Erst jenseits der Kastanien ist die Welt.
Paul Celan
Young Zarathushti Leaders
I had the pleasure of attending the third World Zoroastrian Youth Leaders Forum to speak about the legends of the life of Zardušt to a group of young Zoroastrians, but I ended up gaining far more than I gave. Set in the most beautiful and serene of locations, this was a transformative experience for me…
Mansour Shaki (1919–2000)
Mansour Shaki, a wide-ranging scholar of Middle Persian, died 26 years ago on this day. Born in 1919, he shifted from the sciences to linguistics in 1954 after a period of ill health. In 1963, he published his study The Zurvanits and the Dahrits: The first materialistic schools of philosophy in Iran, marking the start…
This is a bitter Norouz!
Today we celebrate renewal. We welcome a new season, we hope for joy, we reaffirm friendships, we eat together, we celebrate love and life. This year, as we face war and destruction, we also reflect on the bombs that fall, the bullets that fly, and the lives that are senselessly lost. We hear the last…