THE POWER OF MAGIC
Every man who embraces magic has the power to bewitch. Magic as a term describes ritualistic actions and modes of behavior by which a man tries to influence situations, events and objects which cannot effectively be ifluenced by means of normal methods. In opposition to the religious idea and understanding the magician believes that he can direct his magical powers to specific energies achieving his goal.
THE MAGI
Magi (Latin plural of magus; Greek: μάγος magos; Old Persian: maguš, Persian:
is a term, used since at least the 4th century BC, to denote followers of Zoroaster, or rather, followers of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was – in the main – the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the fate that the stars foretold.
Magician, witch or priest of the religion of Zoroastrianism for the people of Media: in classical antiquity this role referred to the priestly art of divination of Mazdaism (Zoroastrianism), who's practitioners were also known as magicians or “magi.” During the Hellenistic period the magicians of Persia traveled throughout the world offering their services to Roman Society at large. These services which they provided were enthusiastically accepted by those lacking formal education, who were then able even to penetrate into the Imperial Court of the Roman Emperors. However, this does not mean that these practices were accepted by those more culturally developed who manifestly disdained the magicians. For exactly this reason men of high culture began to use the term “magic” in order to highlight different evils which conveniently operated on the fringes of official religious practice. With the emergence of Christianity magic became understood as superstition, or more negatively as a deadly sin, by means of which the magicians attempted to counterfeit various religious rituals and in this way utilize the activity of the Devil. Given this a theological conflict quickly developed, in which God and the Devil were lined up in battle against one another. This resulted in the persecution of the magicians in equal measure by both religious and secular authorities, an incident which, by the time of the Middle-ages, resulted in no end to trials of magicians, where the guilty were sentenced to be “burned at the stake.”...
Fravahar
In Zoroastrians beliefs, human kind is composed of five Powers: Body, Conscious, perception, Spirit & Fravahar.
Fravahar (Fravashi) the most valuable one is consist of "Fra" as foreword & "Vahar" as driving which is the preexisting external higher soul or essence of a person associated with Ahura Mazda and will be backed to Ahura Mazda after death. It prevents the one's spirit from propensity to lie and incompetence and gives him the power of innovation to pursue the theism in order to become a Spenta man.
Under Achaemenids, an ancient illustration was developed as the national Symbol with the basic thoughts of Ashu Zarathustra.
Each of 7 parts of this symbol resembles a concept:
- The old man face reminds one to use the wisdom and experience of elderly.
- His upward hands are praying Ahura Mazda which symbolizes development and growth.
- The ring in his hand is the symbol of Mithra and reminds the one to follow the Asha path.
- His wing has 3parts of good thoughts, good words and good deeds or Humat, Huvakht and Hurasht in Pahlavi.
- The middle ring is the eternal world and circulation of life which means everything, good or bad, backs to itself.
- Two hanging strings resemble following Spenta Mainyu (the right side) and refusing the Angra Mainyu (the left side).
- the 3parts wing below the middle ring is discarding the bad thoughts, bad words and bad deeds or Dojmat, Dojvakht and Dojorasht in Pahlavi.
is a term, used since at least the 4th century BC, to denote followers of Zoroaster, or rather, followers of what the Hellenistic world associated Zoroaster with, which was – in the main – the ability to read the stars, and manipulate the fate that the stars foretold.
Magician, witch or priest of the religion of Zoroastrianism for the people of Media: in classical antiquity this role referred to the priestly art of divination of Mazdaism (Zoroastrianism), who's practitioners were also known as magicians or “magi.” During the Hellenistic period the magicians of Persia traveled throughout the world offering their services to Roman Society at large. These services which they provided were enthusiastically accepted by those lacking formal education, who were then able even to penetrate into the Imperial Court of the Roman Emperors. However, this does not mean that these practices were accepted by those more culturally developed who manifestly disdained the magicians. For exactly this reason men of high culture began to use the term “magic” in order to highlight different evils which conveniently operated on the fringes of official religious practice. With the emergence of Christianity magic became understood as superstition, or more negatively as a deadly sin, by means of which the magicians attempted to counterfeit various religious rituals and in this way utilize the activity of the Devil. Given this a theological conflict quickly developed, in which God and the Devil were lined up in battle against one another. This resulted in the persecution of the magicians in equal measure by both religious and secular authorities, an incident which, by the time of the Middle-ages, resulted in no end to trials of magicians, where the guilty were sentenced to be “burned at the stake.”...
Fravahar
In Zoroastrians beliefs, human kind is composed of five Powers: Body, Conscious, perception, Spirit & Fravahar.
Fravahar (Fravashi) the most valuable one is consist of "Fra" as foreword & "Vahar" as driving which is the preexisting external higher soul or essence of a person associated with Ahura Mazda and will be backed to Ahura Mazda after death. It prevents the one's spirit from propensity to lie and incompetence and gives him the power of innovation to pursue the theism in order to become a Spenta man.
Under Achaemenids, an ancient illustration was developed as the national Symbol with the basic thoughts of Ashu Zarathustra.
Each of 7 parts of this symbol resembles a concept:
- The old man face reminds one to use the wisdom and experience of elderly.
- His upward hands are praying Ahura Mazda which symbolizes development and growth.
- The ring in his hand is the symbol of Mithra and reminds the one to follow the Asha path.
- His wing has 3parts of good thoughts, good words and good deeds or Humat, Huvakht and Hurasht in Pahlavi.
- The middle ring is the eternal world and circulation of life which means everything, good or bad, backs to itself.
- Two hanging strings resemble following Spenta Mainyu (the right side) and refusing the Angra Mainyu (the left side).
- the 3parts wing below the middle ring is discarding the bad thoughts, bad words and bad deeds or Dojmat, Dojvakht and Dojorasht in Pahlavi.
