Got done with The Bible a while ago.
Got bored. Picked up another Holy Book.
So I decided on Zoroaster, right?
Right.
Already done with The Vendidad.
They sure love dogs.
Also, you find the common understanding of heaven'n'hell, judgement day, resurrection, savior figure, etc.
I'm not entire sure what order I'm supposed to be reading this stuff in, but I found a Zend Avesta that seems to have all the writings in it.
It's interesting to see all the similarities between Hinduism, Semitic, & Egyptian (including the monotheist version) all wrapped into 1.
It's likewise interesting to piece together why the Freemasons say that Jesus went to the East (India) & came back with all sorts of knowledge.
Turns out, that's backwards.
Hinduism > Zoroastrianism > Post-Exile Judaism > Messianics/Christians
Jesus "started in the East". 🙉
Before I get further from the Vendidad:
The relationship between Hinduism & Zoroastrianism would explain why they (Mazdeans) consider Bull Urine (gômêz) to be "cleansing".
Plus, beyond Apis, why Judaism had such beef with bull worship, & were so PRO-Burning things. Competition!
Furthering the relationship to Freemasonry:
"During the Achaemenid period, Tishtrya was conflated with Semitic Nabu-*Tiri, and thus came to be associated with the Dog Star, Sirius."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tishtrya
I don't care that Twatter has me shadowbanned to hell and back.
Âbân Yast XIX: 76-19
Vistauru beseeches Ardvi Sûra Anâhita and...
A river is split so that he may pass on dry ground.
Amazing.
I can't shake the feeling that Baresma, a bundle of sticks of herbs used for their ephedra, among other things... so, energy... is where Burisma got its name.
Same with the Druj/Drug being where we get our word "drug" from, a striking similarity with regards to "moral" concept.
Done with the Gathas.
Onto the Yasna.
More Freemasonry...
33 is a number that seems to be important to Zoroastrianism.
"Three and thirty..."
Sticks out.
freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/pike…
Soooooo.... tfw...
Aryans wrote the Zend Avesta and the Rig Veda...
And Aryan ultimately turns into Iran.
heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism…
The Yasna has some short segments, but wow does it keep goin'.
Anyway, here's a solid read about the intermingling between the Mazdayasnians and the Birth of Jesus narrative.
Figured I wasn't the only one who'd noticed and did a search... this came up!
members.efn.org/~opal/therealm…
Also, something that had been bugging me as I kept reading...
What was Literally Hitler's obsession/relationship with Aryans?
Turns out: Complete farce. The German version of "Aryans" is totally made up and has very little to do with actual history.
thoughtco.com/who-were-the-a…
Holy Moly!
Done with the Yasnas.
Onto the Visparad.
I always take a short break between "books".
Do yourself a favor and look into Assyria.
It's in your Bible, so you might as well.
Specifically... look at Ashurism.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashur_(go…
Zarathustra basically hijacked their symbol for his religion.
^Asha... Asa in Hinduism...
I wonder if Literally Hitler wasn't suggesting that the Germans were literally the physical lineage of the Aryans, but more the philosophical... ?
Indo-Iranians (Aryans) did (seemingly) influence Dravidians (Agamic) toward codifying Hinduism and Sanskrit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agama_(Hi…
The timing of all this is a bit odd though.
Part of that page says something about Agamas being produced decades after Buddha...
And there's this:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%80gam…
"Hinduism" (as a religion) seems to spring up around the time of Zoroastrianism.
But something came before.
And this is what I mean by "sprang up around the same time":
It was composed (written down) from the oral tradition around 1500-1100 BC.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigveda
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastri…
Both "possibly rooted around the 2nd Millenium BCE".
Who was this group organizing pagans?
If the folks I'm looking for are related to the Tartary mythos... I'd kek heartily.
Earliest I'm finding mentions of em is a few centuries too late, tho.
Someone in that region was on a mission to consolidate.
(Tho seemingly, not by force, as is usually the case.)
Proto-Russia?
Curiouser and Curiouser...
Proto-Indo-European Mythology:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Ind…
But still.
What came before the Egyptian religion?
Akkadian? Sumerian? Canaanite?
Some suggest Vedic traditions were floating around about 5000+ years ago. That's loosely where we're taught that the Egypt's started, but based on weathering, the Pyramids were there at least 10k.
Going back to the Bible, even Nimrod's kingdom was in full swing when the Hebrews appeared.
Lots of kingdoms were, frankly.
(The Torah explains this away by claiming the lineage of those peoples start with the Noahide kin, which is why one of the sons, Ham~>Nimrod, was black.)
And then... Abraham/Avhram... no birth or death date, really.
Just from the "Patriarchal Age"...
Which was about....
2nd Millenium BCE.
But then you're reeeally running into the issue of backdating and making claims to power over the lineage of others.
britannica.com/biography/Abra…
Anyway.
That should do me for a while.
Back to the Zend Avesta's Visparad!
Finished the Visparad.
Apparently, "Spitama" means "Purest" and "Whitest".
Take that as you will.
ONTO THE ÂFRÎNAGÂN!
Done with the Âfrînagân.
Onto the Gâhs, which are prayers you say five times a day.
Gee.
Doesn't that sound familiar?
Aaaand I've finished the Zend Avesta.
Well that was a trip.
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