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ZOROATRIANISM 1 Good God - Ahura Mazda (Monotheism) 2 Sons of Ahura Mazda

• the Good Son – Spenta Mainyu – Leader of the Angels • the Evil Son – Angra Mainyu – Leader of the Demons

Ahura Mazda manifests himself via 6 Virtuous Emanations or Amesha Spentas (Bounteous Immortals), 3 Female & 3 Male:

o Vohu Manah (Good Mind) o Asha Vahistah (Truth) o Kashathra Vairya (Good Dominion) o Spenta Armaiti (Devotion) o Haurvatat (Wholeness & Health) o Ameretat (Immortality)

Zoroastrianism introduced Yehudaism, Christianity, Islam, & Western Hemisphere to the following Beliefs:

• Freewill for Everyone (Sons of Ahura Mazda, Angels, & Humans)

• Human Afterlife o Paradise (House of Song) o Limbo (Hamistagan) o Hell (House of Lies) o Purgatory

• Angels

• Devil (Angra Mainyu or Ahriman) & Demons

• Eschatological Battle when Spenta Mainyu & the Angels will Invade Hell to Liberate the Human Souls who Deserve to be there because they have Free Will

• Judgment Day Founded by the Iranian/Persian prophet Zarathustra Spitama in the 5th Century BC. Zoroastrians are now called Parsis. Most of them live in exile in India now. Their language is called Farsi.