Zarathustrian

After reading Remy de Gourmont, with his wise, friendly ironic interest in every kind of human emotion, one is inclined to feel that, after all, in the large and tolerant courts of some less zealous traditional "order" there might be more pleasant air to breathe, more peaceful sunshine, more fresh and dewy rose-gardens, than in a world dominated by the Eagle and the Serpent of the Zarathustrian

Suspended Judgments Essays on Books and Sensations John Cowper Powys 1917

Zarathustrian, a sworn foe to the Daevas (2) and a worshipper of

The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy Various 1909

[5] The Buddhistic as well as the Zarathustrian reformation degraded the Vedic gods into demons.

Myths and Myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology 1872

The Zarathustrian or Persian scheme of a general judgment of men and of the world in some respects resembles the systems already set forth, in other respects more closely approaches that

The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life William Rounseville Alger 1863

The Zarathustrian law created by Ormazd I take as a plummet.

Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849

According to this doctrine -- which was borrowed from the Zarathustrian theology of Persia -- the Messiah on his arrival was to free from Sheol all the souls of the righteous, causing them to ascend reinvested in their bodies to a renewed and beautiful earth, while on the other hand the wicked were to be punished with tortures like those of the valley of Hinnom, or were to be immersed in liquid brimstone, like that which had rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah.

The Unseen World, and Other Essays 1876

According to this doctrine -- which was borrowed from the Zarathustrian theology of Persia -- the Messiah on his arrival was to free from Sheol all the souls of the righteous, causing them to ascend reinvested in their bodies to a renewed and beautiful earth, while on the other hand the wicked were to be punished with tortures like those of the valley of Hinnom, or were to be immersed in liquid brimstone, like that which had rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah.

The Unseen World and Other Essays John Fiske 1871

"I confess myself a Mazdayaçnian, a Zarathustrian, an opponent of the

Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849