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Eric Banks: Esoterics founder an explorer of new vocal worlds
... in the world with a contemporary choral sensibility. Much of its thematic material derives from the "Gathas," Zoroastrian hymns first sung between 3,500 and 4,000 years ago. The text, which describes the world's creation, destruction and ... Comment?
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Obscure religion review: Zoroastrianism
... between 124,000 and 190,000 adherents worldwide. Fortunately for it, its numbers are growing according to the Zoroastrian Association of Houston . This seems like a pretty nice religion, actually. It doesn't urge its followers to convert others ... Comment?
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Faith Forum: True religion: one, various or all kinds
... in fellowship and love. In their presence, there is no distinction between Christian and Muslim, Jew and Zoroastrian, Persian and Turk, for their belief is based upon the essential foundations of religion and real unity has been established among ... Comment?
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Torah outcasts find redemption with Indian-Jewish artist
... in Israel and the United States. A ninth-generation Indian Jew, Benjamin's parents sent her to Catholic and Zoroastrian schools. Surrounded by these multireligious influences, Benjamin often found herself wrestling with questions of identity. Her ... Comment?
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The Art of Turning Neighbors into Enemies
... the Kurdish, Tat, and Gushtasbi-Talysh minorities belong to the family of Iranic languages. (Iran's Zoroastrian "holy" book Avesta was originally written in the Gushtasbi-Talysh language.) Thus, relations between Azerbaijan and Iran should be at ... Comment?
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Festival of No Ruz/Nowruz/Nauryz to be celebrated Sunday at Asian Cultural Center of Vt.
... as His successor, the appearance of the Qa'im over the Antichrist. Similar accounts of Naw-Ruz are also found in Zoroastrian literature. Activities will include readings from Persian poetry and Baha'i Holy Writings, sharing refreshments and sweets ... Comment?
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The Big Bang, and other explanations of universe
... posited the world always existed, at the center of the universe. Photo: Petros Giannakouris FILE - An Iranian Zoroastrian priest performs a ritual at a fire temple in Tehran, Iran on Monday, Sept. 12, 2011. In Zoroastrian creation mythology, the god ... Comment?
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Nowruz and Chaharshanbeh Suri
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Nowruz, "New Day", is the holiest and most joyful festival of the Zoroastrian year and the most important national festival for all Iranians. Comment?
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A Portrait of India's Parsi Community
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... not he would chase after it is left up to the viewer's imagination. To convey a more serious dimension of being Zoroastrian, Ms. Taraporevala takes her camera into agiarys, or fire temples, which remain inaccessible to non-Parsis. This dismantles ... Comment?
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Celebrating the 'New Day'
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... difficult to determine exactly when the equinox occurred. Their monotheistic religion was a synthesis of pre-Zoroastrian beliefs, Zoroastrianism, Christianity and Islam in addition to remnants of Mithraism. It is still practiced today, although its ... Comment?
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Bible of Corruption Just Released
... perspective. From Ahriman perspective using the Persian base mythology from the times and before Zoroaster. The Zoroastrian religion was the first dualistic religion that pits order vs chaos. This bible was written for those who worship chaos, and ... Comment?
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Prophecies a curious mix with financial predictions
... species. As humankind writhes in its death throes, help will come from an unexpected quarter. The Saoshyant (the Zoroastrian Messiah) and Kalki (the Tenth Avatar of Vishnu) will suddenly appear. This Divine Duo will possess a supernatural weapon, ... Comment?
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The Day of Women and Earth: The Festival of Spandarmad
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Spenta Armaiti was one of the six great Amesha Spentas who with Ahura Mazda made up the Zoroastrian Heptad that dominated the Zoroastrian cosmology of the Sasanian period. Comment?
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Zoroastrians celebrate Sadeh festival in Iran
... was once the most dominant religion of this region, which was a part of Persian Empire. Dressed in white, the Zoroastrian priests recited verses from their Holy Book Avesta. The followers carried torches and lit a huge bonfire to dance around on the ... Comment?
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Iran Zoroastrians celebrate ancient feast of fire
Followers of Iran's minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh -- an ancient mid-winter feast dating to Iran's pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new interest from Muslims. Comment?
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Iranian Zoroastrians celebrate ancient midwinter feast of fire
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Followers of Iran's minority Zoroastrian religion gathered after sunset to mark Sadeh - an ancient midwinter feast dating to Iran's pre-Islamic past that is also drawing new interest from Muslims. Comment?
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Small Group Notes: Many Kinds of Christ
... Offshoot of Zoroastrianism, Mani took elements from Gnostic Judaism, and Gnostic Christianity along with Zoroastrian doctrines merging them into a new religion . Significant in that the character of Jesus is hijacked and morphed into something else. ... Comment?
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Small Group Notes: Many Kinds of Christ
... Offshoot of Zoroastrianism, Mani took elements from Gnostic Judaism, and Gnostic Christianity along with Zoroastrian doctrines merging them into a new religion. Significant in that the character of Jesus is hijacked and morphed into something else. ... Comment?
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The Real Apocalypse: The Revelation At the End of the Age
... of a Jewish Mashiach, a Christian Messiah, a Muslim Mahdi, a Hindu Avatar, a Buddhist Bodhisattva or Buddha, a Zoroastrian Saoshyant, and so on. Ancient prophets of the Western Hemisphere also prophesied about such a one. The Native American Hopi ... Comment?
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... adopted their annual renewal festival from the Babylonians and incorporated it into the rituals of their Zoroastrian religion. The last day of the Persian month Azar is the longest night of the year, when the forces of evil are assumed to be at the ... Comment?
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