Original Magic: The Rituals and Initiations of the Persian Magi - Stephen E. Flowers Ph.D. 2017

Resources
Appendix

Many resources appear on the Internet for the study of material of vital interest to students of Mazdan spiritual traditions. These range from orthodox Zoroastrianism to the languages and texts needed for the in-depth study and understanding of the Mazdan way. This is only a partial list of such resources.

There are several resources on the Internet for orthodox Eastern Zoroastrianism. These contain many insights and information which are of great use to those who seek to practice Mazdan magic.

GENERAL

Up-to-date information about the Occidental Temple of the Wise Lord and notes on the practice of Mazdan magic can be found at the main website and on the Facebook group page for the Occidental Temple of the Wise Lord:

www.otwiselord.com

www.facebook.com/totwl

A tremendous collection of resources, including texts and linguistic information, is to be found at:

www.avesta.org

A comprehensive presentation of Zoroastrian heritage, which includes history, religion, rituals, calendar, and so on, is presented by author K. E. Eduljee at:

www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism

The Circle of Ancient Iranian Studies has a website dedicated to the “understanding and appreciation of pre-Islamic Iranian heritage”:

www.cais-soas.com

TRANSLATIONS OF SACRED TEXTS

Older translations of the most important Zoroastrian texts are available online at:

www.sacred-texts.com/zor/index.htm

These are the three volumes of the Avesta and five volumes of Pahlavi texts published in the Sacred Books of the East series.

LANGUAGES

For those interested in the original languages used in Zoroastrian texts, Avestan and Pahlavi, there are excellent, often downloadable, online lessons and grammars of these languages.

For the study of Pahlavi as a living language:

www.parsig.org

Prods Oktar Skjærvø, the Agha Khan Professor of Iranian at Harvard University, has produced a series of textbooks for the study of Old Iranian languages:

OLD PERSIAN:

www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/OldPersian/opcomplete.pdf

AVESTAN:

www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/Avesta/avestancomplete.pdf

OLD AVESTAN OR GATHIC:

www.fas.harvard.edu/~iranian/OldAvestan/oldavestanprimer.pdf