This man recorded that the angel both times resembled himself.
According to one account, this man was about to meet with a ruler who was going to have him executed, but the two balls of light that glowed from his shoulders impressed the ruler so much he went to India to proselytize for the remainder of his life. An account of this man's death claims he was taken to the Pillar of Glory by using the Path of Light and the Moon Chariot. Like Jesus, he travelled with twelve apostles, and he used the New Testament to show he was a Paraclete. At the age of twelve this man was visited by a heavenly angel, and he was revisited by the same angel at the age of twenty-four. This man recorded that the angel both times resembled himself. This man is believed to have written the Book of Giants and the Fundamental Epistle. He was killed by the Zoroastrian King Behram I after his patron Shapur died.  For 10 points, identify this man who founded a dualistic religion that believes in a world of spiritual light and a world of spiritual darkness, popular in Sassanian Persia.
According to one account, this man was about to meet with a ruler who was going to have him executed, but the two balls of light that glowed from his shoulders impressed the ruler so much he went to India to proselytize for the remainder of his life.
Mani or Manichaeus or Manichi