Original Magic: The Rituals and Initiations of the Persian Magi - Stephen E. Flowers Ph.D. 2017
Preface
Introduction
The Time Has Come to Lift the Ban
A Note on the Languages and Texts of the Mazdan Tradition
Iranian Magic as the Ancients Saw It
Testimony of The Greeks and Romans
Judeo-Christian Attitudes
Chinese Record
The Muslims
The History of Iranian Magic
The Pre-Zarathustran, or Indo-European, Phase Before 1500 BCE
Theory
Words
Actions
The Early Zarathustran Age
Theology
Mythology
Ritual
Hymns/Manthras
Actions
Astrology
Theory
Divinatory Uses
Operative Uses
Muslim Transformations
Typology of Mazdan Magic
Action
Theories of Mazdan Magic
The Râz
The Structure of The World
The Kêshvars
Theology and Angelology
What is A Yazata, or Angel?
The Three Orders of Angels
A Word on Demonology
The Structure of The Individual
Awareness Of The Fravashi
The Wheels Of Power
Theory Of Magical Acts
Theory of Ritual Mechanics
Initiation into Magic
Daily Work
Âlât
Timing of The Inception of The Work
The Twelve-Month Curriculum
Initiation
The Sîrôzahs I
Concluding Formula
Commentaries on The Yazatas of The Thirty-Day Cycles
Reading Curriculum
The Written Record
The Ethical Record
Fravashi-Work
Conclusion of The First Phase of Initiation
Rituals of Mazdan Magic
Introduction
Operating Environment
Commentary on The Meaning and Structure of The Solitary Yasna
Appendix
A Brief History of Eranshahr
Guide to Pronunciation of Avestan
The Analysis of Three Major Avestan Manthras
The One Hundred and One Names of God
Basic Mazdan Astrological Lore
Resources
Glossary
Bibliography and Reading List