10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAZDAISM»
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Mazdaism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Mazdaism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Muslim Perceptions of Other Religions : A Historical Survey: ...
Precious information about Mazdaism, including Mazdean sects, is given by al-
Baghdadi (d. 1037) and especially alShahrastani (1076–1153).53 Al-Khwarazmi
in his Mafatih al-ulum describes some eastern religions and religious groups, ...
Jacques Waardenburg Professor of the Science of Religion University of Lausanne,
1999
2
World History: Ancient and medieval times to A.D. 1500
The religion of the Achaemenids, Mazdaism, was based on the worship of a
supreme deity named Ahura Mazda. Other Persian deities included Mithra, the
sun god, and Anahita, a fertility divinity. Worship was in temples where a fire was
kept ...
3
"Eye of the Heart":
Mazdaism, Ancestor of Archetypal Psychology
This thesis traced one of the roots of archetypal psychology to Persian theosophy and to its earliest origins in Mazdaism (Zoroastrianism).
Mazdaism, the principal religion of pre-Islamic Iran, counted approximately
30,000 adherents there in the 1970s, and had about 87,500 followers, known as
the Parsees, in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1976. The faith is characterised
by an ...
Peter Clarke, Reader in Modern History and Fellow Peter Clarke, Friedhelm Hardy,
2004
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The World's Religions: The Religions of Asia
Mazdaism, the principal religion of pre-Islamic Iran, counted approximately
30,000 adherents there in the 1970s, and had about 87,500 followers, known as
the Parsees, in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1976. The faith is characterised
by an ...
6
Faith & philosophy of Zoroastrianism
It ts nonetheless not known whether Sassanid era Zurvanism and Mazdaism
were separate factions, each with their own establishment and priesthood, or
simply two dispositions within the same body. That Mazdaism and Zurvanism ...
7
Cyclical Time & Ismaili Gnosis
But Zoroastrian Mazdaism could not compromise in regard to the preponderance
of Ohrmazd over Ahriman and their absolute heterogeneity. In the pure Mazdean
vision Zervan, the Unlimited, expresses the very norm of Ohrmazd's being, ...
8
Syncretistic Religious Communities in the Near East: ...
The reason for providing examples from Zoroastrianism was mainly because we
know more about it than Mazdaism itself. To be more precise, by "Mazdaism" I
mean the pre-Zoroastrian religious system which remained strong in Western
Iran ...
Krisztina Kehl-Bodrogi, Barbara Kellner Heinkele, Anke Otter Beaujean,
1997
9
The Devil: Perceptions of Evil from Antiquity to Primitive ...
His ideas, like those of other great leaders, underwent considerable change, and
one must distinguish between the doctrine of Zarathushtra himself and
Zoroastrianism (or Mazdaism), the religion of his followers.50 There are at least
four ...
Jeffrey Burton Russell,
1977
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History of Humanity: From the seventh to the sixteenth century
In the seventh century, before the Arab conquest and the gradual conversion of
its inhabitants to Islam, the Sasanian Empire (which stretched from Mesopotamia
to Turkestan) had Mazdaism as its official religion and the Avesta as its sacred ...
Sigfried J. de Laet,
2000
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAZDAISM»
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Mazdaism is used in the context of the following news items.
Shooting down the claims that Easter has pagan origins
... first used by archaeologist A.H. Sayce in 1874, another term from the 19th century that was used to describe this religious group is Mazdaism. «Patheos, Mar 15»
Eric Korn: Polymath whose work took in poetry, literary criticism …
In some Malayan or Philippine restaurant one night, while he was explaining Mazdaism, or Gertrude Stein, or wave-particle duality, the tie lost ... «The Independent, Dec 14»
Shia Islam, Imam Ali, Najaf, Karbala and Muharram
Iraq was already the center of intense religious ferment with the ancient Babylonian religious systems, Zoroastrianism, Mazdaism, Manichaeism ... «MWC News, Nov 14»
The new missionaries and the re-evangelization of Canada's North
... bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh, were followers of Mazdaism or Zoroastrianism and "were pagans when they visited Jesus and ... «Thompson Citizen, Oct 14»
IRAN FLAG: A National Historical Perspective
Sun as the symbol of Mithraism, Mazdaism, Monism and Mehr faiths in Persia preceded Christianity for almost 1400 years; Mithraism is said by ... «Payvand, Mar 10»
The road to the republic
... to remember how rich Persia's religious heritage is. Mazdaism, or early Zoroastrianism, had significant influence on successor religions. «Financial Times, Apr 09»