times should be accompanied by 12 slight bows. This purifying principle of 12 fold prayer is ignored at the peril of gnostic's purity. BASIC PRAYER PROCEDURES "Your efforts to stifle me do not cause me to neglect my night prayer watches." Shem, son of Noah, Secret Teachings of the Angelic Kings
PRAYER HOURS & Times Traditionally Manichaeans lay members had four prayer times each day, the monks and nuns had seven. In the texts of the older Gnostic stream of the Nazoreans one finds seven day prayers and three night watches mentioned. Here are the titles of the ten prayer times of the Gnostic Prayer Hours, the seven daily along with the 3 night watches: A full account of these ten prayers, as well as their liturgy, can be found in the: "Gnostic Prayer Book: Daily Devotions & Book of Hours of Ancient Essenes, Nazoreans, & Manichaeans." MODERN NAZOREAN PRAYERS Daily Prayer
- for Lay Nazoreans to say 4 times daily
PRAYER EVOLUTION Evolution of
the Manichaean Prayer from earlier Nazorean prayers
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Ancient
and modern Gnostic Nazoreans have set prayer times with set prayer word
formulas. Why set prayers and times? This tradition goes back to the days
of Mani, and probably back to the times of Miryai and Yeshu since
set prayer times are known to have existed in the primitive Christian Church.
The main purpose is to remind us of where we came from and where we hope
to return. One day a week one should try to say the
Nazorean
Prayer with greater zeal, cocnentration,a nd
purpose, even including 12 full body
prostrations
if possible. The extra effort of prostrations help one slice
through the illusions of ego, recognize and honor that which is greater
than oneself, and establish a foundation of humbleness and sincerity upon
which the Temple of purity and eventual enlightenment in the Naziruthian
Way can be accomplished.
Nazoreans can decide for
themselves whether they want to do full prostrations or not on one or more
days of the week, or just bow.