The Teachings of the Magi
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The Teachings of the Magi

A Compendium of Zoroastrian Beliefs

R. C. Zaehner

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The Teachings of the Magi

A Compendium of Zoroastrian Beliefs

R. C. Zaehner

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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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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2021
ISBN
9781000484328
Edition
1
Topic
Theologie & Religion
Subtopic
Religion

Index

  • 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, see also Ohrmazd, 12, 13
  • Airyaman, 12, 148
  • Akƍman, ‘t...

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