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AMSHASPANDS OR AMESHA SPENTAS, THE IMMORTAL BENEFACTORS
A symbol of high Intelligences or Devas, which
are modes of manifestation of the Divine nature. They are the ideals
of Truth and Righteousness, which enlist the veneration of the soul.
They are the bringers of "glad tidings," and so serve to evolve the
inner capacities which are inherent within the soul. The six
Amshaspands are faintly described as, (1) Glorious Achievement, (2)
Inspiration, (3) Wisdom, (4) Intellect, (5) Emotion, and (6) Love.
"God works from within outwards; for God's kingdom is within, being
interior, invisible, mystic, spiritual. And God's Spirits, the
Spirits of the Invisible Light, are Seven :-- the spirit of wisdom,
the spirit of understanding, the spirit of counsel, the spirit of
power, the spirit of knowledge, the spirit of righteousness, and the
spirit of divine awfulness. These are the Powers, or Elohim, of God.
They are co-equal and co-eternal. Each has in itself the nature of
the whole. Each is a perfect entity. Of them all is the whole of
God's substance pervaded. And in their individual manifestations
they are the Gods."-The Perfect Way, p. 54.
"The seven Amshaspands, who are most assuredly our Archangels,
designate also the personifications of the Divine Virtues."-BURNOUF,
Comm. on Yashna, 174.
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