Shamanistic Elements in Zoroastrianism: The Pagan Past and Modern Reaction
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https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i10.31Keywords:
Neo-Paganism, Shamanism, Zoroastrianism,Abstract
The parameters of the Shamanistic tradition has been fully outlined in the work of Eliade, where the Zoroastrian traditions has been given its due attention. One should begin by stating that the word Shaman itself appears to be connected with the Zoroastrian tradition, where its origin is assigned to eastern Iran/Central Asia.References
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M. Eliade, Shamanism: Archaic Techniques of Ecstacy, Princeton UP, 1970.
G. Fowden, Empire to Commonwealth, consequences of Monotheism in late antiquity, Princeton UP, 1993.
I. Gershevitch, A Grammar of Manichaean Sogdian, Oxford, 1954.
I. Gershevitch, The Avestan Hymns to Mithra, Cambridge UP, 1959.
Ph. Gignoux, “Les voyages chamaniques dans le monde iranien,” Monumentum Georg Morgenstierne, vol. I, Leiden, 1981, pp. 244-265.
Ph. Gignoux, Les quatre inscriptions de mage kirdr, Studia Iranica—cahier 9, Peeters, Leuven, 1991.
J. Gonda, The Vision of the Vedic Poets, The Hague, Mouton, 1963.
W.B. Henning, Zoroaster, Politician or WitchDoctor, Ratanbai Katrak Lectures, Oxford, 1951.
H. Humbach, The Gathas of Zarathushtra and the Other Old Avestan Texts, Part I, Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, Heidelberg, 1991.
S.H. Nyberg, Die Religionen des Alten Iran, Osnabrük, Otto Zeller, reprint 1966.
S.H. Nyberg, A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 1974.
J.R. Russell, “Kartir and Mani: A Shamanistic Model of their Conflict,” Papers in Honor of Professor E. Yarshater, Acta Iranica, E.J. Brill, 1990, pp. 180-193.
M. Schwartz & D. Flattery, Haoma and Harmaline, the botanical identity of the Indo-Iranian sacred hallucinogen “soma” and its legacy in religion, languages and Middle Eastern folklore, University of California Press, Berkeley, Los Angeles, 1985.
P.O. Skjærvø, “Kirdir’s Vision: Translation and Analysis,” Archaeologische Mitteilungen aus Iran, vol. 16, 1983, pp. 269-306.
P.O. Skjærvø, “Iranian Elements in Manichaeism,” Au Carrefour des Religions. Mélanges offerts à Philippe Gignoux, Res Orientales VII, 1994, pp. 263-284.
A. Tafazzoli, Meno-ye Xrad, Tus Publishers, Tehran, 1364.
F. Vahman, Arda Wiraz Namag, The Iranian “Divina Commedia,” Curzon Press, London and Malmo, 1986.
W.E. West, Pahlavi Texts, Part V, Marvels of Zoroastrianism, Oxford University Press, 1897 (Delhi reprint 1994).
W. Wüst, “Review of S.H. Nyberg, Die Religionen des Alten Iran,” in Archiv für Religionswissenschaft, vol. 36, 1939-1940, pp. 248-249.
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2000-08-01
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Daryaee, T. (2000). Shamanistic Elements in Zoroastrianism: The Pagan Past and Modern Reaction. Pomegranate, 13(Summer), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.1558/pome.v13i10.31
