A standalone piece The claim that Zoroastrianism is the first monotheistic religion is made often, and it is made loosely […]
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References to the Magi and Zarathustra: A Catalog Across Civilizations A reference compilation — roughly one hundred genuine references across […]
Written by Diesel the Magus
A reference compilation The Magi — the priestly class of the Medes and Persians — are among the most widely […]
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A standalone piece The ancient testimony to the Magi and to Zarathustra is real, broad, and badly under-credited. It comes […]
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Written by Diesel the Magus · A standalone piece In law, the most credible witness is often the hostile one. […]
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A standalone piece Josephus had no stake in the antiquity or prestige of the Magi. He was a first-century Jewish […]
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A standalone piece For more than two thousand years, Zoroaster was the West’s archetype of the primordial sage — the […]
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A standalone piece A claim circulates in some quarters that an entirely separate civilization — China — independently dated Zarathustra’s […]
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A standalone piece A religion with barely a hundred thousand adherents today once cast a shadow across half the known […]
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A standalone piece This is a comparison, not an accusation, and it follows one rule strictly: each deity is treated […]