Atar (fire), a primary symbol
of Zoroastrianism
Ahura Mazda Zarathustra aša (asha) /
arta Persia/Iran Faravahar
Angels and demons:
Amesha Spentas Yazatas Ahuras
\ Daevas Angra Mainyu
[Scripture and worship
Avesta Gathas Yasna Vendidad Visperad
Yashts Khordeh Avesta Ab-Zohr ] |
The Ahuna Vairya Invocation Fire Temples
Names of Ahura-Mazda ::
Accounts and legends
[Dēnkard Bundahišn Book of Arda Viraf
Book of Jamasp Story of Sanjan Chinvat
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Frashokereti (frašō.kərəti)
is the Avestan-language
term (corresponding to Middle Persian frašagird <plškrt>)
for the Zoroastrian doctrine of a final renovation
of the universe, when evil will be destroyed,
and everything else will be then in perfect
unity with God (Ahura Mazda). The name suggests
"making wonderful, excellent";
The doctrinal premises are good will eventually
prevail over evil; creation
was initially perfectly good,
but was subsequently corrupted by evil;
the world will ultimately be restored
to the perfection it had at the time of creation;
the "salvation for the individual
depended on the sum
of [that person's] thoughts, words and deeds,
and there could be no intervention,
whether compassionate or capricious,
by any divine being to alter this."
Thus, each human bears the responsibility
for the fate of his own soul,
and simultaneously shares in the responsibility
for the fate of the world - - - Resurrection of the dead,
or resurrection
from the dead (Koine: ἀνάστασις [τῶν]
νεκρῶν, anastasis [ton] nekron; literally:
"standing up again of the dead";
is a term frequently used in the New Testament
and in the writings and doctrine and theology
in other religions
to describe
an event by which a person,
or people are resurrected (brought back to life).
In the New Testament of the Christian Bible,
the three common usages for this term pertain
to the Christ, rising from the dead;
the rising from the dead of all men,
at the end of this present age
& the resurrection
of certain ones in history,
who were restored to life.
Predominantly in Christian eschatology,
the term is used to support the belief that the dead
will be brought back to life in connection
with end times. Various other forms of this concept
can also be found in other eschatologies,
namely: Islamic, Jewish and Zoroastrian
eschatology. In some Neopagan views,
this refers to reincarnation
between the three realms:
Life, Death, and the Realm of the Divine; e.g.: Christopaganism.
