Monthly Archives: September 2017

The ancient Zoroastrian spirituality is unequivocally linked to agriculture, animal stewardship, and a celebration of the purity/bounty of nature expressed in the key agricultural festivals of the year. The most sacred mantra in Zoroastrianism, ahü vairyö “will to become godlike,” states: … Continue reading →

In the Elder Futhark symbolism of the ancient Vikings, Othala rune represented the o sound. Othala disappeared from the Scandinavian record around the 6th century, but it survived in the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc, and expressed the Old English œ. Viking rune *ōþalą has become ēðel in Old English and … Continue reading →

In the runic alphabet of the ancient Norsemen *laguz “lake,” is the rune of “psyche, spirit, soul, vast bodies of water, the rune of unfolding, revelation.” *laguz is a cognate of Gothic *lagus, Old Norse lǫgr, Old English lagu A … Continue reading →

The lush Caspian Mountains, and Northeastern Iran were the last strongholds of Zoroastrianism after the arab moslem invasion. While according to the Avesta, the Zoroastrian New Year, Nauv-rouz begins with Vernal Equinox, the people of the beautiful Caspian province of … Continue reading →