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A Practical Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Walk the Path of Asha eFireTemple.com You Are Welcome Here If you are reading this, something in the Zoroastrian message spoke to you. Maybe it was the theology — one God, the battle between truth and falsehood, the fire that cannot be corrupted. Maybe it was the ethics — Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds — the most elegant moral system you have ever encountered. Maybe it was the history — the discovery that the faith you grew up with was built on Zoroastrian foundations.

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A Practical Guide for Anyone Who Wants to Walk the Path of Asha eFireTemple.com You Are Welcome Here If you are reading this, something in the Zoroastrian message spoke to you. Maybe it was the theology — one God, the battle between truth and falsehood, the fire that cannot be corrupted. Maybe it was the ethics — Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds — the most elegant moral system you have ever encountered. Maybe it was the history — the discovery that the faith you grew up with was built on Zoroastrian foundations. Maybe it was the fire itself. Whatever brought you here: you are welcome. Zoroastrianism is the world's oldest monotheistic religion. For most of its 4,000-year history, it was the faith of empires — practiced by millions, supported by kings, maintained by a hereditary priesthood. After centuries of persecution, it became small.

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Yasna · Gathas · Avesta

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