Chapter 28 Mysterious Zoroastrianism

On the vast land of the ancient Persian Empire, a strange religion—Zoroastrianism once arose.So far, only very little information is known about this mystery religion, although it sounds amazing enough.But we still find some hazy shadows in the following story in the relevant historical documents of this religion. It is said that the ruler of this religion is a strange creature with the head of a lion and the body of a man with two wings.He is a god made by a mortal through special cultivation.He can bring the dead back to life, and save the suffering people from fire and water. He came to the world by God's will to help more people return to heaven.

This is such a bizarre legend that it is difficult to know how much truth there is in it.However, Zoroastrianism does have a very strange ceremony - the Merkaba.According to legend, anyone who has been baptized by Merkaba can ascend to God. But not every Zoroastrian can accept the baptism of this secret ceremony.In fact, most of them failed to return to heaven as they wished, but could only disappear silently in the world.However, they were not moved by this ending, and they continued to practice and worship one after another, enjoying it forever.What is it that makes them commit themselves to this?Is it possible to do it just by relying on the desire in your heart?The leader of Zoroastrianism, the monster with a lion head and a human body, also represents the unity of the sun, the moon, and the earth.It is said that these are also the three stages of Zoroastrianism training.After a period of practice, you can see the earth (eagle), then you can see the moon (ox), and then you can see the sun (lion). After practicing, you can ascend to heaven and become a god.

The strange thing is, why do you have to go through these three stages before you can become a god?In other words, does God being God have some strange connection with these three animals?Due to the regulations of Zoroastrianism, any believer, as long as he tells others about the internal affairs of the church, he will lose the possibility of becoming a god. In addition to the age, it is difficult for us to find information that can explain this. We can only guess based on this: that so-called god may be the same as the leader of Zoroastrianism, a combination of man and beast.If this is the case, then the descriptions of the Sphinx all over the world may be based on the fact that there may be a kind of human-animal hybrid creature, because of its strange shape and wide distribution, it is mistaken for The gods descended.

If our conjectures are bolder, humans may be stripped from the body of a god who is a combination of man and god and descend to the human world!But why must it be human, lion, eagle, and cow? This is still an unsolved mystery.