Ormuzd's Living Word to Zoroaster

be original: "seyn" *), and in its design Anlage: In this context, the word refers to the inherent structure, plan, or foundational arrangement of the religious system. promise much good—and yet be incapable of bringing about the moral progress of humanity, which actually is and must be a deliberate object of religion. And this applies to the Zoroastrian Zoroaster (or Zarathustra) was an ancient Persian prophet whose teachings founded Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions, centered on the struggle between light and darkness. religious system. As good as its design was: One God, the Creator of the world; as noble as the language sounded: purity in thoughts, words, and deeds This triad—Humata, Huxta, Huvarshta—is the core ethical maxim of the Zoroastrian faith, emphasizing personal responsibility., and as moral as the entire perspective was: to be born warriors against all evil, which could be defeated and overcome through purity—who does not admire in this the man of his age, who with courage [opposed] the prevailing inclination

*) Of Zoroaster one cannot actually say that he intended to found a political religion In the 18th century, a "political religion" was understood as a belief system designed primarily by a legislator to manage a state and ensure civil obedience, rather than for purely spiritual or moral purposes., for which otherwise such a delicate web is required.