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[Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] Greetings. This is Michael W. Forward. Today's video is a very simple, direct, uh, introduction to, um, cosmology or mythical, uh, tales of the creation of the universe, the world. And this is specifically with Zarathustrianism and Ahriman, the Devas, and the Ahura Mazda and the Amesha Spentas or archangels that, uh, conflict against Ahriman and the powers of darkness.
Now, this is going to be a very, because this can get pretty extensive, I'm going to narrow this down to a very simple, uh, basic way for time and to avoid confusing or going over into different avenues because there are many different trails that lead off or things that could be brought into it.
Now, with Luciferianism, our philosophy, as known in the, uh, 11 Points of Power, in the Work Apotheosis Bible, the ADV necessary, and other works, Luciferianism is a philosophy that balances inner, uh, energy, thought, uh, or spirituality with everyday existence or, uh, the physical world. So, there's a balance. The mind, or that energy, fuels and creates and sends forth vibrations or energy to create based on your focus, your will, your desire. So, there's a balance. One feeds the other, and the other fuels the one. So, there's an interaction, and there's no just, "I'm a spiritual person," or, "um, I just believe in what I see."
For Luciferianism, Luciferians, for the most part, uh, are open to and utilizing critical thinking. Can apply and compare, uh, quantum mechanics or quantum physics, uh, as strong aspects of science. And Luciferianism using myth and religious adversarial themes in a kind of, uh, structure to ignite will, desire, belief in, uh, our own metaphysical frameworks, our own private mythologies. So, this Zarathustrian tale is not something that Luciferians are dedicated and believe in in the sense that, uh, Luciferians were, we're not Zarathustrians. And, uh, with great respect for that ancient Persian religion, uh, I'm not a dualist. Um, I believe in balance, not one being all good and one being all bad. There are different aspects to that.
So, when it comes to, uh, Zarathustrian texts, and we're talking ancient Persian from the, uh, Achaemenid, uh, or slightly before that period in Persia, to then Alexander the Great's overthrow and syncretic Hellenistic, uh, unity that his reign and the subsequent, uh, Diadochi or successors such as Seleucus, Ptolemy, etcetera, the Parthians, and then into prior to Islam, the embrace of Zarathustrianism, uh, completely by the empire, Kingdom of the Sasanian Persians, prior to Islam, uh, going through and removing that. Um, Zarathustrianism really flourished, uh, extensively, um, during the Sasanian period, which was up to about [Music] 650, a little bit more, uh, AD. And, um, before that, before 200 AD, uh, the Parthians and the Sasanids, um, were tolerant on, um, Mazdaism or Ahura Mazda or Zarathustrianism with Hellenistic, um, pantheons as well. There's a syncretic, uh, adapt and evolution that has correspondences that go way beyond what I'm going to talk about.
With that said, um, texts such as the Avesta, the Mahan, um, the Denkart, and various other things explore cosmology. So, this is kind of, uh, mainstream, if you want to call it that, Zarathustrian, uh, work or cosmology from the Bundahishn, different texts, but also Zervan mythology, which was considered a heresy that Ahriman and Ahura Mazda came from, uh, the deity of time.
So, with that said, in the beginning, there was the primal darkness. And in the primal darkness, uh, was Ahriman. He was not created. He's not a fallen angel. He exists equally as Ahura Mazda, the one who creates, who is the light and the creator of the good aspects of the world. In Zoroastrianism, Ahura Mazda, um, between Ahura Mazda and Ahriman, there was the void, and the void is non-being, um, timeless, similar to anti-cosmic or abyssic thing. But also, the darkness, uh, is connected with that concept. And, uh, uh, Ahriman sensed the light and wanted to devour it, conquer it. The nature of Ahriman is to oppose, to use strife and chaos to create according to his will. Thus, Luciferians identify with aspects of Ahriman, not the entirety. It's beyond timeless, beyond mysticism, but within our frame, the individual frame of conquering and will to power. Um, and knowing this, Ahura Mazda created, um, Vohu Manah, which is the good mind or the will of that deity. Ahriman created Akem Manah, or Ahriman, the evil mind, which is the heresy, the rebellious, fiery essence of the, the black flame. Ahriman created, uh, the world, created the sky, um, all of these things. And then Ahriman created, in from material darkness, in a kind of, uh, esoteric magical formula, which I'm not going to talk about here, fashion for, as I said, Akem Manah, but Indra, or Andra, Saurva, Naonhaithya, and Tarich, Zairich, etcetera. These were the arch-devas, and many more were created. Um, and the elements, or Ahura Mazda created water, wind, fire, air. And, um, Ahriman began to attack these aspects. They tried to do a pact for 9,000 years. And then, um, Ahriman, there was a spell chanted, and much of the Vestic hymns or religious, uh, prayers are actually magical formulas, esoteric formulas used by the Magi, or the Magi, and the Mobeds, or the religious Zarathustrian. And they are vibrated. That's why I talk about stotra in my book, the Ga, um, which are mantras, essentially. And, um, it was by, um, the chant of the Anahita that Ahriman was, uh, sent back into the darkness temporarily. And after 3,000 period of conceptual time years, the Devas, the demons, essentially, who were once Vedic, uh, deities, gods in Indo-Persian Arvasta texts and traditions, tried to stir Ahriman, and nothing would stir him until Jahi, or Ji, as the demonic, feminine, fiery, and, and powerful, and created from essentially cold darkness, came to Ahriman and, and gave him a speech about how she would help him conquer. And it stirred him, and he, uh, bestowed a kiss upon her. And he gathered his Devas, and, um, on March 21st at noon, um, when this planetary, the conjunction of balance is made, Ahriman enters the sky and, as a serpent, a great dragon, and burrows into the Earth. Ahura Mazda, being attacked on all levels, has a formula to seal material creation in the sky, imprisoning or so thanks Ahriman and the Devas. And Ahriman attacks all of the elements, the first man, all of these things. And while the Avesta Bundahishn talk about Ahura Mazda just wanting good, this type of bliss was unsustainable. Ahriman brings balance by strife and evolution, creation, change by these attacks. That's how Luciferians view Ahriman, not just a destructive sense, but a creative one, uh, a balance. And this battle would continue on, uh, through current times till their end.
And Zarathustrian lore, in considering Ahriman, you have to consider that the Arva or the Devas, Indra, Saurva, etcetera, as in my book, Draga, are creative, sustained, balanced, and chaotically violent, uh, gods. And you take the classical, uh, conquering spirit, indulgence, and life-enjoying, uh, gods who would reflect within our workings, our hymns, our aims, but still our direction alone. You balance that with the demonic of Ahriman's Devas, Ruzan, and these are the motivating factors to. And you cannot understand or embrace life and positive aspects without conquering and, and becoming increasingly close and, uh, using darkness and the primal to fuel your creative and helpful, uh, aspect. That's why Luciferians view, uh, from the biblical perspective, New Testament, that Satan, um, is identified with Zeus, the Hellenistic and Roman Jupiter, which was an enemy of early Christianity. So, and, uh, Judaism. So, you see the balance there. Just as with Luciferians embracing the Satanic element, Satan, the adversary, the tempter, the one who bestowed the black flame to humanity, who inspired self-awareness, conscious choice, and the results of that, the consequences. But you have the Satanic essence, but then you have the other mask, which is the, uh, ruler of the sky, the, the one who bestows order upon the natural world, might is right, etcetera, but also the strong ruling, uh, the weak, but the wise ruling the strong, the balance. You have creation and destruction, the cycle. And that aspect is what Luciferians embrace.
So, if you want to know more about the topic of, uh, ancient Zoroastrianism, check out, uh, my book, the Ga, uh, which goes through that in a very basic form, but also is a magical grimoire dedicated to the Devas, a path that I've been on since the late 1990s in my early initiations. I hope you enjoyed this video. I have more in the works, uh, several new grimoires and books, uh, in the works, um, and many musical projects, including, uh, two different, uh, ritual short films that I'm working on, uh, as well as time permits. Uh, thank you once again. Check out Luciferianaoa.org, Satanic Left Hand Path, magical supplies and goods. B.A.R. [Music] [Music] [Music] in [Music] for.