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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Zarathustra
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Zarathustra See Zoroaster
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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