Stephen Flowers studied Germanic and Celtic philology and religious history at the University of Texas at Austin and in Goettingen, West Germany. He received his Ph.D. in 1984 in Germanic Languages and Medieval Studies with a dissertation entitled Runes and Magic.
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
The Time Has Come to Lift the Ban
A Note on the Languages and Texts of the Mazdan Tradition
1 Iranian Magic as the Ancients Saw It
2 The History of Iranian Magic
3 Theories of Mazdan Magic
4 Initiation into Magic
5 Rituals of Mazdan Magic
Appendix A
A Brief History of Eranshahr
Appendix B
Guide to Pronunciation of Avestan
Appendix C
The Analysis of Three Major Avestan Manthras
Appendix D
The One Hundred and One Names of God
Appendix E
Basic Mazdan Astrological Lore
Appendix F
Resources
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography and Reading List
Index
