Re: The Trouble with Insravel
- In WorldofGlorantha_at_yahoogroups.com, "innerworlder2000"
<innerworlder2000_at_...> wrote:
>
> I was thinking Zoroaster's teachings focused on Ahura Mazda, creator
> of heaven and earth, in much the same way that the Loskalm people
> focused on Insravel (before the God-Learners).
>
> Greg-
>
> "To the worshippers of Irensavel, Malakion was the evil and corrupt
> demiurge who purpose was to keep people in the gross and bloated
> clutches of the material world. Living Irensavel's Pure Life would
> allow people to be freed and become one with that transcendent entity."
>
> http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=Zoroaster
>
> "Zoroaster's teachings centred on Ahura Mazda, creator of heaven and
> earth, the source of the alternation of light and darkness, the
> sovereign lawgiver, and the very centre of nature. It is not certain
> that Zoroaster was the first to proclaim Ahura Mazda. This deity
> appears as the great god of Darius I (522-486 BC), through it's not
> known if Darius heard of him independently or through Zoroaster's
> disciples . Monotheism was still a radical idea at this time, so even
> his teachings contain the seeds of dualism, in as much as the world is
> split sharply into the struggle of Good divinity against Evil
demiurges*."
>
> *such as Malkion
>
> >
>
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