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<p>Created page with &quot;{{CTD article |term=Magi |person=No |short name=Magi |origin={{tip|Lat}} |description=The name of the ancient hereditary priests and learned adepts in Persia and Media, a word...&quot;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{CTD article<br /> |term=Magi<br /> |person=No<br /> |short name=Magi<br /> |origin={{tip|Lat}}<br /> |description=The name of the ancient hereditary priests and learned adepts in Persia and Media, a word derived from &#039;&#039;Mâha &#039;&#039;great, which became later &#039;&#039;mog &#039;&#039;or &#039;&#039;mag, &#039;&#039;a priest in Pehlevi. Porphyry describes them (&#039;&#039;Abst. &#039;&#039;iv. 16) as “The learned men who are engaged among the Persians in the service of the Deity are called Magi”, and Suidas informs us that “among the Persians the lovers of wisdom (&#039;&#039;philalethai&#039;&#039;) are called Magi” The &#039;&#039;Zendavesta &#039;&#039;(ii. 171, 261) divides them into three degrees : (1) The &#039;&#039;Herbeds &#039;&#039;or “ Noviciates” ; (2) &#039;&#039;Mobeds &#039;&#039;or “ Masters” ; (3) &#039;&#039;Destur Mobeds, &#039;&#039;or Perfect Masters”. The Chaldees had similar colleges, as also the Egyptians, &#039;&#039;Destur Mobeds &#039;&#039;being identical with the Hierophants of the mysteries, as practised in Greece and Egypt {{ctd-source|TG}}.<br /> }}</div>

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