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Zoroastrianism (Zarathustrianism) was the official religion of the Persian empire, under such rulers as Cyrus the Great. The Avesta holds that Ahura Mazda, the Zoroastrian god, will restore earthly paradise in the eschaton when the evil Ahriman is vanquished. It holds that it was Ahriman's evil that shattered the paradisaical world Ahura Mazda had created a world without hunger, illness, or death. There was a Judaic kinship with the Zoroastrian kings during the (Babylonian) post-exilic period. The Torah was written in this era, laying the groundwork for the more obviously Zarathustrian doctrine of Christianity (Messianic Judaism). Babylon is the Greek form of the Semitic name for the city, bab-Illu, 'gate of god' - from the Sumerian Kadmirra.
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Thus Spoak Zarathustra
A Book for All and None

First Published in 1885

Writen by
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (1844 to 1900)

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Thomas Common of London, February 1909

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One must have chaos in one,
to give birth to a dancing star.

Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions.

Zarathustra's teachings are strongly dualistic.
The believer has to make a choice between good and evil.
Zoroastrianism was one of first world religions
to make ethical demands on the believers.

Zoroaster was the first to teach the doctrines of an individual judgment, Heaven and Hell, the future resurrection of the body, the general Last Judgment, and life everlasting for the reunited soul and body.
These doctrines were borrowed by Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
Zarathustra's teaching use special words to describe demons, which are remarkably similar to words found in the Rig Veda.

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About Zarathustra, "In Greek, Zoroaster"
Very little is known about Zarathustra's life.
The ancient Greeks believed, he lived six thousand years before the philosopher Plato. Modern scholars believe that Zarathustra is the author of the Gatha's, "Hymns of Zarathushtra", which they date back to the fourteenth or thirteenth century BC.
It is unclear where Zarathustra was born and where he spent the first half of his life. It is believed that he belonged to a tribe which lived in the eastern part of Iran, in Afghanistan or Turkmenistan, where tradition connects Zarathustra with the ancient country named Bactria and a cypress at Kāshmar.
Tradition holds it that Zarathustra was born in Bactria, or Aria, and was the third son of a nobleman named Purushaspa and his wife Dughdhova. Zarathustra became a priest, whose followers formed a family called Spitama, which means 'most beneficient'.
Zarathustra's life changed when the god Ahuramazda granted him a vision by a spirit called Good Thought, who appeared to Zarathustra and ordered him to oppose the bloody sacrifices of the traditional Iranian cults and to give aid to the poor.
After this vision, Zarathustra began preaching that there was a single supreme god, the 'wise lord' Ahuramazda, who had created the world, mankind and all good things in it through his holy spirit, Spenta Mainyu. The rest of the universe was created by six other spirits, the Amesha Spentas, 'holy immortals', thereby Teaching a sevenfold creation.
Zarathustra opposed the old religion, which was then flourishing throughout Punjab. Zarathustra warned the people that there would be a Last Judgment, where the friends of The Lie were to be condemned to Hell and the pious allowed to enter Heaven.
This new teaching caused a conflict between Zarathustra and the priests of the god Mithra.
Finally, Zarathustra obtained asylum from a king named Hystaspes, who ruled in Chorasmia. At his court, the prophet debated with the priests of Mithra wherein Zarathustra's opinions prevailed. According to legend, the cypress at Kāshmar, of northeastern Iran, to this day, commemorates this event.

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About Zoroastrianism

Zoroastrianism is a religion which finds its origins in ancient Iran, and is the world oldest continuing non-pantheistic religion. The founder of Zoroastrianism, is Zarathustra.
Zoroastrianism is also called Zarathustrism, Mazdaism and Parsism. Parsism is the term used among the believers in India, which is also the largest Zoroastrian society of today.
The cosmology of Zoroastrianism is Three-Fold:
In the Begining, everything was perfect.
In the Second Stage, the present, evil is active.
The Third Stage, perfect goodness will be restored.

Zoroastrianism is focused on battling evil with the sacred Fire. The most important place of worship is the temple of fire, where a fire burns continuously as a symbol of the holiness of Ahura Mazda.

The Zoroastrian Creed
1. I curse the Daevas.
I declare myself a Mazda worshipper, a supporter of Zarathushtra, hostile to the Daevas, fond of Ahura's teaching, a praiser of the Amesha Spentas, a worshipper of the Amesha Spentas. I ascribe all good to Ahura Mazda, 'and all the best,' the Asha owning one, splendid, xwarena owning, whose is the cow, whose is Asha, whose is the light, 'may whose blissful areas be filled with light'.
2. I choose the good Spenta Armaiti for myself; let her be mine. renounce the theft and robbery of the cow, and the damaging and plundering of the Mazdayasnian settlements.
3. I want freedom of movement and freedom of dwelling for those with homesteads, to those who dwell upon this earth with their cattle. With reverence for Asha, and offerings offered up, I vow this: I shall nevermore damage or plunder the Mazdayasnian settlements, even if I have to risk life and limb.
4. I reject the authority of the Daevas, the wicked, no good, lawless, evil knowing, the most druj like of beings, the foulest of beings, the most damaging of beings. I reject the Daevas and their comrades, I reject the demons, yatu, and their comrades; I reject any who harm beings. I reject them with my thoughts, words, and deeds. I reject them publicly. Even as I reject the head, authorities, so too do I reject the hostile followers of the druj.
5. As Ahura Mazda taught Zarathushtra at all discussions, at all meetings, at which Mazda and Zarathushtra conversed;
6. as Ahura Mazda taught Zarathushtra at all discussions, at all meetings, at which Mazda and Zarathushtra conversed even as Zarathushtra rejected the authority of the Daevas, so I also reject, as Mazda worshipper and supporter of Zarathushtra, the authority of the Daevas, even as he, the Asha owning Zarathushtra, has rejected them.
7. As the belief of the waters, the belief of the plants, the belief of the well made Cow; as the belief of Ahura Mazda who created the cow and the Asha owning Man; as the belief of Zarathushtra, the belief of Kavi Vishtaspa, the belief of both Frashaostra and Jamaspa; as the belief of each of the Saoshyants (saviors) fulfilling destiny and Asha owning so I am a Mazda worshipper of this belief and teaching.
8. I profess myself a Mazda worshipper, a Zoroastrian, having vowed it and professed it. I pledge myself to the well thought thought, I pledge myself to the well spoken word, I pledge myself to the well done action.
9. I pledge myself to the Mazdayasnian religion, which causes the attack to be put off and weapons put down; which upholds khvaetvadatha, "kin marriage", which possesses Asha; which of all religions that exist or shall be, is the greatest, the best, and the most beautiful:Ahuric, Zoroastrian. I ascribe all good to Ahura Mazda. This is the creed of the Mazdayasnian religion.

About the writer Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
October 15, 1844 to August 25, 1900
Nietzsche was a German philosopher, whose critiques on culture, religion, and philosophy centered around a basic question, the foundation of values and morality. Nietzsche's powerful style and unique approach are distinguishing features of his writings. Nietzsche is a highly significant figure in modern philosophy.

Thus Spake Zarathustra
Table of Contents

Introduction By Mrs Forster Nietzsche.

First Part
Zarathustra's Prologue.
Zarathustra's Discourses.
Chapter 1. The Three Metamorphoses.
Chapter 2. The Academic Chairs of Virtue.
Chapter 3. Backworldsmen.
Chapter 4. The Despisers of the Body.
Chapter 5. Joys and Passions.
Chapter 6. The Pale Criminal.
Chapter 7. Reading and Writing.
Chapter 8. The Tree on the Hill.
Chapter 9. The Preachers of Death.
Chapter 10. War and Warriors.
Chapter 11. The New Idol.
Chapter 12. The Flies in the Market place.
Chapter 13. Chastity.
Chapter 14. The Friend.
Chapter 15. The Thousand and One Goals.
Chapter 16. Neighbour Love.
Chapter 17. The Way of the Creating One.
Chapter 18. Old and Young Women.
Chapter 19. The Bite of the Adder.
Chapter 20. Child and Marriage.
Chapter 21. Voluntary Death.
Chapter 22. The Bestowing Virtue.

Second Part
Chapter 23. The Child with the Mirror.
Chapter 24. In the Happy Isles.
Chapter 25. The Pitiful.
Chapter 26. The Priests.
Chapter 27. The Virtuous.
Chapter 28. The Rabble.
Chapter 29. The Tarantulas.
Chapter 30. The Famous Wise Ones.
Chapter 31. The Night Song.
Chapter 32. The Dance Song.
Chapter 33. The Grave Song.
Chapter 34. Self Surpassing.
Chapter 35. The Sublime Ones.
Chapter 36. The Land of Culture.
Chapter 37. Immaculate Perception.
Chapter 38. Scholars.
Chapter 39. Poets.
Chapter 40. Great Events.
Chapter 41. The Soothsayer.
Chapter 42. Redemption.
Chapter 43. Manly Prudence.
Chapter 44. The Stillest Hour.

Third Part
Chapter 45. The Wanderer.
Chapter 46. The Vision and the Enigma.
Chapter 47. Involuntary Bliss.
Chapter 48. Before Sunrise.
Chapter 49. The Bedwarfing Virtue.
Chapter 50. On the Olive Mount.
Chapter 51. On Passing by.
Chapter 52. The Apostates.
Chapter 53. The Return Home.
Chapter 54. The Three Evil Things.
Chapter 55. The Spirit of Gravity.
Chapter 56. Old and New Tables.
Chapter 57. The Convalescent.
Chapter 58. The Great Longing.
Chapter 59. The Second Dance Song.
Chapter 60. The Seven Seals.

Fourth and Last Part
Chapter 61. The Honey Sacrifice.
Chapter 62. The Cry of Distress.
Chapter 63. Talk with the Kings.
Chapter 64. The Leech.
Chapter 65. The Magician.
Chapter 66. Out of Service.
Chapter 67. The Ugliest Man.
Chapter 68. The Voluntary Beggar.
Chapter 69. The Shadow.
Chapter 70. Noon Tide.
Chapter 71. The Greeting.
Chapter 72. The Supper.
Chapter 73. The Higher Man.
Chapter 74. The Song of Melancholy.
Chapter 75. Science.
Chapter 76. Among Daughters of the Desert.
Chapter 77. The Awakening.
Chapter 78. The Ass Festival.
Chapter 79. The Drunken Song.
Chapter 80. The Sign.

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