Original Magic by Flowers, Stephen E. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Image Title Page Epigraph Acknowledgments Table of Contents Preface Introduction: The Time Has Come to Lift the Ban A Note on the Languages and Texts of the Mazdan Tradition Chapter 1: Iranian Magic as the Ancients Saw It

TESTIMONY OF THE GREEKS AND ROMANS JUDEO-CHRISTIAN ATTITUDES CHINESE RECORD THE MUSLIMS

Chapter 2: The History of Iranian Magic

THE PRE-ZARATHUSTRAN, OR INDO-EUROPEAN, PHASE BEFORE 1500 BCE THEORY WORDS ACTIONS THE EARLY ZARATHUSTRAN AGE THEOLOGY MYTHOLOGY 1. CREATION 2. SECOND ATTACK BY EVIL 3. THE ORIGIN AND NATURE OF HUMANITY 4. MYTHS OF THE END RITUAL HYMNS/MANTHRAS ACTIONS ASTROLOGY THEORY DIVINATORY USES OPERATIVE USES MUSLIM TRANSFORMATIONS TYPOLOGY OF MAZDAN MAGIC ACTION

Chapter 3: Theories of Mazdan Magic

THE RÂZ THE STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD THE KÊSHVARS THEOLOGY AND ANGELOLOGY WHAT IS A YAZATA, OR ANGEL? THE THREE ORDERS OF ANGELS A WORD ON DEMONOLOGY THE STRUCTURE OF THE INDIVIDUAL AWARENESS OF THE FRAVASHI THE WHEELS OF POWER THEORY OF MAGICAL ACTS THEORY OF RITUAL MECHANICS

Chapter 4: Initiation into Magic

DAILY WORK ÂLÂT TIMING OF THE INCEPTION OF THE WORK THE TWELVE-MONTH CURRICULUM INITIATION THE SÎRÔZAHS I CONCLUDING FORMULA COMMENTARIES ON THE YAZATAS OF THE THIRTY-DAY CYCLES READING CURRICULUM THE WRITTEN RECORD THE ETHICAL RECORD FRAVASHI-WORK CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST PHASE OF INITIATION

Chapter 5: Rituals of Mazdan Magic

INTRODUCTION OPERATING ENVIRONMENT COMMENTARY ON THE MEANING AND STRUCTURE OF THE SOLITARY YASNA

Appendix A: A Brief History of Eranshahr Appendix B: Guide to Pronunciation of Avestan Appendix C: The Analysis of Three Major Avestan Manthras Appendix D: The One Hundred and One Names of God Appendix E: Basic Mazdan Astrological Lore

QUALITIES OF THE MONTHS/HOUSES CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DAYS

Appendix F: Resources

GENERAL

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