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The Third Creation: Great demons ( called archons in bar-Khonai's account ) are hung out over the heavens, and then the Father of Greatness begins the Third Creation.

Light is recovered from out of the material bodies of the male and female evil beings and demons, by causing them to become sexually aroused in greed, towards beautiful images of the beings of light, such as the Third Messenger and the Virgins of Light.

However, as soon as the light is expelled from their bodies and falls to the earth ( some in the form of abortions – the source of fallen angels in the Manichaean myth ), the evil beings continue to swallow up as much of it as they can to keep the light inside of them.

This results eventually in the evil beings swallowing huge quantities of light, copulating, and producing Adam and Eve.

The Father of Greatness then sends the Radiant Jesus to awaken Adam, and to enlighten him to the true source of the light that is trapped in his material body.

Adam and Eve, however, eventually copulate, and produce more human beings, trapping the light in bodies of mankind throughout human history.

The appearance of the Prophet Mani was another attempt by the World of Light to reveal to mankind the true source of the spiritual light imprisoned within their material bodies.