Original Magic by Stephen E. Flowers

Original Magic by Stephen E. Flowers

Author:Stephen E. Flowers
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Spirituality/Magic
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company
Published: 2017-08-29T04:00:00+00:00


THE TWELVE-MONTH CURRICULUM

These are the general guidelines for the work to be completed in each month of the Twelve-Month Curriculum of initiation into Mazdan magic. Ideally, you would start on Nowruz (New Year) on the Spring Equinox and conclude during the five-day period just before the next New Year. But this timing is not necessary and should not be used as a way to avoid beginning the work as soon as is feasible.

Below suggestions are made about what to do during each of the twelve months of work and study. You should do inner work and also study about the Mazdan way and the cultural history of Iran, the cradle of Zarathustran culture. Readings are geared so that you will have a good amount of context and knowledge about the great truths before being exposed to random facts and things of lesser importance to understanding. A study of the Gathas of Zarathustra is important. They should be read and studied or meditated upon during the first nine months of the curriculum. These are most conveniently collected in The Hymns of Zarathustra by Jacques Duchesne-Guillemin. Meditate on at least two of these Gathic texts per month.

The Twelve-Month Curriculum makes use of the structure of the Avestan calendar to provide a schedule of twelve thirty-day cycles of invocations of the yazatas (angels and archangels). During this time students will develop powers of memory, meditation, concentration, visualization, and thought control. The mechanics of ritual will be mastered. Furthermore, they will work on ethical training: truth-telling, kindness, and care for all of the good creations with conscious awareness of thoughts, words, and actions on a constant basis. Awaken and remember your self.



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