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	Philosophy and Ethics of the Zoroasters - by Alexander Wilder - as published in "Theosophical Siftings" ...
		The earlier Mazdeans thus included the Positive and Negative principles in their concept of the Divine Nature, and did not thereby impair their perception of the Divine Goodness.
		Thus, in the Mazdean philosophy, the eternal world is an ocean of living intelligences, a milky sea of very life, from which all mortals are generated, sustained and afforded purification from evil.
		Enough, that the ethics and philosophy of Mazdean religion have been wholesome in their influence and a potent leaven to promote the fermentation of thought.
	www.theosophical.ca /PhilosophyEthicsZoroastersAW.html (6417 words)

	Iranica.com - FALSAFA
		All in all Mazdean philosophy treats almost all relevant themes, i.e., the general laws of being (st^), human thinking, and the process of knowledge, which are subdivided in the present article into the doctrines of Being, Time, Space, Movement, Nature, Man, the Prime Cause, Cosmogony, Epistemology, Logic, Ethics, and Aesthetics.
		The principle of dualism (q.v.) of Being as a synthesis of antithetic elements is the heart of the Mazdean ontology.
		In Mazdean normative ethics the gist of goodness (we@h^h) is the Mean (payma@n), whose offspring (zahag) is law (da@d, q.v.), and its integrants are wisdom (xrad), character (xe@m), modesty (œarm), love (mihr), generosity (ra@d^h), veracity (ra@st^h), and gratitude (spa@sda@r^h; De@nkard, p.
	www.iranica.com /articles/v9f2/v9f263.html (4291 words)

	626-49. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		The overthrow of the Uighur Empire by the Kirghiz and the Karluk led to the migration of many tribes from the Orkhon to the Tarim Basin, where they carved out a second Uighur Empire in which the Turkish language prevailed.
		Under the reign of Wuzong, a man of Daoist predilections, Buddhists (along with Manicheans, Mazdeans, and Nestorians) were persecuted.
		Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
	www.bartleby.com /67/368.html (765 words)

	A History of Muslim Philosophy
		The fact that these acts "groan" [18] is not at all astonishing, if we remember the easiness with which Mazdeans personify ideas.
		The idea that the natural essence (gohr) of certain given beings is radically and metaphysically diabolical is very clear from the texts, and even some characters of history, [34] such as Alexander the Greek and Frasiyak the Turanian are no more than devilish creatures of Ahriman.
		[34] History, as it is obvious from the Mazdean's point of view, becomes the emblematical prelude to Apocatastasis and at the same time the symbol of a transcendent pugilistic prototype.
	www.muslimphilosophy.com /hmp/6.htm (6820 words)

	The Mysteries of Mithra Index
		The nations of the Occident felt vividly the superiority of the Mazdean faith over their ancient national creeds, and the populace thronged to the altars of the exotic god.
		It was the worship of the sun, and in particular the Mazdean theories, that disseminated the ideas upon which the deified sovereigns of the West endeavored to rear their monarchical absolutism.
		The rapid spread of the Persian Mysteries among all classes of the population served admirably the political ambitions of the emperors.
	englishatheist.org /mithra/mom02.htm (1897 words)

	ISHM 2006 - Programme scientifique
		The notion went back to Zoroastrian or Mazdean cosmological beliefs that Angra Mainyu, the evil spirit par excellence had introduced all calamities including death into the material world as means of afflicting pain, suffering, and nonexistence upon Ahura Mazda's formost creation-humans (11, 21.2; 3, 1-21).
		MAIN CONDITION OF TREATMENT: The Mazdean physician had to exercise his practice on non-Mazdeans, but if he failed with three persons and they died, he is declared incapable for ever of practicing either medicine or surgery.
		Should he preserve and injure a Mazdean, he is held a guilty of a crime equivalent to homicide.
	www.ishm2006.hu /scientific/abstract_fr.php?ID=2 (1648 words)

	Mithraic Liturgy
		The old Gâthas composed in honor of the Mazdean gods were translated into Greek during the Alexandrian epoch, and Greek remained for a long time the language of the Mithraic cult, even in the Occident.
		The dignity of Persian recalled the first origin of the Mazdean religion, and he who obtained it assumed during the sacred ceremonies the Oriental custom of donning the Phrygian cap, which had also been bestowed on Mithra.
		In the Mazdean service, the celebrant consecrated the bread and the water which he mingled with the intoxicating juice of the Haoma prepared by him, and he consumed these foods during the performance of his sacrifice.
	www.earth-history.com /Europe/Mithra/cumom08.htm (4719 words)

	Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism: VI. Persia
		The Mithra worship was thus formed, in the main, by a combination of Persian beliefs with Semitic theology, incidentally including certain elements from the native cults of Asia Minor.
		He was the Mazdean Apollo, but while Hellenism, with a finer appreciation of beauty, developed the esthetic qualities in Apollo, the Persians, caring more for matters of conscience, emphasized the moral character in Mithra.
		However, although resistance to sensuality is laudable and although the ideal of perfection of this Mazdean sect inclined towards the asceticism to which the Manichean conception of virtue led, yet good does not consist exclusively in abnegation and self-control, but also in action.
	www.sacred-texts.com /cla/orrp/orrp10.htm (6474 words)

	The Theological Aspects of the Avesta
		It is frequently asserted or assumed that the Avesta religion as above sketched was the religion of Darius and the other Achaemenid Kings of Persia (549-336 B.C.) From the cuneiform inscriptions of these sovereigns (in the Old Persian language, a sister dialect of the Avestic Zend) we know pretty well what their religion was.
		They proclaim themselves Mazdeans (Auramazdiya, Darius, Behistun Column, IV, 56); their Supreme God is Auramazda, greatest of gods (Mathishta baganam).
		Inferior spirits are associated with Him, "clan gods" and particularly Mithra and Anahita.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/avesta,theological_aspects_of.html (2363 words)

	"Thoughts on Ormuzd and Ahriman" by H. P. Blavatsky
		For the Sacred Books of the Mazdeans, as all the other sacred Scriptures of the East (the Bible included), have to be read esoterically.
		The Mazdeans had practically two religions, as almost all the other ancient nations -- one for the people and the other for the initiated priests.
		Thus, Angra Mainyu being confessedly, in one of its aspects, the embodiment of man's lowest nature, with its fierce passions and unholy desires, "his hell" must be sought for and located on earth.
	www.theosophy-nw.org /theosnw/world/mideast/mi-hpb.htm (1701 words)

	The Zoroastrians
		Such exhortation from the later texts of the Zoroastrianism that re-emerged during the Sassanid period in Iran 9226-652 A.D.) is the logical outcome of not only the Prophet's own teaching, but also a healthy reaction against the Bizarre practices of both the Manichaens and Christians, who were vying against each other in their anti-materialism.
		Amidst this, the Mazdeans seemed to tread the path of the golden mean, taking Aristotle's motto as their own.
		The kusti is the obligatory emblem of every Parsi: the Mazdean religion is said to be brought to the people as a girdle, or kusti.
	www.worldandi.com /public/1986/april/cl5.cfm (9708 words)

	The Avesta
		The sacred books of the Mazdeans and the Zoroastrian religion and the main source of our knowledge concerning the religious and spiritual life the ancient Persians.
		The first scholar to make the language and the contents of the sacred books of the Mazdeans known to Europe was a young Frenchman, Anquetil du Perron, who in 1754 went to India for this very purpose.
		His enthusiasm and perseverance overcame the many obstacles he encountered on his journey to Hindustan and the difficulties he met during his stay in Surat.
	members.fortunecity.com /octarin/avesta.html (2126 words)

	P'awstos Buzand, Armenian history, Jewish history, Iranian history, Arsacids
		Then ostikans of the court arose and inquired whether he would consent to accept the worship of the Mazdean faith; otherwise, he would be put to death.
		The order was given that if she did not accept the Mazdean faith, she should be [g184] hanged from a lofty tower and killed.
		When Hamazaspuhi did not consent to hold the faith of Mazdaism they took her to a high tower which was located over a high rock precipice.
	rbedrosian.com /pb10.htm (4056 words)

	The Spirit of Zoroastrianism by H.S.Olcott - Adyar Pamphlets No. 23
		Happy indeed, will I be, if I succeed in communicating to one or two of the learned Pãrsî scholars, who honour me with their presence, some of the deep interest which I have had for years in the esoteric meaning of the Mazdean faith.
		Mazda..." is the promise of the Avestã [Fargard xxi] Bear it in mind, ye Mazdeans, and remember the maiden and her dogs by the Chinvad Bridge.
		It is worse than useless — it is highly injurious to one's faith — to patter off prayers in an unknown tongue, encouraging the hypocrisy of pretending to be pious while one has not the food at hand for a single pious thought.
	www.theosophical.ca /SpiritOfZoroastrianismHSO.html (10692 words)

	ZOROASTRIANISM in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE (Bible History Online)
		Within the period 538-332 BC (that Cyrus was a Zoroastrian seems now established) Israel was under the rule of Mazdeans, and Mazdean influence on at least the popular conceptions was inevitable.
		In this list Mazdean influence may be taken as certain in points (1), (2), (5), (6).
		Summarizing, about the most that can be asserted for Mazdean influence is that it left its mark on the angelology and demonology and that it possibly contributed certain eschatological details.
	www.bible-history.com /isbe/Z/ZOROASTRIANISM (1439 words)

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		Somewhere in the 6th century, in the old capital of Ch'ang-an, two Mazdean ambassadors, one in c.518 (proabably another in 528 CE), arrived from the court of Kobad in Persia.
		This was a time of a divided China, where the old regime had fled to the south and the north was ruled by a loose hegemony dominated by the Toba (T'o-pa), called the Northern Wei dynasty (which would collapse in 534).
		A carved rock edict dating from 781 (exhumed in 1625) speaks of the one Triune God, mentions the Son of the Virgin (but not as divine) and his ascension as an Immortal.
	www.webcom.com /%7Egnosis/chinese.gnosis.html (841 words)

	A definition for Mazdeism - fravahr.org
		AHURA means the stage of having existence and MAZDA means the stage of having a Mind.
		YASNI means to Celebrate and the MAZDEANS also refer to themselves as MAZDAYASNI or those who celebrate the blessings of having a Mind.
		This is in stark contrast to those religions based on FAITH and giving their adherents the luxury of NOT HAVING TO THINK.
	www.fravahr.org /spip.php?article29 (300 words)

	Garth Fowden - St Gregory Palamas and the Tradition of the Fathers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Naturally enough, the community boundaries so sedulously built up and maintained by religious elites were constantly being eroded by the everyday reality of intercourse between ordinary people, especially in commercial contexts.
		Nonetheless, the compact nature of the Jewish and Christian communities of the Sassanian empire, compared to their counterparts under Rome, did give them a certain innate coherence, which was further sharpened by the unsympathetic Mazdean environment and by the intense competitiveness of the Christian sects.
		This coexistence of recognized and scriptural communities not only continued after the Muslim conquest, but also provides the clearest precedent in the pre-Islamic world for the Qur'Äns general principle that "people of the Book" should be tolerated.
	www.myriobiblos.gr /texts/english/fowden_variety.html (10335 words)

	62 - How to Find Peace in the Cosmic Drama
		Perhaps this would be best illustrated by a car-driving monitor, or pilot coach, handing over the steering wheel or stick to the pupil, restraining himself from stopping a false move until it becomes too hazardous, and then taking over.
		That power which the Mazdeans ascribe to Ahura Mazda to maintain the ultimate control in the struggle between Spenta Mainu and Ahriman is the one to which Pir-O-Murshid Inayat Khan draws our attention: it is called Kaza by the Sufis.
		In tribulation if we invoke God or the prophets, masters and saints who form the spiritual hierarchies of the Government of the World, it is in the desperate hope that they will be able to stem the tide of evil and avert disaster.
	home.arcor.de /kaivan/KIT_E/E062.htm (2640 words)

	54 - The Temple of Celestial Light
		The compass of the middle range needs to extend to the scale of the choreography of the heavens.
		For this reason, the Mazdeans used to reach out in their minds into the starry sky.
		The clue is to hoist oneself through the celestial perspectives, eventually reversing one's memory, shifting in the second dimension of time, namely moving from transiency to transcendence, until one can envision one's intelligence as of the same nature as the intelligence of the archangels of the stars ('aql qahira), perhaps an emanation of these.
	home.arcor.de /kaivan/KIT_E/E054.htm (1702 words)

	The Secret Doctrine by H. P. Blavatsky, vol 2, pt 1, Third Eye (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Thus, he "created" for ages the insects, reptiles, birds, and animals, unconsciously to himself, from his remains and relics from the Third and the Fourth Rounds.
		The same idea and teaching are as distinctly given in the Vendidad of the Mazdeans, as they are in the Chaldean and the Mosaic allegory of the Ark, all of which are the many national versions of the original legend given in the Hindu Scriptures.
		Open the Mazdean Vendidad, at Fargard ii., at verse 27 (73) and read the command of Ormazd to Yima, a Spirit of the Earth, who symbolizes the three races, after telling him to build a vara ("an enclosure," an argua or vehicle).
	allstarz.hollywood.com /religioustext/the/sd/sd2-1-17.htm (6537 words)

	"The Devil's Own" by H.P. Blavatsky @BlavatskyNet
		O more philosophically profound, nor grander or more graphic and suggestive type exists among the allegories of the World-religions than that of the two Brother-Powers of the Mazdean religion, called Ahura Mazda and Angra Mainyu, better known in their modernized form of Ormuzd and Ahriman.
		The Mazdeans had practically two religions, as almost all the other ancient nations--one for the people and the other for the initiated priests.
		Esoterically, then, the underlined sentences have a special significance, the whole meaning of which can be obtained only by the study of occult philosophy.
	www.blavatsky.net /blavatsky/arts/DevilsOwnpv.htm (3407 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Theological Aspects of the Avesta
		It is frequently asserted or assumed that the Avesta religion as above sketched was the religion of Darius and the other Achaemenid Kings of Persia (549-336 B.C.) From the cuneiform inscriptions of these sovereigns (in the Old Persian language, a sister dialect of the Avestic Zend) we know pretty well what their religion was.
		They proclaim themselves Mazdeans (Auramazdiya, Darius, Behistun Column, IV, 56); their Supreme God is Auramazda, greatest of gods (Mathishta baganam).
		Inferior spirits are associated with Him, "clan gods" and particularly Mithra and Anahita.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02154a.htm (2349 words)

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		Trade with the Mazdeans : Endrinoyu (163) in exchange of Bidule (146)
		He received on turn 11 the best not ever 10.00 and has been elected many times as one of the best blockers and marauders of the alpha league.
		The trade was being possible since The Mazdeans needed both money and an unwounded blocker since 2 of their 3 top blockers, including Endrinoyu (163), were suffering from heavy wounds after their game against Terror Cybernetic on turn 11.
	www.chez.com /steelbash/news.htm (401 words)

	Amazon.ca: Montsegur and the Mystery of the Cathars: Books: Jean Markale,Jon Graham (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Please don't let me put you off reading Markale's challenging book-just be somewhat aware of what you are in for because the author does not tread lightly over the intricate history of the Cathar theology.
		For instance in Part 2 he writes in-depth about Cathar philisophical/theological antecedents: the Mazdeans of ancient Persia, the Gnostics, Manicheans and finally the Bulgarian Bogomils.
		Markale is too wise to stitch a seamless sheet leading inexorably to the flowering of Catharism but he does trace the many common points where these early pre-Christian religions meet and the similarities they share with Catharism.
	www.amazon.ca /Montsegur-Mystery-Cathars-Jean-Markale/dp/0892810904 (1412 words)

	Roj Bash ! » 2006 » February (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Musafir came in that area, where Kurdish tribes were still “Mazdean believers”.
		Moreover, the great importance of clothes and thei religious meaning could be related to Mazdeans which had sacred clothing too.
		Theu practice baptism with the water of zam zam (Christian or Mandean influence ?) and circumcision, as Muslims and Jews.
	northerniraq.info /blog/?m=20060201 (1324 words)

	islamfact.com - Studies in ibadhism
		Section (ii) The doctrine of Thanawiyah; Dualism, who teach that light and darkness are the two equal eternal creative principles.
		273 This section is also divided into three chapters - Manichaeans, Daisanis, and Mazdeans.
		Section (iii) Those who deny the Message of the Apostles.
	www.islamfact.com /books-htm/ibadi/71.htm (658 words)

	The Prophet Muhammad- Exemplary Life of the Infinite Light - Arda Wiraz Namag (Iranian "Divina Commedia") And ...
		At the fire temple those religious leaders chose a spot where Wiraz washed his head and body and put on a new garment, perfumed himself and spread new clean bedding on a counch.
		He drank the wine and henbane, and while still conscious left bâj (the recitation of formulae from the Avesta in connection with religious or secular act) and slept in the bed.
		For seven days and nights the religious formulas from various religious texts were recited by Mazdeans and others.
	www.infinitelight.org /content/view/776/9 (6564 words)

	mithraism...a zoroastrian synthesis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It is interesting to note that this was the very day which for centuries had been hallowed by the Egyptian cult of Persephone as that on which she gave birth to Dionysus, known as the aeon.
		The ancient Mazdeans had glorified December 25 as the day when the sun-god was reborn, for then it was apparent that the days were growing longer and that life would again revive.
		During the preceding night, the devotees of Mithra kept vigil; and when the dawn fringed the earth with its first gleam of light, the priest emerged from the temple to announce triumphantly: "The God is born!"
	geocities.com /essenecx/no_12_mithraism.htm (7032 words)

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