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monarchic emerged. The Persian mythology influenced
also many later religious doctrines such as Gnosticism (especially the
Persian and Mandaism, or modern neo-Gnostic forms such as
anthroposophy), the foundations of the Slavic or the dualism of
the Christian doctrine. However, few researchers of the esoteric tradition
are aware that in the Persian empire, from the religion of
Ahura Mazda, there was also another cult: antinomian form of the
occult - Yatuk the of Ahriman.
Matigan-I Yosht-I .... 'I"(;r!:ll n
The oldest known accounts of Yatuk Dinoih (in Persian: witchcraft or
sorcery) are derived from the Middle-Persian period, from the so-called
Pahlavi "heroic"), dating to 330 BCE - 326 CEo It was
the time of the Sassanid dynasty. This tale is known as Matigan-I Yosht-I
Fryan and an evil sorcerer, Akht, who travelled from town to
town and holy men (sages) with riddles. If gave a proper
answer, let them and live. But if they he killed them.
Riddles were in the form of questions that no one could answer. This way
he killed 900 (holy men) and the same of women. Finally,
Akht came to the town of which means "the town
answering riddles", but even there no one could pass his test. However,
there was a man called Y oistha Fryan, a wise and He
accepted the sorcerer's and thus the of and
answers began. Akht asked thirty-three questions and an of them are given
in the Pahlavi text. wiseman answered all and asked the
sorcerer three of his own. Then, the tale describes a horrible
ending.
This story, has another meaning - an esoteric interpretation
connected with the HU.F. ...... u knowledge and
M.rrz.ban Hathiram in his essay about In';>' Llle,CU
Fryan tests were not usual wisemen
did not die in a conventional way. The sorcerer created them on the basis of
the Staota: the law of vibrations. The Staota was into a that
was given (as a to the challenged person. tried to
open the spool the question), the force would kill them if they
were not able to deal with the vibration (energy). Michael W. Ford