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== H. P. Blavatsky == | == [[Blavatsky, Helena Petrovna|H. P. Blavatsky]] == | ||
'''{{Style S-Small capitals|Mazdeans}}'''. From (Ahura) Mazda. (See Spiegel’s ''Yasna'', xl.) They were the ancient Persian nobles who worshipped Ormazd, and, rejecting images, inspired the Jews with the same horror for every concrete representation of the Deity. They seem in Herodotus’ time to have been superseded by the Magian religionists. The Parsis and Gebers, (''geberim'', mighty men, of ''Genesis'' vi. and x. 8) appear to be Magian religionists. | '''{{Style S-Small capitals|Mazdeans}}'''. From (Ahura) Mazda. (See Spiegel’s ''Yasna'', xl.) They were the ancient Persian nobles who worshipped Ormazd, and, rejecting images, inspired the Jews with the same horror for every concrete representation of the Deity. They seem in Herodotus’ time to have been superseded by the Magian religionists. The Parsis and Gebers, (''geberim'', mighty men, of ''Genesis'' vi. and x. 8) appear to be Magian religionists. | ||
{{Quote source HPB TG|Mazdeans}} | {{Quote source HPB TG|Mazdeans}} | ||