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A MANUAL OF "KHSHNOOM" - Traditional Zoroastrianism: Tenets of ...

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powerful than the black-magic spells, and commanded the spirit to<br />

quit the girl's body. On this the girl ejected from her mouth two<br />

pieces <strong>of</strong> an Indian sweetmeat (Barfi) which looked quite fresh<br />

though some two months had elapsed since she was the victim <strong>of</strong><br />

somebody's witchcraft. The girl was reported to be normal since<br />

then. It is quite evident that the wicked black art practitioner had<br />

intended to take possession <strong>of</strong> the girl who was fair looking. This<br />

is an instance in which both the witchcraft practitioner and the<br />

blissful master <strong>of</strong> holy Nirang formulae had played their respective<br />

evil and good roles.<br />

I have cited the above instances to show the difference- between<br />

witch-doctor and a holy benefactor. True Magis, holy sages,<br />

who are asexual i.e., in whom the erstwhile bifurcated sexes had<br />

blended together into one through Khaetvadatha, use blissful<br />

formulae. But enemies <strong>of</strong> Zoroastrian Faith and Western<br />

philological scholars <strong>of</strong> the same class not knowing the exalted and<br />

eminent position <strong>of</strong> a real Magi, call them witch doctors. A witch<br />

whether a woman or a man is a practitioner <strong>of</strong> evil art which is<br />

always employed for harming a person in one way or the other,<br />

while a true Magi is always a blissful healer, and as such he cannot<br />

be called a witch-doctor. For further information about Magi<br />

please refer- to Supplement No. 27 <strong>of</strong> this book.

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