…things goes, local to the near east. The earliest example of it in the records is in zoroastrianism, the Persian Religion of Zoroaster. This is a new thing in the history of mythology. The deity of Zoroaster is extremely obscure and uncertain. There are…

…is in zoroastrianism, the Persian Religion of Zoroaster. This is a new thing in the history of mythology. The deity of Zoroaster is extremely obscure and uncertain. There are two main theses there are always two theses for anything in the scientific world.…

…exhilarating and thrilling and mysterious self giving and other giving. Second, rejection of it all and then third, that comes with Zoroaster about what we really don't know the dates of Zoroaster, but perhaps 7th century b c something like that the notion…

…giving. Second, rejection of it all and then third, that comes with Zoroaster about what we really don't know the dates of Zoroaster, but perhaps 7th century b c something like that the notion of an originally good, perfect world, light and peaceful, and…

…tales for the adult individual are those of our religious tradition: the teachings of the buddha, the teachings of jesus, the teachings of Zoroaster. I think these can be read as fairy tales and what a fairy tale is really is a story that is not…

…the counterpart of satan or the serpent in the Garden who tempted man to fall. After 12 000 years there came zarathustra, or Zoroaster the prophet of god. He was Gael Mart back again in perfection, as Christ is the second Adam. With him, goodness begins…

…nature is mixed of good and evil and you do not put yourself in accord with nature but we have instruction from our saviors, Zoroaster for example telling us how to separate how to distinguish good from evil and you have the idea that there is such a…

…Now this period is a fascinating one. It's a period of enormous transformations. In Persia There's a great teacher at this time Zoroaster, and the gathas or hymns of Zoroaster are so close to sanskrit that the persians and aryans of India Cannot have been…

…It's a period of enormous transformations. In Persia There's a great teacher at this time Zoroaster, and the gathas or hymns of Zoroaster are so close to sanskrit that the persians and aryans of India Cannot have been long separated when these were written…

…want to say something about that first and then talk about the buddha. I have ten minutes in which to do this. Zoroaster was totally against sacrifice. He was totally against the whole drift of these psychologies in India and of the earlier mythologies…

…of these psychologies in India and of the earlier mythologies that were concerned with putting yourself in harmony with the universe. Zoroaster in his mythology, sees two gods: ahura Mazda, the lord of light, after whom the Mazda Bulbs were named. Ahura…

…can. This period is a fascinating one. It's a period of enormous transformations. In Persia There's a great teacher at this time, Zoroaster, and the gathas or hymns of Zoroaster are so close to sanskrit that the persians and aryans of India Cannot have…

…a period of enormous transformations. In Persia There's a great teacher at this time, Zoroaster, and the gathas or hymns of Zoroaster are so close to sanskrit that the persians and aryans of India Cannot have been long separated when these were written.…

…want to say something about that first and then talk about the buddha. I have ten minutes in which to do this. Zoroaster was totally against sacrifice. He was totally against the whole drift of these psychologies in India and of the earlier mythologies…

…of these psychologies in India and of the earlier mythologies that were concerned with putting yourself in harmony with the universe. Zoroaster, in his mythology, sees two gods: ahura Mazda, the lord of light, after whom the Mazda Bulbs were named. Ahura…