THE CENTER WILL HOLD

 


THE CENTER WILL HOLD
Edred Throsson - as an author and runic scholar- also publishes work as Darban-I-Den concerning Ahura Mazda and the ancient Persian paradigm.  He's an example of how eclectic scholarship works as long as one reaches for the core meaning.  A quote here in his style since it is in the context of this book recommendation.  
 

"One of the most important influences on my own development was my nine-year period of study under the great Indo-Europeanist, Edgar Polome.  This study clearly taught me that the best truth is to be sought where we come closest to the SOURCE of things.  Each national or tribal tradition constitutes a door opening inward toward the source in the middle - - the principles of Indo-European culture, relgion, and myth.  Access to the center only becomes available after one passes through several of these doors. All doors are theoretically equal, but the center transcends them all.  Once one has accessed the center, one can begin to teach from that perspective."  (Page viii)  

Many were shocked that the foremost scholar of runic studies began writing in praise of a Persian paradigm.   Writing as Darban-I-Den, Stephen E. Flowers constructed a complete Mazdan (Zorastrian) curriculum based on the ancient teachings of Zarathustra.  The Indo-European and Indo-Iranian lore arrived from the same root source.

Something about the concept of each of us having a Fravashi who is dedicated to the Good God, Ahura Mazda, makes sense to me.  We are said to have volunteered to be here as warriors against the Lie and to reinstate The Good.

Also explains my attraction to the story and image of the Three Wise Men.  Why would a bona-fide heathen like me see value in men on camels arriving at the scene of a hovering star?  Especially considering my biased aversion to Islam. The Three Wise Men were Persian Zoroastrian priests who knew the stars arriving to recognize a Saoshyant.  This is the Avestan language expression that literally means "one who brings benefit" and is considered a great teacher. The birth of one they honored was not the first and will probably not be the last.  The important point is that we each have a Fravashi who knows the Way.  


 A more complete version where he writes using his own name.

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