Zoroastrians: their religious beliefs and practices [rare books]

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Zoroastrianism is of enormous importance in the history of religions. It contains a very archaic element which can be traced back to a remote, possibly even Indo-European, past. This element links Zoroastrianism with the beliefs of ancient (Vedic) India, and survives as a subordinate part of what is one of the earliest revealed religions. Zoroaster's own teachings have moreover a highly spiritual and ethical content, which makes them a rewarding study for themselves.

The present work is the first to attempt to trace the continuous history of the faith from the time it was preached by Zoroaster down to the present day a span of about 3500 years. First taught among nomads on the Asian steppes, Zoroastrianism became the state religion of the three great Iranian empires (Achaemenian, Arsacid and Sassanian, sixth century BC to seventh century AD); and because of its lofty character, and the dominant position of Iran between the Greaco-Roman world and Asia, it had a remarkable influ- ence on other world faiths: to the east on northern Buddhism, to the west on later Judaism, Christianity and Islam. With the conquest of Iran by the Muslim Arabs, Zoroastrianism lost its secular power but continued to survive as a minority faith. Despite its antiquity it can, therefore, be studied as a living religion, whose followers are struggling to preserve its spiritual and ethical standards while somehow adapting its ancient doctrines to the modern world.

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