Ancient Persian Magic
My special guest tonight is Dr. Stephen Flowers, here to unveil the powerful and ancient world of Mazdan magic, the original Persian magical system practiced by the legendary Magi. Drawing from his groundbreaking book Original Magic: The Rituals and Initiations of the Persian Magic, Dr. Flowers walks us through the history of Zoroastrianism, the sacred Zoroastrian calendar, and the mystical teachings rooted in the Indo-European magical tradition.
We explore how Mazdan rituals, fire magic, divine invocations, and Persian occult practices grew into the first organized system of magic—one so influential that the very word magic comes from the Magi themselves. Dr. Flowers reveals how ancient priests of Ahura Mazda used symbolic formulas, cosmic alignments, ritual technology, and graded initiatory practices to achieve wisdom, empowerment, and the betterment of the world.
We also discuss how Greek, Roman, Hebrew, early Christian, and even Chinese sources described the Magian tradition—and how modern systems of ceremonial magic still borrow from these ancient Iranian foundations. From the lore of the Three Wise Men to the reconstruction of authentic Mazdan esoteric teachings, this episode is a rare look into a magical lineage spanning four thousand years.
Prepare for a deep dive into Persian mysticism, occult history, Zarathustra’s teachings, and the quest for ushta—true spiritual happiness.
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cruelty and so forth and so uh he protested against this and so he was really an activist of animal rights if you will is sort of one of his foundational principles and so these older
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cults that he grew out of but abolished in his own school although these didn't just disappear they they continued on but it took centuries for
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you know Zoroastrianism to really become the the dominant religion in the Iranian world but
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so they were sacrificing animals that's so but what the how they did that was very much different from the Jew the way the Jewish people sacrificed animals and this ties into the
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