Originally published in 1956, this book provides a clear, scholarly, introduction to the main tenets of Zoroastrian dualism presented largely in the words of the Zoroastrian texts themselves. The book demonstrates the essential reasonableness of Zoroastrian dualism, which is the dualism of a good and an evil spirit, and to show what the means in everyday life and how it is philosophically justified. There are chapters on cosmology, the relation of man to God, the nature of religion, ethics, sacraments and sacrifice, the soul's fate at death and eschatology.
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Topic
Theology & ReligionSubtopic
Comparative ReligionIndex
- Adam and Eve, 70
- Ādhurbādh, son of Mahraspand, 72, 97, 128
- his ordeal, 98, 123
- Āfrāsyāb, 148
- agriculture, virtue of, 19, 22, 101, 115
- Ahriman, ‘the Destructive Spirit,’ passim:
- evil, 18, 22, 23, 62
- death, 18, 19, 22, 23, 31
- disease, 19
- darkness, 18, 22, 35, 46
- aggressor, 30, 31, 35, 41, 55, 57, 68, 76, 89, 91, 92, 95, 96
- destroyer, 23, 133
- deceiver, 18, 23, 133
- envy, 35, 46
- slow in knowledge, 35, 36, 67
- man’s enemy, 22
- source of heresy, 88
- independent substance, 29
- without beginning, 19, 30, 35
- has an end, 19, 22, 30, 35, 45, 54, 58
- finite, 22, 30, 35
- battle with Ohrmazd, 31-33, 35-41, 42-51
- creates demons, 31, 34, 36
- entrapped in sky, 44-45, 49-51, 58, 63, 67, 68
- destruction of, 143-144, 150
- Ahunvar, 31, 33, 34, 37, 82, 83
- ahura, 12
- Ahura Mazdāh,
- Airyaman, 12, 148
- Akōman, ‘t...
Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- General Introduction
- Introduction
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- I A Catechism
- II The Two Primeval Spirits and Creation
- III The Devil’s Onslaught
- IV The Necessity of Dualism
- V Man’s First Parents
- VI The Good Religion
- VII The Good Ethics
- VIII Sacraments and Sacrifice
- IX The Individual Judgement at Death
- X The Resurrection of the Body and Life Everlasting
- Select Bibliography
- Index
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