{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "So here's a thing: Zoroastrianism is a highly ritualized religion, and most of the rituals center on purified (and purifying)...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/7475921235/", "html": "

So here’s a thing: Zoroastrianism is a highly ritualized religion, and most of the rituals center on purified (and purifying) fire.

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The most highly ranked fire must be lit from 16 types of fire, including fire from a blacksmith, fire from lightning, fire from a cremation, and fire from the home fires of all the classes.

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And here’s another thing: Zoroastrianism forbids cremation, and has ritual restrictions regarding both corpses and fire. As a consequence of which, the holiest Zoroastrian temples can only be sanctified with the cooperation of non-Zoroastrians.

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There are nine of the holiest temples - Atash Behram - in the world. 8 in India and 1 in Iran. History is that a lot of them were sanctified under the patronage of non-Zoroastrian local rulers. So now that’s one of my minor goals for Los Angeles.

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