The Persian 'Mar Nameh':
The Persian 'Mar Nameh': The Zoroastrian 'Book of the Snake' Omens
and Calendar by Payam Nabarz & The Old Persian Calendar by S H
Taqizadeh.
Paperback: 132 pages, 4 B&W illustrations
Publisher: Twin Serpents Ltd. (July 11, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 1905524250
Price: £12 ($20)
The centuries old Persian poem 'Mar Nameh' describes in verse a
method of augury; what seeing a snake on every one of the 30 days of
a month will mean and what omen it will portend. The thirty-two
couplets in Persian informative rhyme are shown here in beautifully
handwritten Persian calligraphy. The poem is both translated and
transliterated into English. The symbolic connection of the snake to
Time is discussed and a modern approach to use the 'Mar Nameh' is
described using the Zoroastrian Calendars.
The Old Iranian calendar describes in detail the foundation of
Persian calendar system and its ancient festivals, such as the New
Year celebration of Nawruz, the Tiragan festival, and the feast of
Mithra. The connection of the Persian calendar to the Egyptian and
Babylonian calendars is also examined in depth.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Part 1
Chapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 2. Mar Nameh (the transliteration)
Chapter 3 Persian Text of Mar Nameh.
Chapter 4 Mar Nameh (the translation)
Chapter 5. Spirit of the days and their meaning.
Sirozas: Prayer and dedications for the thirty days of the month
Siroza 1
Siroza 2
Bibliography
Further reading
Part 2
THE OLD IRANIAN CALENDARS
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix
The Gregorian calendar conversion to the Persian calendar.
Calendar year 2006 conversion to Zoroastrian calendar year 3743.
Calendar year 2007 conversion to Zoroastrian calendar year 3744.
Calendar year 2008 conversion to Zoroastrian calendar year 3745.
By the same author: The Mysteries of Mithras The Pagan Belief That
Shaped the Christian World. Inner Traditions (2005), ISBN: 1-59477-
027-1
The Persian 'Mar Nameh': The Zoroastrian 'Book of the Snake' Omens
and Calendar by Payam Nabarz & The Old Persian Calendar by S H
Taqizadeh.
Paperback: 132 pages, 4 B&W illustrations
Publisher: Twin Serpents Ltd. (July 11, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN: 1905524250
Price: £12 ($20)
The centuries old Persian poem 'Mar Nameh' describes in verse a
method of augury; what seeing a snake on every one of the 30 days of
a month will mean and what omen it will portend. The thirty-two
couplets in Persian informative rhyme are shown here in beautifully
handwritten Persian calligraphy. The poem is both translated and
transliterated into English. The symbolic connection of the snake to
Time is discussed and a modern approach to use the 'Mar Nameh' is
described using the Zoroastrian Calendars.
The Old Iranian calendar describes in detail the foundation of
Persian calendar system and its ancient festivals, such as the New
Year celebration of Nawruz, the Tiragan festival, and the feast of
Mithra. The connection of the Persian calendar to the Egyptian and
Babylonian calendars is also examined in depth.
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
Part 1
Chapter 1. Introduction.
Chapter 2. Mar Nameh (the transliteration)
Chapter 3 Persian Text of Mar Nameh.
Chapter 4 Mar Nameh (the translation)
Chapter 5. Spirit of the days and their meaning.
Sirozas: Prayer and dedications for the thirty days of the month
Siroza 1
Siroza 2
Bibliography
Further reading
Part 2
THE OLD IRANIAN CALENDARS
Notes
Bibliography
Appendix
The Gregorian calendar conversion to the Persian calendar.
Calendar year 2006 conversion to Zoroastrian calendar year 3743.
Calendar year 2007 conversion to Zoroastrian calendar year 3744.
Calendar year 2008 conversion to Zoroastrian calendar year 3745.
By the same author: The Mysteries of Mithras The Pagan Belief That
Shaped the Christian World. Inner Traditions (2005), ISBN: 1-59477-
027-1




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