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Revilo P. Oliver
The Origins of Christianity, part 13
A Christian sculpture depicting the “battle of good versus evil” by Revilo P. Oliver PSYCHIC MAGIC THE GODLY TRIBE of Ahura Mazda’s clever priests gave us the word ’Magic,’ but none of their feats of prestidigitation was half so marvelous as the magic Zoroaster says he performed at the…
The Origins of Christianity, part 12
Engraving based on a bas-relief showing a Persian King in combat with a monster symbolizing Angra Mainyu, “first incarnation of Evil,” Darío palace, Persepolis by Revilo P. Oliver CHAPTER ELEVEN:
THE GREAT ÜBERWERTUNG, PSYCHIC MAGIC, GOD’S HOUSE, BUDDHISM, AND TAPAS _______ THE GREAT…
THE GREAT ÜBERWERTUNG, PSYCHIC MAGIC, GOD’S HOUSE, BUDDHISM, AND TAPAS _______ THE GREAT…
The Origins of Christianity, part 11
The natural Aryan conception of god is quite different from those posited by Zoroaster and later Semitic religions such as Christianity. by Revilo P. Oliver CHAPTER TEN:
ZOROASTER’S CREATION ZOROASTER’S RELIGION, often called Mazdaism, is the greatest religion ever created by one man. It is the…
ZOROASTER’S CREATION ZOROASTER’S RELIGION, often called Mazdaism, is the greatest religion ever created by one man. It is the…
The Origins of Christianity, part 10
A modern Iranian depiction of Zoroaster by Revilo P. Oliver ZOROASTER
continued IT IS A GENERAL RULE that Saviours should disdain females,(9) but Zoroaster was an exception, as befits one who, by his laughter at birth, affirmed that life is worth living. As soon as he had established himself at the…
continued IT IS A GENERAL RULE that Saviours should disdain females,(9) but Zoroaster was an exception, as befits one who, by his laughter at birth, affirmed that life is worth living. As soon as he had established himself at the…
The Origins of Christianity, part 9
A depiction of Ahura Mazda by Revilo P. Oliver CHAPTER NINE:
ZOROASTER WITH SO MUCH of a prolegomenon, and with an iteration of the proviso that we are trying only to summarize the bare essentials of a subject that is almost infinitely complex, we may turn to Christianity, which, as everyone should know,…
ZOROASTER WITH SO MUCH of a prolegomenon, and with an iteration of the proviso that we are trying only to summarize the bare essentials of a subject that is almost infinitely complex, we may turn to Christianity, which, as everyone should know,…
The Origins of Christianity, part 8
by Revilo P. Oliver CHAPTER EIGHT:
THEOKTONY
and
BELIEF _______
THEOKTONY IN CONCLUDING this highly, and perhaps excessively, condensed prolegomenon, we must notice a fact of the utmost importance in the history of religions. There is a relatively high mortality rate among the immortals. The basis…
THEOKTONY
and
BELIEF _______
THEOKTONY IN CONCLUDING this highly, and perhaps excessively, condensed prolegomenon, we must notice a fact of the utmost importance in the history of religions. There is a relatively high mortality rate among the immortals. The basis…
The Origins of Christianity, part 7
by Revilo P. Oliver CHAPTER SEVEN:
LYING FOR THE LORD WHEN PROFESSIONAL PRIESTS undertake to bolster the faith of their congregations by producing historical documents to substantiate their doctrines they face obstacles that are inversely proportional to the ignorance of their customers. The…
LYING FOR THE LORD WHEN PROFESSIONAL PRIESTS undertake to bolster the faith of their congregations by producing historical documents to substantiate their doctrines they face obstacles that are inversely proportional to the ignorance of their customers. The…
The Origins of Christianity, part 6
by Revilo P. Oliver CHAPTER SIX:
SHAMANS WHATEVER the origin of professional priesthoods and their claim that a strange expertise is necessary to mediate between their human customers and the invisible supernatural beings that are supposed to have power over nature, that origin was also the beginning…
SHAMANS WHATEVER the origin of professional priesthoods and their claim that a strange expertise is necessary to mediate between their human customers and the invisible supernatural beings that are supposed to have power over nature, that origin was also the beginning…
The Origins of Christianity, part 5
by Revilo P. Oliver CHAPTER FIVE:
RITUAL AND ARYAN WORSHIP
_______ RITUAL A RELIGIOUS RITUAL is a fixed sequence of acts (often including speech) performed to make magic by influencing supernatural forces. Most rituals began at a time so remote and among men so primitive that they may antedate our race;…
RITUAL AND ARYAN WORSHIP
_______ RITUAL A RELIGIOUS RITUAL is a fixed sequence of acts (often including speech) performed to make magic by influencing supernatural forces. Most rituals began at a time so remote and among men so primitive that they may antedate our race;…
The Origins of Christianity, part 4
by Revilo P. Oliver CHAPTER THREE:
MONOTHEISM MONOTHEISM is a quite unusual form of religion and one which creates difficulties for even its most adroit theologians. If it is a theism, its god must be a superhuman person, conscious and accessible to his votaries. Thus religions which posit an impersonal…
MONOTHEISM MONOTHEISM is a quite unusual form of religion and one which creates difficulties for even its most adroit theologians. If it is a theism, its god must be a superhuman person, conscious and accessible to his votaries. Thus religions which posit an impersonal…
