RELI 227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Economic Materialism, Mazdak, Gnosticism

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We really don"t know when in history this is evoking. Couldn"t have been parthian heartland, we"re talking bout the fringes of that world. Women on battlefield, female warriors, world of saka tribes . Oral literature can change over time, could become more culture-specific May reflect the world of the writer. Most un-iranian story , mustve come from the greeks . This guy was a zorostrian priest and he got chosen to do this drug induced journey because he was the most righteous priest. Window into the minds of religious hierarchy of sasanian period. Shows that the priesthood extremely intolerant, (sasanians) looks like situation in iran today. Use of a particular class of religious authorities of political power to use preferred framework on the society. Kartir chief priest, zoroastrian priesthood are able to enjoy state support, to have power to shape religious life of the society. It"s just an old indo-european word for diety.

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