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[edit] Archive of Selected Articles: 2006
[edit] December 2006
The Book of Arda Viraf is a Zoroastrian religious text which describes the dream-journey of a devout Zoroastrian through the next world. It has been compared to Dante's Divine Comedy.
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[edit] Archive of Selected Articles: 2007
[edit] January 2007
Ahura Mazda refers to a divinity of ancient proto-Indo-Iranian religion that was subsequently declared by Zarathushtra to be the one uncreated creator of all.
Although Ahura Mazda is accepted to be the conceptual equivalent of a proto-Indo-Iranian divinity, the details are a matter of speculation and debate. Scholarly consensus identifies a connection to the prototypical *vouruna and *mitra, but whether Ahura Mazda is one of these two, or both together, or even a superior of the two has not been conclusively established.
In the Gathas (Gāθās), the hymns thought to have been composed by Zarathushtra himself, the two halves of the name are not necessarily used together, or are used interchangeably, or are used in reverse order. However, in later texts of the Avesta, both Ahura and Mazda are integral parts of the name Ahura Mazda, which were conjoined as Ahuramazda in western Iran.
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[edit] February 2007
Ahuna Vairya is the most sacred of the Zoroastrian hymns. It is also known as Ahunvar. The Ahuna Vairya is part of Yasna 27.13, and along with the (Ashem Vohu it is the most sacred invocation or prayer of the Zoroastrian faith.
In importance it is often compared to the Lord's Prayer of Christianity, and it is believed to have been composed by Zarathushtra himself.
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[edit] March 2007
Zoroaster or Zaraθuštra in Avestan, was an Iranian prophet and the founder of Zoroastrianism. Once a state religion of ancient Persia, Zoroastrianism is practiced today by small numbers of Zoroastrians in Iran and by the Parsi community of India. Zoroaster is generally accepted as an authentic historical figure. Many scholarly estimates place him circa 1200 B.C., making him a candidate to be the founder of the earliest religion based on revealed scripture.
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[edit] April 2007
Zoroastrian angelology, or the doctrine of angels, deals with the hierarchical system of divinities introduced by Zarathushtra (Zoroaster). Zarathushtra re-organized the multitude of divinities of proto-Indo-Iranian religions in a complex order under the supremacy of Ahura Mazda, the Creator of everything.
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