Unveiling the Bundahishn: My Journey to Bringing Ancient Zoroastrian Wisdom to the World

Ever since I started this blog in the year 2010 I have echoed two themes consistently in this blog. The first theme is the problem of evil and the other one is cosmic fatalism. These two ideas have strongly influenced my thinking and has disturbed me since my teenage years.

No religion has addressed these problems as effectively as Zoroastrianism and no culture developed on these ideas as seriously as the Sassanians, it was during their era that the ancient religion of Zurvanism was in vogue. I am extremely sympathetic to the Sassanian view of astrology that the planets are pure evil and these planets are the commanders of the world who are in turn controlled by the Evil being, Ahriman, while the twelve zodiac signs are controlled by the Good God, Ohrmazd.

The Sassanians have greatly contributed to astrology, astronomy and science. One of their greatest contributions to religious literature is the text Bundahishn, also known as Primal creation which outlines the origin of the cosmos, the spiritual and material creation, the struggle between Ohrmazd and Ahriman, the horoscope of the world, the chronological events in the 12000-year Persian cycle and the final resurrection of humanity.

The text Bundahishn provides a horoscope of the world marking the descent of Ahriman onto Earth, who returned after 3000 years, since he was stupefied by Ohrmazd at the end of the third millennium in the larger 12 millennium Persian cycle (i.e. Ahriman returned at the start of the seventh millennium).

Despite the fact that the author of Bundahishn provides lot of clues about how the luminaries were disposed in the sky when this event actually happened, no one has accurately traced this event in human history so for. It is with this motivation that I started my hunt for the horoscope of the world. My background in astrology and programming helped me to trace this important event in human history.

Once I discovered this event in human history I was able to deduce a date for the prophet Zoroaster, the founder of Zoroastrianism and also was able to identify the location of Airyanem Vaejah, the original homeland of the Aryans, also the first land created by Ohrmazd. There is no clear consensus on these topics among scholars even to this day. Scholars are extremely divided on these issues.

One thing which I have learned from this book of mine is that it is important to have an open mind in scholarly inquiry, particularly when engaging with new evidence or challenging established views. Just as Gherardo Gnoli, the Italian scholar and an expert in Iranian studies stated that one should be willing to change their mind many times as new evidence comes to light, reflecting a commitment to intellectual growth and adaptability.

The book also uncovers how astrology is linked to the Great Deluge which is mentioned in the various ancient cultures of the world, whether it is the myth of Gilgamesh, the Great Flood of Noah or the Chinese Great Flood myth of Gun-Yu, there is something for everyone in this book. It is a must read book for all those enthusiasts who are interested in Zoroastrianism and in Sassanian culture.

There is an intriguing thematic connection between the seven Archons described in Gnostic texts and the seven planets or commanders associated with Ahriman in Zoroastrianism. In these Gnostic traditions, the Archons are seen as forces that govern the material world and hinder humanity's path to spiritual redemption. 

With this context, I am thrilled to announce that my book (consisting of all my research findings) has just been released and is now available for purchase worldwide! You can find both the digital and print versions on Amazon and Pothi, respectively. I hope readers everywhere enjoy reading it!

You can read more about the book from my author’s website - harshithskumar.com. The E-Book and the Print version are available at these links E-Book Print version 

Astrology - How planets influence our lives?

In my previous posts I said that all the events in my life has happened according to the predictions of planetary transits and placements and I promised everyone that I will write more blog posts on this. In this post I want to give one such circumstance.

“If you were born in the star of Aslesha, Jyeshta and Revati, you will go through Ketu dasha in your teens or early 20s.

Such people have to be careful because this is the time when karma starts to manifest itself. You have to study in a college, much depends on what happens in college. You may not study well. You may FALL in love. Really fall down. Usually you fall in love with a forbidden girl or boy. Usually out of caste, you may have an unusual type of marriage. This applies only for those in a conservative society.

Such a person may get into drugs, alcohol or smoking. Effort must be taken to either avoid such habits or limit the intake to a bear minimum. Lucky are those who do not even experiment with such forbidden items, because once the experiment happens the habit is sure to follow”

          -  https://www.astroekdk.com/ketu-dasha-oh-my-god/

I am born in Ashlesha Nakshatra and my Ketu is in 2nd house. It was in my 20s that I fell in love with a Christian girl.

“The remaining 95% people will surely say, “Oh My God…. even my enemy must not go through a Ketu Dasha”. This is based mostly on my experience with my clients who underwent a Ketu Dasha and came me during the same dasha.”

That’s exactly how I felt, even my enemy must not go through this. It was such a painful period for me and it still hurts me even today when ever I retrospect those events. Some say Time heals everything. May be for some but not for me. 

What does this mean? It means this was all pre-destined before even I was born. It was inevitable that I would fall in love with a Christian girl and later suffer all the pain in the world. It was all planned out by the evil planets.

It is so true because at that time I never wanted to be in a relationship and I was not interested in any girl at all. If I was interested I would have subscribed to dating sites and other channels and not meet her in a science discussion forum. That’s why I am saying we have no freewill whatsoever. Whatever ought to happen it will happen and no power on this earth can stop the planets from doing what they intend to do.

Now when I look things from this perspective I don’t hate myself nor do I have any hate and vengeance for her because no matter whatever we could have done better it was inevitable that we were bound to fail each other. No matter how much ever love you shower, if the other person is killing your love and your friendship then things will never turn for the better.

Maybe the right thing to do was to… Well these are her own words.

“The right response would have been, "hari, hum kuch galalth kar rahe hai kya? look, let's take time with God and find out. Till then, no more talking or chatting." But, unfortunately, we went on. God always points us in the right directon - but we ignored it due to pride and sin. The consequence for it is that we both got hurt beyond anything. Your hurts and my wounds have pained and pained and pained. Our hearts bled and bled and bled. We lost peace. We lost the friendship. We lost everything.”

If we had given time for each other and allowed the evil time period to pass away may be we could have remained as friends. Looks like evil had other plans. How do we escape from the influence of this evil planets?  I don’t believe in sin and nor do I believe in past Karma. Don’t tell me I suffered because of something I did in my past life. That’s bullshit. Will Chronus or Zurvan or Savitr help us to escape from finite time?

How to escape from cosmic fatalism?

Its been almost 10 years since I started writing on this blog and throughout all my posts I am continuously echoing two conceptions which has disturbed me all these years. The two important concepts first taught to a Gnostic or an initiate of esoteric belief system.

1. The concept of cosmic fatalism - The belief that no matter what we do, we are part of a larger cosmic plan over which we have no control.
2. The world is inherently evil - The belief that the world is in control of evil archons who unleash all kinds of trouble and evil on humanity.

Both of these conceptions are very very disturbing and there is no way to deny the above two truths. The concept of cosmic fatalism can be proved using astrology and prophecy. When I was a teenager I was watching the videos of Chuck Missler from the Koinonia house about the Gog and Magog invasion and he rightly identified Gog and Magog with the Russian federation and its allies. Today as I write 5 (actually 6 if you include Pluto as well) planets are in conjunction on the sign of Capricorn and many Indian astrologers on YouTube indeed predicted the beginning of a world war, days and months before the war even started. Remember what Putin is saying, "Russia had no choice." The war was inevitable. No matter whether the west and rest of the world likes it or not the invasion of Ukraine was fixed in the stars. (Where was the west when the Ukrainian regime was committing genocide in the Donetsk region? Where was Elon Musk? Putin is not lying. Watch the Russia Today TV channel and west please stop putting bans on the Russia Today TV channel. The Ukrainian regime has killed innocent children in the Donetsk region and now the current Ukrainian regime is receiving the same treatment which they gave to innocent children for 8 continuous years and they truly deserve it.) 

The point I am trying to convey here is that all the events in this world are predetermined and fated and no power on this earth can prevent or stop the evil planets from doing what they have to do. I am going to write more on astrology and cosmic fatalism in my future posts. My entire life, in fact all the events in my life is happening and has happened according to the calculations and predictions of astrology. According to Zurvanism the whole of humanity's fate has been predestined. There is no escape from this prison or the cave of Mithras.

What do we do now? To which God do we offer our prayers and sacrifices? Who can give us salvation? How do we escape from this evil cosmic fatalism? The answer is there is no way, the only way is that Chronus (The God of Time) and his wife Ananke (The Goddess of Fate) need to give approval to release you from this cosmic fatalism until then you are a prisoner of the cave. Some say rituals and prayers give us salvation through providence but isn't providence in direct conflict with the concept of Cosmic fatalism? If the supreme God and Goddess does not give you the approval then no matter what you will not be able to perform any rituals let alone receive salvation through it.

Please remember that the supreme God does not provide you redemption just because you have done something good in the past, No. You may have murdered many people in the past but God can still choose you and provide salvation to you. This is the concept of unmerited Grace which the Apostle Paul was preaching all along. "Who are you to question God?" asks Saint Paul. This is the bitter truth. Our salvation is not in our hands.

If this is the truth then how should we lead our lives? What morals should we imbibe? Should we lead a life of righteousness or unrighteousness? If everything is predetermined including all our characters and morals then none of the above things makes sense. The only thing that makes sense is to escape from this cosmic fatalism and attain freedom and immortality and this is possible only if God gives you the approval to release you from this prison. I am in a crisis of faith.

I love Venus in Scorpio women

I recently discovered that all the women who I admire have their Venus in Scorpio. I was a big fan of Meg Ryan and Avril Lavigne right from my teenage and they both have their Venus in Scorpio. Being a Venus in Scorpio myself it seems I am naturally attracted to these people.

As some astrologers say, its all there in their eyes as though there is a dark mystery behind them and I love all of them having grown up watching their movies.

Jennifer Connelly, Blood Diamond and The Day The Earth Stood Still

Meg Ryan, You've got mail and Sleepless in Seattle

Anne Hathaway, Dark Knight Rises

Carla Bruni Sarkhozy

Avril Lavigne

Jodie Foster, Silence of the Lambs

Katie Holmes

Sigourney Weaver, Alien Resurrection

Milla Jovovich, Resident Evil

Naomi Watts, King Kong

Winona Ryder, Alien resurrection

Even Matt Damon and Leonardo Di Caprio have their Venus in Scorpio and mind you I love the movie Departed as they both are casted in it.

Why am I compassionate and altruistic?

I have Sun and Venus conjunction in the 6th house of Scorpio with Sun holding the lower degrees. One of the reasons why I give a lot in relationships.

Why do I like to do research?

I have Jupiter, Moon and Ketu conjunction in my 2nd house of Cancer. Watch the below video.

The Occult Science of Indian Astrology

       Ancient Persians (Magi) and Indians were masters of magic, astrology and the occult, while the Persian nation entirely got converted into Islam, Indians have preserved the occult science of astrology and magic which is still in vogue on every nook and corner of the nation.

It was the Sun God who revealed the occult science of astrology to the demon Mara and this science is preserved in an ancient text called Surya Siddhanta. Astrology shows that all the events in our lives are predetermined according to the position of the planets. Even the psychological behaviour and the physique of a person is predetermined according to the date and place of birth of a person.

There are many online sites where you can enter the date, time and place of your birth and obtain your future and current predictions. For example the below details of mine was taken from www.astrologyandme.com website. Anyone who has seen me from close would know that my characteristics and nature are exactly identical to the one predicted by the science of astrology.

General Characteristics

• You might be a  restless worker. You are optimistic in approaching things. You are always cheerful and never sit idle. You are not only cheerful, but also cheer up others and inspire others to work.

• You  are  intelligent and want to know more and more.  You  study well.  You  come up in life because of your  studies.  You  love outdoors  and nature. You like to visit lonely places and  places where one can see nature in her beauties. You love active sports especially  in  your young age. You are aware of your own  work, studies and responsibilities. When you are engaged in your work, you  do  not interfere in others matters. This way  of  approach towards others may be understood as narrow mindedness.

• You  are  sympathetic and have a kind heart towards  people.  You help people a lot and bring them up in life. You may be described as bringers of sunshine into gloomy situations.

• You will be engaged in a respectable profession. You are hard working, don't like to sit idle, will be trusted by everybody and will be a responsible person. However, people around you who are jealous of you, will try hinder your progress.

• Your hard work and devotion to work will fetch you suddenly quite a good amount of property and wealth. However, as stated earlier, jealous people around may try to destroy this.

• You will be known for your diplomatic dealings and the efficient way of persuading people. You will go abroad on account of diplomatic missions. You will be loved and respected by everybody. You will be very much successful in your mission and win the hearts of both the sending as well as the receiving parties.

• Success in business indicated.

• You are not sociable and will have few friends. You will be reserved and introvert in nature.

• You are a person having great power both with respect to your speech as well as your physique. People without too much guts will not try to go against you. However some people will try to come in your way. You will not keep quiet but give them back in the right way. Once they come to know about your powerful nature they will dare to do anything against you in future.  

Nature and Behaviour

• You tend to be friendly, communicative, indecisive, unsure, liking to do two or more things at once, active mentally, temperamental, nervous or anxious, superficial, and always ready for something different. Natives like you are often quite witty and clever, but present themselves in a less cheerful and changeable way. Your observation are sharp but the overall manner is sometimes a bit rude. You have a strong need to communicate what you already know and to learn more. You enjoy reading and travelling as they both give plenty of scope for picking up new knowledge. 

• You need variety and can be the jack of all trades and the master of none.You are quick witted, sometimes shy or retiring humane, good disposition but nervous and restless. You will be polite, amicable, skilled and a good orator.You may be disciplined & despite of having good qualities you may lack patience. You may have ever-changing views and shifting objectives.You love to talk, both with your mouth as well as your hands.You may lack in concentration and quick decision. 

• You might be a bit reserved and introvert in nature.

• You do not believe in having resolutions which are meant only to show and not to implement. You feel that having such principles is the most of foolish thing. So you feel that it is better not to have such showy principles. In fact, you do not have any such principles, because you are a practical person.

• You will have interest in poetry, literature. Jupiter in the second house increases the chances of your success. You will get a good looking life partner, fortune, family and surroundings. Yours would be an easy going personality.

• You acquire wealth by various means. Your children will be intelligent, respect elders and educated. They might be little reserve.

• People take you as Stingy when you are unwilling to give or spend much, but that's your own way of avoiding over expenditure.

• Laziness and idleness might be one of your attributes.

Family

• You will have a very good relationship with your mother.

Education

• You might take up science as your subject and may get involved in deep researches.