«1 With good fortune and with a happy omen I would wish to write— secondly1 with the good star and under the supervision of that friend of god, all-wise, sower of righteousness, friend of good deeds, who knows god, seer of the spiritual world, beloved of the best, the authority of the good Mazdaean dēn, Spandyād Māh-Windād Rōstam Šahryār of immortal soul—the writing of primal creation [bundahišn].» — el proemio declara bajo qué autoridad se escribe —la de Spandyād Māh-Windād Rōstam Šahryār, nombrado autoridad del buen *dēn* mazdeo— y da el título como acto: la escritura de la creación primordial (Prologue, 1).
Zoroastrismo
What does this tradition say about experience, knowledge and transformation? We approach these questions with consciousness as our centre, listening to the language of each source.
Gonzalo Olivares Velázquez · Spiritus Mundi
1 · Listen to the sources
How these passages were chosen: from the works assigned to this tradition, in alphabetical order, the first passage of each whose quoted words name consciousness, awareness, soul, spirit or knowledge (in English or Spanish); one per work, up to four. The choice is by vocabulary only: a passage may agree with our reading, disagree with it, or leave the question open.
«There seems also to have been a hero cult, in which the souls of the mighty dead were venerated as 'fravashis', powerful supernatural beings able to protect their descendants if duly worshipped.» — Boyce propone un culto heroico en que las almas de los muertos poderosos se veneran como fravashis capaces de proteger a sus descendientes si se les da culto.
«The yashts are short and long hymns to individual deities. Some were recited at certain seasonal festivals: the yashts to Mithra at the Mihrag n festival at harvest time; that to Tishtriya at the T rag n around mid-summer; and that to the frawashis, “pre-souls,” at the Fraward g n at New Year about April 1 [17:49–52; 136:26, 26a].» — Skjærvø ata tres himnos a tres fiestas del calendario: Mithra a la cosecha, Tishtriya a mitad del verano y las frawashis al Año Nuevo de comienzos de abril
2 · Ask what each source declares
Who knows, and what is transformed? Is the relationship between inner experience and the world declared, disputed, or left open? Let the passage determine the answer before bringing it into dialogue with our reading.
Explore documented argument maps →3 · Return to the centre
For us, these paths meet in consciousness. Which passage converses with that reading, and which qualifies or contradicts it? Save it with your own note.
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