Tag: Mazdaism
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Six Short Articles on God in Theosophy, Cultural Barriers in Modernity, Prayer and Theological Limits
Six Short Articles CONTENTS SETTING NO LIMITATIONS BEGINS WITH CONCEPTS OF CULTURE, GOD AND NATURE SPACE, DURATION, MATTER, MOTION — a tetractys of interconnected aspects of the timeless Absolute in Theosophy differs from what is called “God,” and it is the understanding of these interlocked four that elevates Theosophy. This is not what the theists…
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Time’s Circle in Zurvanite Philosophy and Theosophy: Monism beyond Dualism
INTRODUCTION Alireza Assary, an independent researcher of ancient Iranian mythology, David Reigle and Henry Corbin are influences for my approach and dialogue here. Assary explains in Zurvan and the Philosophy of Time: On the Necessity of Reinterpretation, that modern reinterpretations view Zurvan as a philosophical framework for TIME, where infinite time flows cyclically, arguing that…
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Ormazd and Ahriman in Mazdan Philosophy: Blavatsky on Human Conflict, Evil and Modernity
Blavatsky here in her article from her Lucifer magazine, explains the philosophy of the dual principles of Good and Evil of Mazdaism and brilliantly critiques modernity through it, and I specifically extracted these lines. INTRODUCTION First things first, I am not a scholar of pre-Islamic Iranian religions and do not fully understand the extent and…
The American Minervan 