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VIS O RĀMIN, is an 11th-century Persian verse romance by Gorgāni,  This amazing verse romance is a witness to Iranian Pre-Islamic mores and literary production, and has ensured Gorgāni’s position, along with Ferdowsi, as one of the two most significant … Continue reading →

Copyright: @2011 Ardeshir Farahmand ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. … Continue reading →

Due to the ever-increasing enthusisasm of the iranian youth for their zoroastrian identity and roots; the vicious polemics against the ancient religion of the iranians is becoming louder and more vociferous in semi-official circles in ira…n. One of the often … Continue reading →

In today’s Iran, some ruling clergy teach that the love of animals, and especially fondness for dogs is a decadent, western value. Unfortunately , stray dogs are killed and abused. My purpose in this article is to show that that … Continue reading →

Zoroastrianism is a most happy religion with many joyous festivals. The reason being that Zoroastrianism does NOT cherish suffering or lamentation, and considers doom and gloom as evil, (See the ancient Baghan Commentary of Yasna 31.20, Yasna 32.5 and Yasna … Continue reading →

ahúrá, æsir, asúrá ahúrá is the designation of SUPERB POWER, GOD-FORCE in Zoroastrianism; and is an inherited ancient Indo-European term. It is equal to the Norse/Scandinavian  “æsir,” and the early Vedic asúrá. Unlike the Old English word god (and Old … Continue reading →

Many Polish boys are named Dariusz, and the name is still  extremely popular as a boy’s name in Poland today. Darius” is the name of three Ancient Iranian/Persian rulers, notably Darius the Great, Persian/Zoroastrian emperor 521-485 B.C.E. The name literally … Continue reading →

The first verse of the poetic gathas concludes with the following words: “yá khnevíshá gé.úsh chá úrvánem” “To know, to delight, to please” (khnevíshá) Compare with Proto.Germanic. knoeanan German kennen, erkennen and in part können; The Anglo-Saxon cnawan. “the living … Continue reading →

Mazdá or more accurately Ma(n)zdá (with a nasal “a;”) is the Avestan word for “Genius, Creativity, Vision and Wisdom.” The seer/prophet Zarathushtra proclaimed Mazdá to be THE Ahúrá; the superb FORCE or the POWER SUPREME of the the worlds. “ahúrá” … Continue reading →

The Avestan Passages of Yasna tell us that Time has two essential aspects: the Time without shore, (Zarvaan-akarnä), eternal Time; and long lasting or limited Time (Zarvaan-darenjö). The unlimited Time is an ASPECT of ahúrmazd illimitable consciousness, superb genius; which is also expressed … Continue reading →