Glimpses of the Left..

f thl' lord of the earth, the world of matter. This function, according to the
t Y .. zidi beliefs, is not reserved to the omnipotent God but to his messenger
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It Is him who in the book Al Jilwah and describes himself as the lord
III Ihe world and all humans and liThe beasts of the
"!lrth, the birds of heaven, and the fish of the sea are all under the control of
my hands." He rules the life and death of al l creatures. He bestows good
fortune and wealth, but he also punishes for disobedience. He knows all
Irl'i1sures and all hidden things on the earth. The world has no nn,,,t" Tj,,,,
lrom him and he reveals this hidden knowledge to his worshippers and to
'hose whom he chooses.
An'ording to certain Melek Taus was created by Ahriman, the
I'I'rsian lord of Darkness as his manifestation. And thus, while looking
Ihrough the colourful peacock feathers, one can see Ahriman himself - or
Shaitan, as he is called in the Yezidi lore. The Black Book, Meshaf Resh,
which the process in which the world was mentions the
I't'acock Angel as the first entity created by God. In the beginning, God
rreated a white pearl, then a and he placed the jewel on its back.
he created seven each on the day of the
week. Melek Taus (called also Azazel or Shaitan) emerged on Sunday as
the first of and he was the rule over all of them:
"On each of the other Days of the week the One brought forth to serve
Melek Taus. After the Invisible One retreated into and acted no more;
hut Melek Taus was left to act."
It was him who divided the into four parts and out of it created seas
nnd the world of humans: the sky, the earth, the sun, and the moon,
mankind, animals, and birds. he created a in which he remained
for thousand after which he came to dwell among in
the town of Lalish. From the Qabalistic perspective, as the ruler of the
material world (Malkuth) he is the reverse of God in Kether.
The followers of Melek Taus, the Yezidis are under his special care. There is
a curious concerning the origin of these people. to Meshaf
N.esh, the Yezidis descend from Adam but not from Eve. It is in a
tale of an argument between Adam and Eve who tried to settle to which of
them their children They decided to clear this issue by a
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