Auch Gedanken fallen manchmal unreif vom Baum.
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Two Flames, One Fire
I joined Instagram in late May, following a visit to the ASHA Centre, where I had met a group of young Zoroastrians of diverse views and backgrounds. Shortly after I came across an account endorsed by the ZTFE (Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Europe) named ‘Two Flames, One Fire’. It had started posting in mid-May, promising an…
Bulletin of the Asia Institute
The Bulletin of the Asia Institute (BAI), newly moved to the Yarshater Center for the Study of Iranian Literary Traditions at UCLA, is a well-known journal in our discipline that has variously re-invented itself since 1931. In 1987, the editors of the Inaugural Issue of the newly reborn Bulletin of the Asia Institute noted: [The journal’s]…
Manashni, Gavashni, Kunashni
Jonathan Galton held the second Shapoorji Pallonji Artist-in-Residence fellowship (2025/26), which culminated in a beautiful musical evening on 29 May 2026 at Kings Place, London: Manashni, Gavashni, KunashniA musical journey into Zoroastrian identity The Artist in Residence Fellowship at the SOAS Shapoorji Pallonji Institute of Zoroastrian Studies (SSPIZS) is Mariano Errichiello’s innovation. As Co-Chair, Executive Director,…
Books about Zoroastrianism
I recently took part in a Five Books interview on books about Zoroastrianism. Five Books is an impressively productive platform, covering a remarkable range of topics, genres, and disciplines. Reading its interviews can quickly become addictive. The website’s mission is both simple and effective: We ask experts to recommend the five best books in their subject…
Technical vocabulary in Zoroastrian exegesis
The Institute of Iranian Studies invites you to the International Conference 5–6 June “The Sources of the Polemical Treatise Škand Gumānīg Wizār” Škand Gumānīg Wizār (The Doubt-Breaking Explanation) is the only surviving Zoroastrian polemical treatise. It was written in Middle Persian in the 9th or 10th century AD, under the Abbasid dynasty, in Iran. While the original…
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 (I…