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

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