Ilm-e-Khshnoom - Traditional Zoroastrianism: Tenets of the Religion

him. I held the coin, looked at it and asked mentally "Baheramshah Shroff says, he has his Ustad; is that
true? And where is that person and what is he doing at present?"
The Brahman took the coin and chanted on it some Arabic sounding Mantra. He did not get any reply. He
chanted the Mantra again, two or three times, but did not receive any reply. He asked me to hold another coin
and repeat the question in mind. I did so; but to no avail.
He then got up to take bath with fresh well-water, and came back with a copper bangle and a "taaviz". His
master had given him the bangle and three 'taaviz's and told him that if he did not receive a reply after
chanting the mantra, then as a last resort, he should burn one 'taaviz'. He placed it on a fire in his vessel and
chanted loudly the mantra; and then replied, "you are asking about the divine Andhyaroo (Moded) on the
other side of Toorkastaan; He is there and has just finished his prayer".
Next Sunday I narrated the incident to Baheramshahji in the open meeting, when Dr. Saheb Nuservanji
Khambatta and Master Saheb Manchershah were also present. Baheramshahji asked me some return
questions about the incident which I answered. All present at the meeting were impressed and their respect
and trust for him were reinforced".
- Bamanshah Hakim
(Parsi Avaz, 8-1-1950, reproduced in
"lIm-e-Khshnoom ni Maktab ni Tavarikh, pages 255-7).
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