Pamiri houses base their layout, elements and construction on the number seven. Adding to the significance is that the seven elements and features of Pamiri houses are all part of Zoroastrian Heritage. Both view the incorporation of seven elements into their practice as being particularly auspicious (in a more practical sense, organizing life and c ... Continue reading »

The history of medicine in Iran is as old and as rich as its civilization. In the Avesta, science and medicine rise above class, ethnicity, nationality, race, gender and religion. Some of the earliest practices of ancient Iranian medicine have been documented in the Avesta and other Zoroastrian religious texts. During the Achaemenid era (559-330 ... Continue reading »

 Mr MacGregor says these acts, which have been interpreted as allowing freedom of worship and repatriating deported people, have earned Cyrus a reputation as a "liberal and enlightened monarch".   http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21747567   ... Continue reading »

GOD IN THE GATHAS   Ali A. Jafarey   Dear companions-in-Asha,   Ushta!   From: Assembly Homepage www.zoroastrian.org. The section follows Zarathushtra's early life culled from the Gathas and the Pahlavi and Persian accounts:   The priests turned Zarathushtra away unconvinced, and he turned away from the priestly class and their fanciful falsities a ... Continue reading »

Just some things I have noticed. please feel free to correct, amend or comment:     Symbol   Before  The full sun, 100% light   Now A crescent moon with about 5% light (reflected, not of original source)     Color   Before White for divinity, life and light   Now Black for mourning and death     Calendar   Before Solar, fixed   Now Lunar, goes bac ... Continue reading »

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The Nowruz spread (sofreh in Persian) in Zoroastrian homes has seven (haft in Persian) items beginning with the letter "sh" or "sheen". Therefore it called a haft-sheen spread or table. The seven items are: Sharab or wine Shakar or sugar Shir or milk Shireh or syrup Shahd or honey Shirini or candy Shir-berenj or rice-pudding (recipe) The number s ... Continue reading »

Iranians' Role in Expansion of BuddhismBy: Dr. Ali Asghar MostafaviIn the six century BCE and simultaneously with the formation of the Achaemenid Dynasty in Iran many Indians abandoned their homes and wandered as monks into deserts and jungles. Their purpose from such wandering life was to lead a religious life in order to get rid of all the pains ... Continue reading »