Artfully reveals the Zarathustian hinges of Iranian culture. A delight." Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel "Vital. One vacillates between wonder at the story told and admiration at the genial intellectual virtuosity of the storyteller. The result is a tour de force of travel and historical inquiry by an adventurer in the classic tradition. He explores pre-Muslim Iran and Central Asia, ultimately bringing us face to face with the prophet himself, a teacher whose radical humility shocked and challenged his age, and whose teachings have had an enduring effect on Western thought. Following Zarathustra's elusive trail back through time and across the Islamic, Christian, and Jewish worlds, Paul Kriwaczek uncovers his legacy at a wedding ceremony in present-day Central Asia, in the Cathar heresy of medieval France, and among the mystery cults of the Roman empire. His name was Zarathustra, and his teachings eventually held sway from the Indus to the Nile and spread as far as Britain.
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