cosmology
Angra Mainyu Principle
The principle of cosmic disorder and falsity.
29 passages · 7 traditions
zoroastrianism12
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXX, Section 1a
“1.
And now I will proclaim, O ye who are drawing near and seeking 1 to be taught!
those animadversions 2 which appertain to Him who knows (all things) whatsoever; the praises which are for Ahura, and the sacrifices (which spring) from the…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXX, Section 1b
“And may we be such as those who bring on p.
34 this great renovation, and make this world progressive, (till its perfection shall have been reached).
(As) the Ahuras of Mazda 1 (even) may we be; (yea, like Thyself), in helpful readiness t…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXI, Section 1a
“1.
These doctrines (therefore) we are earnestly declaring to You as we recite them forth from memory, words (till now) unheard 1 (with faith) by those who by means of the doctrinal vows 2 of the harmful Lie are delivering the settlements o…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXII, Section 1a
“(That rival-monarch (thus we may supply the sense of lost verses) for whom some are plotting to secure the sovereignty, and who, once in power, would deliver over home, village, town, and province to ruin and to death 2 , is active in his e…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ahunavaiti Gatha, Yasna XXXII, Section 1b
“An evil teacher (as that leader is), he will 1 destroy (our) doctrines, and by his teachings he will pervert the (true) understanding of life, seizing away 2 (from me) my riches 3 , the choice and real wealth of (Thy) Good Mind.
To You and…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ushtavaiti Gatha, Yasna XLIV, Section 1b
“This I ask Thee, O Ahura!
tell me aright, how to myself shall I hallow 7 the Faith of Thy people, p.
116 which the beneficent kingdom's lord hath taught me, even the admonitions which He called Thine equal, hath taught me through His loft…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Ushtavaiti Gatha, Yasna XLV, Section 1a
“1.
Yea, I will speak forth; hear ye; now listen, ye who from near, and ye who from afar have come seeking 1 (the knowledge).
Now ponder 2 ye clearly all 3 (that concerns) him 4 .
Not for a second time shall the false teacher slay our lif…”
Avesta (Gathas) | Spenta Mainyu Gatha, Yasna XLVII, Section 1
“11. And to this 1 (man, His chosen saint), Ahura Mazda will give 2 both the two (greatest gifts, His) p. 148 [paragraph continues] Universal Weal and Immortality, by means of His bountiful Spirit, and with His Best Mind, from (the desire to…”
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The Revelation of John (American Standard Version, 1901) | 11:13-12:11
“[11:13] And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell; and there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand persons: and the rest were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.
[11:14] The seco…”
The Revelation of John (American Standard Version, 1901) | 12:12-13:13
“[12:12] Therefore rejoice, O heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe for the earth and for the sea: because the devil is gone down unto you, having great wrath, knowing that he hath but a short time.
[12:13] And when the dragon saw that he…”
The Revelation of John (American Standard Version, 1901) | 13:14-14:12
“[13:14] And he deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by reason of the signs which it was given him to do in the sight of the beast; saying to them that dwell on the earth, that they should make an image to the beast who hath the stroke of…”
The Revelation of John (American Standard Version, 1901) | 16:3-17:2
“[16:3] And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, even the things that were in the sea.
[16:4] And the third poured out his bowl into the rivers and the fountains of t…”
The Revelation of John (American Standard Version, 1901) | 17:3-18:2
“[17:3] And he carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness: and I saw a woman sitting upon a scarlet-colored beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
[17:4] And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, an…”
The Revelation of John (American Standard Version, 1901) | 19:15-20:10
“[19:15] And out of his mouth proceedeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness of the wrath of God, the Almighty.
[19:16] And he h…”
christian_mysticism4
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 5 (part 9)
“1.) "Lucifer having left the harmony of God, the holy name of God separated from him and remained in its own unity; but Lucifer remained in the qualities of the central fire which he had awakened within himself." ( Theosophical Questions ,…”
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 7 (part 13)
“154:1 This is the difference between life in the terrestrial and life in the celestial states of nature, that the former is differentiated into forms, each of which loves to live in the consciousness of its own illusive self— i.e.
, in a s…”
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 8 (part 2)
“31.) "This terrestrial world is based upon the world of darkness, and if the good bad not been also embodied therein, there would be in it no other doing than that of the world of darkness; but this is prevented by the divine power and by t…”
The Life and Doctrines of Jacob Boehme | Chapter 10 (part 5)
“The wrath must kill and consume the external image that has grown in the wrath, but from its death springs forth the eternal life." ( Mysterium , xxviii.
14.) "Abel, representing an antitype of Christ, who was to suffer death for humanity,…”
theosophy3
The Secret Doctrine | Page 72 (part 4)
“13 (42), Zarathustra is told by Ahura Mazda to "invoke the Amesha Spenta who rule over the seven Karshvares **** of the Earth"; which Karshvares in their seven [[Footnote(s)]] ------------------------------------------------- * No "god" who…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 79 (part 7)
“The earliest Zoroastrians did not believe in Evil or Darkness being co-eternal with Good or Light, and they give the same interpretation.
Ahriman is the manifested shadow of A HURA-MAZDA (Asura-mazda), himself issued from Zeruana Akerne "b…”
The Secret Doctrine | Page 81 (part 6)
“In the Zend Avesta, Angra Mainyu (Ahriman), surrounding himself with fire (the "Flames" -- vide supra ) seeks to conquer the Heavens,* when Ahura Mazda, descending from the solid Heaven he inhabits, to the help of the Heavens that revolve (…”
western_esoteric2
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Ancient Mysteries and Secret Societies Which Have Influenced Modern Masonic Symbolism-i
“As Mithras, he is the ford of the sun, powerful and radiant, and most magnificent of the Yazatas (Izads, or Genii, of the sun).
As Mithra , this deity represents the feminine principle; the mundane universe is recognized as her symbol.
Sh…”
The Secret Teachings of All Ages (Manly P. Hall) | The Zodiac and Its Signs-b
“On this subject Richard Payne Knight writes: "The emblematical meaning, which certain animals were employed to signify, was only some particular property generalized; and, therefore, might easily be invented or discovered by the natural ope…”
gnosticism1
The Secret Writing According to John (Apocryphon of John), Codex II, 1 | Prologue
“[II, 1; IV 1] The teaching [of the] savior, and [the revelation] of the mysteries, [and the] sayings concealed in silence, [even these sayings that] he taught John, [his] disciple.
It, [however], came to pass [one day], when John, [the bro…”
mandaean1
Gnostic John the Baptizer — Some Typical Extracts | Section 14
“That the Mandæan religion preserves echoes of a wealth of ancient mythical elements found in Iranian, Babylonian and Semitic traditions is evident on all hands. A process of syncretism had presumably gone on for generations before an impuls…”