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Sep 29 2007
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middle east
• essenes.net
Starting from a very simplified and strong cult of the spirit (pure of any historical and context related elements), many variations emerged and many influences to the mainstream religions occured (even christianism), as if it was rooted to man's source of energy.
As an example among many others, the emergence of a social organization percursor of communism :
From the page: "The Mazdakites' fundamental belief in the social equality of people, still largely present in the Cult of Angels, gave this religion special attraction to the poor and the objects of discrimination. Mazdak (whose name may mean "lesser Mazdâ," with Mazdâ being the shortened form for the name of the Zoroastrian supreme god Ahurâ Mazdâ), preached communal ownership of many worldly possessions, and was accused of having included women in this same category-an accusation of sexual promiscuity still levied on the Cult of Angels.
The practice of communal ownership has prompted many modern writers to flamboyantly brand the cult of Mazdak as the first world communist system (see Classical History). In this religion was also embedded a militancy that continued to manifest itself in several socioreligious movements in the Islamic era, and indirectly through the militant Shi'ism of modern times.
Despite, or perhaps because of, their earlier successes, the Mazdakites were soon subjected to widespread massacres towards the end of Kavât's rule ca. "
This page is a must read for anyone that is interested to understand the roots of religious attitude.
However it's a pity to read more from this site, devoted to a
highly structured and sectarist organization so far from the encompassing spirit that it pretends to be inspired by.