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the yezidi: the angelick cultus in the middle east by Brian D. Hodges (hajj@disinfo.net) - June. 26, 2001 |
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| While the symbols and habits may compare on a certain level, it is more probable that the Parsi features in the Yezidi paradigm are artifacts from the movement and dissemination of a variant of Zoroastrian thought over distances and time. [11] There are differences between the two, as well; For example, where the Yezidi (and Ahl-i Haqq) believe in reincarnation, there is no parallel belief in Zoroastrianism; nor is there a parallel to the soul-transmigration concept found in the Yardanist tradition. The syncretic volatility of the region has only been enhanced (as has our knowledge of these groups) by the ethnic, political and military tensions that have waxed and waned after the "Great Game" and most especially since the Gulf War, which brought far more contact with the Yezidi as a result of Saddam Hussein's Kurdish purges. Furthermore, the PKK (Kurdistan Workers' Party) has garnered both support and antagonism from various sectors of the Yezidi community, and many Yezidi Kurds fled the Turkish - Iraqi border to Germany where they have their own online and print magazine [12] - as well as a World Conference [13] to discuss the intricacies of their metaphysics and social structure. As more details emerge about their religious history, we may find that cross-pollination will occur back into the western Hermetic tradition and its own angelick cultus. Endnotes: [1] Anton LaVey. The Satanic Rituals. New York: Avon Books, 1972. p. 170. [3] Philip G. Kreyenbroek. Yezidism: Its Background, Observances and Textual Tradition. New York, NY: Edwin Mellen Press [4] Denge Ezdiyan: Forum Of Yezidism messageboard [March 14, 2001]. In reply to "Who is Melek Taus?", Denge Ezdiyan editor. Translated from original German by the author. [5] Denge Ezdiyan: Forum Of Yezidism messageboard [March 29, 2001]. In reply to "please Mirza and Denge Yezidis staff read this address", Denge Ezdiyan editor; In reply to "Anton Lavey", Kreyenbroek [December 20, 1999]. [6] Kreyenbroek, ibid, p. 244. [7] Ahl-e Haqq. [8] Yārsānism. [9] Public Transport Synvolution Transcoder [November 26 and 27, 1993]. [10] Kreyenbroek, ibid, pp. 57-60. [11] Noshir H. Dadrawala. "The Yezidis of Kurdistan: Are They Really Zoroasterians???" [12] Denge Ezdiyan: Forum Of Yezidism. [13] International Conference of Yezidis (January 28-30, 2000). |
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