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5 Planes of Existence
Introduction
Five Planes of Manifestation
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SPENTO MAINYUSH, AND ANGRO MAINYUSH; THE GOOD AND EVIL SPIRITS
Symbols of the positive principle of Right and
Truth, and the negative principle of Wrong and Error.
"Thou (Homa said) madest all the demons hide themselves beneath the
earth, who formerly flew about the earth in human shape, O
Zarathustra ! who wert the strongest, most active, and triumphant of
the creatures of the two spirits, Spento Mainyush and Angro Mainyush."
- Homa Yasht, Haug, Essays.
And now it is that the nature-spirits (demons), which were
originally, as it were, let loose upon the lower planes, are
relegated to the lowest sub-planes, that is, as the out-breathing of
intelligence from above informs the matter of the lower planes, the
organisation of the particles serves to interfere with, or restrain,
the natural behaviour of the elemental forces and guide thein in
their activities. The Soul (Zarathustra) is the strongest, most
active and victorious of beings, inasmuch as, so soon as it
commences its individual evolution, it proves that it is capable of
demonstrating that from the spirit within proceeds the overcoming of
wrong (negative) by right (positive).
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See Also
AHRIMAN
AHURA
DAEVAS
DEMONS
EARTH
GATHAS (chanting)
TRIBE-RULERS
ZOROASTER
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