zorastrianism Philifledermaus one of the cooler religions in the world, Persian I think. They build fire temples and have an excellent world view. 000506 ... birdmad they don't accept converts 000512 ... cerulean caelum the magi were the priesthood of zorastrianism. When the founder of zorastrianism, zoraster, died, they split into two sects. the sect mentioned earlier by someone else are those who returned to ancient forms of nature worship. From this pagan sect we derive the words ?magic? and ?magician.? The other portion carried on the teachings of zoraster, which were very similar to the teachings found in the Old Testament.It was members of the latter sect who were the wise men described in the Bible. It's fascinating, really... 011102 what's it to you? who go blather from