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The Prophet Zarathustra

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The Prophet Zarathushtra, known as Zoroaster to the Greeks. Founder of the world's oldest monotheistic religion Zoroastrianism, based on the ethical principles of Good Thoughts, Good Words, and Good Deeds. Zoroastrians believe in the one God, Ahura Mazda. In addition to worshipping God, there are 7 bounteous immortals, known as Amesha Spentas, which are emanations of Ahura Mazda.  There are lesser divine beings known as Yazatas and Fravashi's which are also worthy of worship. The Fravashi can be thought of as your personal angel or your higher self.

The Zoroastrian religion began 3700 years ago when the prophet Zarathushtra had a revelation around the age of 30. Zarathushtra converted king Vishtaspa later on in his life and the religion spread. It remained the religion of successive Iranian kingdoms and empires until the fall of the Sassanian Empire in 633 AD.

“Then that ancient religion of the Magi fell, that the conqueror Darius had respected, as he never disturbed the religion of conquered peoples. The Magi regarded their religion as the most ancient and the most pure. The knowledge that they had of mathematics, astronomy and of history augmented their enmity toward the conquerors the Arabs, who were so ignorant. They [the Magi] could not abandon their religion, consecrated for so many centuries. Then most of them retreated to the extremities of Persia and India. It is there that they live today, under the name Gaurs or Guebres.”

-Thomas Jefferson

Read more about Zoroastrianism at jhaubrich.com/Zarathushtra/ind…

Artist: Justin Haubrich
jhaubrich.com


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