Ahura Mazda
Ahura Mazda, 'the Wise Lord', is the supreme god of the Gathas of Zarathushtra (Yasna 28-53) and of the later Avesta: uncreated, the source of asha (truth and cosmic order) against druj (the lie), and the maker of the good creation.
Living tradition: Zoroastrianism is practised today, and Ahura Mazda is its one uncreated God - not a member of a pantheon and not a power to be invoked or bound in the Western magical sense; the tradition's own theology (Gathas, Avesta, Pahlavi books) stays primary and its worship is aniconic. The planetary (Jupiter/Sun) and zodiacal (Sagittarius/Pisces) assignments, the tarot cards, Thursday and the Nowruz/ostara sabbat alignment are modern Western, largely Theosophical and Hermetic, overlays recorded for correspondence work only; the tradition knows no planetary or zodiacal rulership and no sabbat, and its own calendar is primary. The 'faravahar' winged disc is widely identified with him in modern usage, but that reading of Achaemenid art is contested and is not the tradition's own doctrine.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Jupiter
- Zodiac Affinity
- SagittariusPisces
Offerings
- Offerings
- Prayer and the manthrasGood thoughts good words good deedsHaomaMilk and water libationSandalwood for the fireActs of charity
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- OrmazdOhrmazdMazdaThe Wise LordHormazd
- Gender Expression
- Beyond gender
- Titles
- The Wise LordOhrmazdThe Uncreated CreatorLord of AshaBestower of Khvarenah
- Symbols
- Winged discSacred fireSunLightAsha
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneReverent theological aweAddressAhura MazdaOrmazdWise LordRelationshipThe creation held in asha not a bargainWarningNot a power to be bound by an operatorResonanceThose who seek order truth and a clear mind
- Modern Practice
The practice that belongs to him is the tradition's own: prayer from the Avesta, good thoughts, good words and good deeds, care of the sacred fire, and the discipline of truth against the lie. Modern occultists who approach him as a Jupiter or Sun power are using a Western overlay, not the Zoroastrian relation.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- WisdomTruth ashaCreationSovereigntyLightOrderThe good creation
- Mythology Summary
Ahura Mazda, 'the Wise Lord', is the supreme god of the Gathas of Zarathushtra (Yasna 28-53) and of the later Avesta: uncreated, the source of asha (truth and cosmic order) against druj (the lie), and the maker of the good creation. The Avesta reaches him through the Amesha Spentas, the six 'bounteous immortals' who are at once his attributes and his agents, and the Pahlavi books (Bundahishn, Denkard) develop the cosmogony around him. Zoroastrian worship is aniconic, conducted before a sacred fire, and the winged disc or winged figure of Achaemenid reliefs is often called his image although the identification is disputed.
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsWhiteGoldBlueVioletScentsFrankincenseSandalwood whiteMyrrhMetalsGoldSilverAnimalsEagleHorseBull
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