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Zoroaster
Zoroaster , c.628 BC-c.551 BC, religious teacher and prophet of ancient Persia , founder of Zoroastrianism . Zoroaster, the name by which he is ordinarily known, is derived from the Greek form of Zarathushtra (or Zarathustra) [camel handler?], his Persian name. Zoroaster is believed to have been b... Read more
Magi
Magi , priestly caste of ancient Persia. Probably Median in origin, they were, according to Herodotus, a tribe rather than a priestly family. Zoroaster is thought to have been a Magus. Study of the Magi is hampered by the lack of original source material. They are thought to have molded a pre-Zoro... Read more
Zoroastrianism
Zoroastrianism , religion founded by Zoroaster, but with many later accretions. Scriptures Zoroastrianism's scriptures are the Avesta or the Zend Avesta [Pahlavi avesta =law, zend =commentary]. The Avesta consists of fragmentary and much-corrupted texts; it is written in old Irania... Read more
Balkh
Balkh , town, N Afghanistan, on a dried-up tributary of the Amu Darya River. One of the world's oldest cities, it is the legendary birthplace of the prophet Zoroaster . Because it was located on natural travel routes at a source of water, the town was important as early as the 3d millennium BC, whe... Read more
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan , Iran. Azarbayejan, region, c.34,280 sq mi (88,785 sq km), NW Iran, divided into the provinces of East Azerbaijan (1996 pop. 3,325,540), West Azerbaijan (1996 pop. 2,496,320), and Ardabil (1996 pop. 1,168,011). The chief cities include Tabriz (the capital of East Azerbaijan), ... Read more
Manichaeism
Manichaeism or Manichaeanism , religion founded by Mani (c.216-c.276). Mani's Life Mani (called Manes by the Greeks and Romans) was born near Baghdad, probably of Persian parents; his father may have been a member of the Mandaeans. After wandering for several years as a meditative asce... Read more

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Zoroaster
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Zoroaster Zoroaster (active 1st millennium B.C.) was a prophet of ancient Iran and...higher religions originating in the Middle East. The dates given for Zoroaster by ancient and modern writers differ considerably. The more sober...
Zoroastrianism
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Zoroastrianism , religion founded by Zoroaster, but with many later accretions. Scriptures...Avesta and perhaps in part written by Zoroaster himself; the Vispered, a supplement...their enemies, the nomadic horsemen. Zoroaster consistently contrasts these two peoples...
Magi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...Persia and cultivators of the wisdom of Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) (possibly 1500 B...signifying something that is great and noble; Zoroaster's disciples were called "Meghestom...This was probably before the time of Zoroaster, when the religion of Persia seems to...
Baba, Meher
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...along with Jesus Christ, Buddha, Mohammed, Krishna, and Zoroaster) was the Avatar, an extraordinary soul who periodically...the Avesta, which describes the religious system founded by Zoroaster and espouses the worship of Ahura Mazda in the context of...
Zoroastrians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...taken from the name of their prophet Zarathushtra (Greek: Zoroaster). The majority Muslims of Iran considered them to be "infidels...Seistan, a territory now divided between Iran and Afghanistan. Zoroaster, their prophet, is assumed to have been born between 2...
Zarathustra
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Zarathustra See Zoroaster
Avesta
Book article from: World Encyclopedia ...Great burned Persepolis, the capital of ancient Persia, in 331 bc. The Gathas, forming the oldest part, originated with Zoroaster. The other remaining parts are the Yashts, Yasna, and Vendidad and prayers. Together they contain the world-view, law...
Zubin Mehta
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...thousand in Pakistan. Mehta has participated in a feature-length docudrama entitled A Quest for Zarathustraon the life of Zoroaster and his religion. "It is based on my quest for knowledge of my religion," explained Mehta to John Rockwell of the New...
Bahá'í
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Science and Religion ...fundamentally spiritual, and the "spiritual impulses set in motion by such transcendent figures as Krishna, Moses, Buddha, Zoroaster, Jesus, and Muhammad have been the chief influence in the civilizing of human character" (Bah á ' í International...
Automatic Drawing and Painting
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...The fantastic designs of Victorien Sardou — scenes on the Planet Jupiter, the House of Mozart, the House of Zoroaster — were inspired, as he felt it, by Bernard Palissy. In the celebrated Thompson-Gifford case, the impulse amounted...

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Zoroaster
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Zoroaster. The name by which the ancient Iranian...x2013;34 and 43–53. Zoroaster was a practising priest (the only one...he made between them ( Ys. 30. 3). Zoroaster called upon his followers to worship...
Thus Spake Zoroaster
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Thus Spake Zoroaster ( Strauss). See Also sprach Zarathustra .
Avesta
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...means ‘The Injunction [of Zoroaster]’). Only approximately...the Yasna are the seventeen hymns of Zoroaster, the Gāthās...Haptanhait liturgy, which, if not by Zoroaster, is certainly early. The Gā...
Dualism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...Persia, today's Iran, sixth century b.c.e.). Zoroaster (c. 628 – c. 551 b.c.e.) himself is thought...good, and Ahriman, the principle of darkness and evil. For Zoroaster, the divinities of the Persian pantheon were servants of...
Amesa Spentas
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...Bounteous’ (or Holy) Immortals in Zoroastrianism. Zoroaster mentions a number of heavenly forces, the creations of...harmony, and worship, and is said to have appeared visibly to Zoroaster; (iv) Khsathra, the personification of Ahura's might...
Zoroastrianism
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church ...Mazdaism ). The system of religious doctrine ascribed to Zoroaster which became the dominant religion in Iran. After the conversion...Zoroastrians went to India , where they are called Parsis. Zoroaster is traditionally held to have lived in the 6th cent. BC...
Magi
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...part of their responsibility. In this way, it is thought, Zoroaster's teachings were integrated into the general traditions...Christian legend of kings does not do justice to the text). Zoroaster himself used two different terms to refer to a priest: zaotar...
Gāthās
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Gāthās. The seventeen hymns of Zoroaster , and thus texts of fundamental authority for Zoroastrians , especially in the liturgy ( yasna ). In Hinduism, gāthās are poems which do not appear in the Vedas .
Virgin Birth of Christ
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions ...religions (e.g. Mahāmāyā and the Buddha , Kuntī /Pṛtha and Karna, Zoroaster and the saviour, Saoshyant), and have suggested that this is a reverential theme introduced for apologetic reasons. Even...
Also sprach Zarathustra
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Also sprach Zarathustra ( Thus spake Zoroaster ). Tone-poem by Richard Strauss, Op.30, comp. 1895–6 and f.p. Frankfurt 1896. Freely based on Nietzsche's epic prose poem of same name. Delius set 11 sections of poem in his Mass of Life .

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Faszination Zarathustra: Zoroaster und die Europaische Religionsgeschichte der Fruhen Neuzeit.(Review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 3/22/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...Stausberg. Faszination Zarathustra: Zoroaster und die Europ[ddot{a}]ische Religionsgeschichte...University of Bonn) shows how Zarathustra/Zoroaster was perceived and transmitted beginning...Ficino, as he amalgamated the figure of Zoroaster into his "Platonic theology." Giovanni...
COMMENTARY: Zoroaster's sound rises above mainstream fads
News Wire article from: University Wire; 2/5/2008; ; 607 words ; ...forgotten in the madness, however, was Zoroaster. The Atlanta trio reveled in the low...in very un-metal publications, but Zoroaster's music remains truly cathartic and...to jam again. Some may know the name Zoroaster as the prophet that inspired Zoroastrianism...
Zoroaster zeros in on one God: ; Interfaith series profiles ancient Persian prophet
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 9/8/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...Zoroastrianism, a religion founded by the prophet Zoroaster, kicks off the fall season of classes...range from the life and teachings of Zoroaster to the history of Zoroastrianism and...other religions. "Tradition says that Zoroaster was born laughing and evil spirits fled...
ZOROASTER SURVIVES ON FAITH, OFFSPRING.(Local)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 4/19/1999; 700+ words ; ...the 5,000-year-old religion of Zoroaster is kept alive. That's not easy when...the game. At the beginning there was Zoroaster. Baby boomers may recognize the prophet...has no such pedigree problem since the Zoroaster lineage passes through the father. While...
RADIO: Why listen to Zoroaster when you can listen to your mum?
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 11/14/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...strict academic detachment, were around to explain it all. Zoroaster (pictured above) had a vision, when about 30, of Ahura...who was an incarnation of wisdom. He was luminous, as was Zoroaster's mother when she conceived him. Monotheistic religions...
Soundstreams Canada. (Canada: Toronto; Opera in Review).(R. Murray Schafer's Zoroaster)
Magazine article from: Opera Canada; 9/22/2002; ; 700+ words ; R. Murray Schafer's Zoroaster, composed in 1971 and first performed on May 24 and 2d5 in Toronto...percussion that rang brighter and richer than all of the TSE's glory. Zoroaster had its unforgettable moments, as always with Schafer's too...
Zoroaster: Dog Magic.(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Magazine article from: Thrasher; 2/1/2008; 321 words ; ZOROASTER Dog Magic (Battle Kommand)--Evolutionary in every way to their self-titled EP, this 65-minute mammoth portrays unlimited...
Zoroaster: Voice of Saturn.(RICKTER SCALE OF DOOM)
Magazine article from: Thrasher; 7/1/2009; 385 words ; ZOROASTER Voice of Saturn (Terminal Doom)--This Atlanta trio has done it again to follow-up the doommazing Dog Magic record, I would...
Zoroaster's Children
Magazine article from: Parnassus : Poetry in Review; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; At the main bus station in Tehran, a shabbily dressed man stopped in front of me and ran a finger across his throat. 'Iran no good," he whispered. I wanted to ask him why, find out what his story was, but already he was gone. All I can remember now is a terrible blankness in his face and then the
An anagram in the Gathas: Yasna 51.4-5.(Zoroaster)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; YASNA 51 IS A POEM ABOUT RULE, about dominion--about [LANGUAGE NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII], in short. In the twenty-two verses of this hymn (which is both haiti and gatha), this word is found in seven verses (1, 2, 4, 6, 16, 18, and 21), with a present participle belonging to the same root (xsaiias)