Prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra)

Prophet Zoroaster (Zarathustra) founded Zoroastrianism in ancient Iran.

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It is thought that he was born 628 BCE in Iran and died 551 BCE but this is uncertain. "A major personality in the history of the religions of the world, Zoroaster has been the object of much attention for two reasons. On the one hand, he became a legendary figure believed to be connected with occult knowledge and magical practices in the Near Eastern and Mediterranean world in the Hellenistic Age (c. 300 bc–c. ad 300). On the other hand, his monotheistic concept of God has attracted the attention of modern historians of religion, who have speculated on the connections between his teaching and Judaism and Christianity." -britannica.com

"Having received a vision from Ahura Mazdā, the Wise Lord, who appointed him to preach the truth, Zoroaster apparently was opposed in his teachings by the civil and religious authorities in the area in which he preached." -britannica.com

"These Mysteries (Mithras) are supposed to have been carried from Egypt by Zeradusht or Zoroaster, and instituted as an initiation into the principles of the religion which he had founded among the ancient Persians. "– The origin of Freemasonry and Knights templar by Bennett, John Richardson, (1907) pg. 16

"Zoroaster brought these Mysteries into Persia; Cadmus and Inachus, into Greece at large; Orpheus, into Thrace; Melampsus, into Athens in Crete to Jupiter; in Athens to Ceres and Prosepine; in Amphura to Castor and Pollux; in Lemnos to Vulcan. " - The Philosophy of Fire By R. Swinburne Clymer pg. 19

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Thus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None is a philosophical novel by German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, composed in four parts between 1883 and 1885 and published between 1883 and 1891. Much of the work deals with ideas such as the "eternal recurrence of the same", the parable on the "death of God", and the "prophecy" of the Übermensch, which were first introduced in The Gay Science.

The tone poem by Richard Strauss, Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30 (Thus Spoke Zarathustra or Thus Spake Zarathustra) composed in 1896 is inspired by Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophical novel of the same name. 

The recording of the opening fanfare used for the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.