R C Zaehner
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 358148 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | R C Zaehner |
| NOMBRES | R C |
| APELLIDO | Zaehner |
| FIRMA | ZAEHNER R C |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Oxford |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 22 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 7 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 22 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1937 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1992 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
Zoroastrian Survivals in Iranian Folklore II
The Teachings of the Magi
Why Not Islam
As everyone knows, since the end of the Second World War there has been a sensational revival of interest in the non-Christian religions particularly in the United States and in this country. The revival has taken two forms, the one popular, the other academic. The first of these has turned almost exclusively to Hindu and Buddhist mysticism and can be seen as an energetic reaction against the dogmatic and until very recently rigid structure of in…
The Bhagavadgītā with a Commentary Based on the Original Sources
Mysticism without Love
‘Mysticism means to isolate the eternal from the originated.’ This is not my definition of the word ‘mysticism’ but that of the founder of the ‘orthodox’ school of Muslim mysticism, Al-Junayd of Baghdad who flourished in the ninth century a.d . In actual fact it is not a definition of mysticism at all but of the Arabic word tawḥīd which means primarily ‘the affirmation of unity’; and that surely is an essential ingredient of any form of mysticism…
The Bhagavadgita with a Commentary Based on the Original Sources
Evolution and Religion
Theology, Drugs and Zen
Zoroastrian Survivals in Iranian Folklore
Hindu and Muslim Mysticism
Religion and Science
Mysticism Sacred and Profane. An Inquiry into Some Varieties of Praeternatural Experience
Christianity and the World Religions
Ease of communications brings all men together: but the contiguity of bodies does not necessarily entail the crossfertilization of minds, and the mere fact that we can now move round the world at incredible speed does not mean that we are any better equipped to appreciate the ideas and cultures of other lands. Indeed it can be argued that the enormous development of the tourist traffic in Europe has done more to emphasize national peculiarities t…
Abū Yazīd of Bisām a turning-point in Islamic mysticism
Postscript To Zurvān
In the preface to my recently published book, Zurvän, A Zoroastrian Dilemma,1 I said: 'I have not found it necessary to alter much in the proof stage only what seemed to me to be positive mistakes'. During the two and a half years that the book was in the Press, however, I had come across evidence which I had not noticed before and which seems to be worth considering. There is further evidence of the theory put forward in the book that the origin…
The Menace of Mescalin
Mr Aldous Huxley has recently published yet another book. It is not a very good book; nor is it a very attractive book; but it is, alas, in its way an important book. Its importance consists in this: that anyone who may feel an inclination to enjoy, here and now, what Christians call the Beatific Vision or the experience which the Zen Buddhists call satori, has merely to buy himself three-pennyworth of mescalin at the nearest chemist's, and behol…
Aparmānd
The question of aparmānd once more becomes actual with the publication of Professor Herzfeld's Altpersische Inschriften . In that work, p. 247, the author suggests the meaning “Pflicht” or “Privileg” for ZāmN, § 41, differing but slightly from Bartholomae in meaning, but rejecting the latter's etymology apar + mānd , “something left over” in favour of a derivation from an (unattested) OP. loanword *mandā- , “*Dienstpflicht” which he would read in…
A Zervanite Apocalypse I
Of all our Iranian sources for that form of Zoroastrianism which recognized Zurvān as the prime principle of the cosmos, the Selections of Zātspram are undoubtedly the most important. We have seen (BSOS., IX, p. 573) that in his first chapter Zātspram assigns to Zurvān a decisive rôle in the creative process not found elsewhere; for it was he who handed to Ahriman that "black and ashen garment", "that weapon, like unto fire ... that containeth th…
A Zervanite Apocalypse II
Owing to service in H.M. Forces it has been impossible to check references in all cases. The reader's indulgence is therefore sought for any errors which may have slipped into the text
Zurvanica. III
With this article the series "Zurvanica" comes to an end. There still remain passages in the Dēnkart deserving of attention, notably in the fourth book. The author has, however, found the relevant passages in that book so obscure and so difficult that he cannot undertake to publish a translation of them for a long time yet. In the present article all passages of importance have been collected from the third book. To these have been added the cele…
Zurvanica II
It gives me great pleasure to take this occasion to thank Professor Bailey for material assistance without which this article would probably not have appeared. He has been kind enough to put at my disposition an edition of Zātspram printed in India and sent to him from there. This edition-the work of Behramgore Anklesaria-was utilized by Dr. Tavadia in proof form for his edition of the Šāyastnē-šāyast
Nāmak-nipēsišnīh
This little text on the correct way to write letters is to be found in Pahl . Texts (ed. Jamasp-Asana), pp. 132–140. In transliteration I have followed the Pahlavī spelling as far as the ambiguity of that alphabet will permit. Thus, for I write bāt, though I have adopted bavāt for the ideogram. The text consists of a series of formulae to be used in writing formal letters: §§ 2–17 contain a selection of suitable proems; §§ 18–24 deal with condole…
The Teachings of the Magi
Zoroastrian Survivals in Iranian Folklore II
Evolution and Religion
Zoroastrian Survivals in Iranian Folklore
Hindu and Muslim Mysticism
Zurvanica. III
With this article the series "Zurvanica" comes to an end. There still remain passages in the Dēnkart deserving of attention, notably in the fourth book. The author has, however, found the relevant passages in that book so obscure and so difficult that he cannot undertake to publish a translation of them for a long time yet. In the present article all passages of importance have been collected from the third book. To these have been added the cele…
Nāmak-nipēsišnīh
This little text on the correct way to write letters is to be found in Pahl . Texts (ed. Jamasp-Asana), pp. 132–140. In transliteration I have followed the Pahlavī spelling as far as the ambiguity of that alphabet will permit. Thus, for I write bāt, though I have adopted bavāt for the ideogram. The text consists of a series of formulae to be used in writing formal letters: §§ 2–17 contain a selection of suitable proems; §§ 18–24 deal with condole…
Zurvanica II
It gives me great pleasure to take this occasion to thank Professor Bailey for material assistance without which this article would probably not have appeared. He has been kind enough to put at my disposition an edition of Zātspram printed in India and sent to him from there. This edition-the work of Behramgore Anklesaria-was utilized by Dr. Tavadia in proof form for his edition of the Šāyastnē-šāyast
Zurvanica. III
With this article the series "Zurvanica" comes to an end. There still remain passages in the Dēnkart deserving of attention, notably in the fourth book. The author has, however, found the relevant passages in that book so obscure and so difficult that he cannot undertake to publish a translation of them for a long time yet. In the present article all passages of importance have been collected from the third book. To these have been added the cele…
Aparmānd
The question of aparmānd once more becomes actual with the publication of Professor Herzfeld's Altpersische Inschriften . In that work, p. 247, the author suggests the meaning “Pflicht” or “Privileg” for ZāmN, § 41, differing but slightly from Bartholomae in meaning, but rejecting the latter's etymology apar + mānd , “something left over” in favour of a derivation from an (unattested) OP. loanword *mandā- , “*Dienstpflicht” which he would read in…
A Zervanite Apocalypse I
Of all our Iranian sources for that form of Zoroastrianism which recognized Zurvān as the prime principle of the cosmos, the Selections of Zātspram are undoubtedly the most important. We have seen (BSOS., IX, p. 573) that in his first chapter Zātspram assigns to Zurvān a decisive rôle in the creative process not found elsewhere; for it was he who handed to Ahriman that "black and ashen garment", "that weapon, like unto fire ... that containeth th…
A Zervanite Apocalypse II
Owing to service in H.M. Forces it has been impossible to check references in all cases. The reader's indulgence is therefore sought for any errors which may have slipped into the text
The Menace of Mescalin
Mr Aldous Huxley has recently published yet another book. It is not a very good book; nor is it a very attractive book; but it is, alas, in its way an important book. Its importance consists in this: that anyone who may feel an inclination to enjoy, here and now, what Christians call the Beatific Vision or the experience which the Zen Buddhists call satori, has merely to buy himself three-pennyworth of mescalin at the nearest chemist's, and behol…
Postscript To Zurvān
In the preface to my recently published book, Zurvän, A Zoroastrian Dilemma,1 I said: 'I have not found it necessary to alter much in the proof stage only what seemed to me to be positive mistakes'. During the two and a half years that the book was in the Press, however, I had come across evidence which I had not noticed before and which seems to be worth considering. There is further evidence of the theory put forward in the book that the origin…
Abū Yazīd of Bisām a turning-point in Islamic mysticism
Christianity and the World Religions
Ease of communications brings all men together: but the contiguity of bodies does not necessarily entail the crossfertilization of minds, and the mere fact that we can now move round the world at incredible speed does not mean that we are any better equipped to appreciate the ideas and cultures of other lands. Indeed it can be argued that the enormous development of the tourist traffic in Europe has done more to emphasize national peculiarities t…
Mysticism Sacred and Profane. An Inquiry into Some Varieties of Praeternatural Experience
Hindu and Muslim Mysticism
Religion and Science
Zoroastrian Survivals in Iranian Folklore
Theology, Drugs and Zen
Evolution and Religion
Mysticism without Love
‘Mysticism means to isolate the eternal from the originated.’ This is not my definition of the word ‘mysticism’ but that of the founder of the ‘orthodox’ school of Muslim mysticism, Al-Junayd of Baghdad who flourished in the ninth century a.d . In actual fact it is not a definition of mysticism at all but of the Arabic word tawḥīd which means primarily ‘the affirmation of unity’; and that surely is an essential ingredient of any form of mysticism…
The Bhagavadgita with a Commentary Based on the Original Sources
Why Not Islam
As everyone knows, since the end of the Second World War there has been a sensational revival of interest in the non-Christian religions particularly in the United States and in this country. The revival has taken two forms, the one popular, the other academic. The first of these has turned almost exclusively to Hindu and Buddhist mysticism and can be seen as an energetic reaction against the dogmatic and until very recently rigid structure of in…
The Bhagavadgītā with a Commentary Based on the Original Sources
The Teachings of the Magi
Zoroastrian Survivals in Iranian Folklore II
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