Note 1153 — Chapter XIII · MANES AND THE MANICHAEANS

There are many allusions in Manichaean literature to three worlds of light, which seem to be (1) the light inaccessible, or heaven of God; (2) the light intelligible, i.e. that can be comprehended by the mind only, which is inhabited by the First Man; and (3) the perceptible light, of which the Sun and Moon are the rulers. See especially Chavannes et Pelliot, op. cit. 1ère ptie, pp. 564 and 586, and 2me ptie, p. 102, n. 2. The Manichaeans’ addiction to the number five needs no insistence. Fifteen, i.e. 3 × 5, is therefore a number which came naturally to them.