It's equinox in Iran and they celebrate spring. We're in the beginning of summer in NYC. Our spring started March 19th and will be done on the 20th July. Today is the 15th of July.
The world is so big that all these seasons are different throughout the world.
Nowruz is Persian new year. "Nowruz is partly rooted in the tradition of Iranian religions, such as Mithraism and Zoroastrianism."
I've never heard of Mithraism. "Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those "united by the handshake". They met in underground temples, now called mithraea (singular mithraeum), which survive in large numbers. The cult appears to have had its centre in Rome." Wow. "In the 4th century, Mithraists faced persecution from Christians and the religion was subsequently suppressed and eliminated in the empire by the end of the century."
Well, we're going to not be able to learn much about it: "No written narratives or theology from the religion survive; limited information can be derived from the inscriptions and brief or passing references in Greek and Latin literature."
Mithra "...is the Zoroastrian Angelic Divinity (yazata) of Covenant, Light, and Oath."
Yazata "The term literally means "worthy of worship or veneration",[1][2] and is thus, in this more general sense, also applied to certain healing plants, primordial creatures, the fravashis of the dead, and to certain prayers that are themselves considered holy."
Ahura Mazda "...is the creator and highest deity of Zoroastrianism."
I'm not sure where this goes, but religious history is fascinating to me.
The world is so big that all these seasons are different throughout the world.
Nowruz is Persian new year. "Nowruz is partly rooted in the tradition of Iranian religions, such as Mithraism and Zoroastrianism."
I've never heard of Mithraism. "Initiates called themselves syndexioi, those "united by the handshake". They met in underground temples, now called mithraea (singular mithraeum), which survive in large numbers. The cult appears to have had its centre in Rome." Wow. "In the 4th century, Mithraists faced persecution from Christians and the religion was subsequently suppressed and eliminated in the empire by the end of the century."
Well, we're going to not be able to learn much about it: "No written narratives or theology from the religion survive; limited information can be derived from the inscriptions and brief or passing references in Greek and Latin literature."
Mithra "...is the Zoroastrian Angelic Divinity (yazata) of Covenant, Light, and Oath."
Yazata "The term literally means "worthy of worship or veneration",[1][2] and is thus, in this more general sense, also applied to certain healing plants, primordial creatures, the fravashis of the dead, and to certain prayers that are themselves considered holy."
Ahura Mazda "...is the creator and highest deity of Zoroastrianism."
I'm not sure where this goes, but religious history is fascinating to me.
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment