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The True History of The True History of Christianity Christianity ““John Smith John Smith”” L Let him who seeks continue seeking until he finds. When he finds, he will become troubled. When he becomes troubled, he will be astonished ... Jesus said ... For nothing hidden will not become manifest, and nothing covered will remain without being uncovered. The apocryphal Gospel of Thomas, a 4th Century ‘heretical’ text discovered at Nag Hammadi, Egypt, in 1945. M Many others, who oppose the truth and are the messengers of error, will set up their error ... thinking that good and evil are from one (source) ... but those of this sort will be cast into the outer darkness. From the Apocalypse of Peter, also found at Nag Hammadi. “Jesus said, ... For there are five trees for you in Paradise which remain undisturbed summer and winter and whose leaves do not fall. Whoever becomes acquainted with them will not experience death”. The apocryphal Gospel of Thomas II:19, also found at Nag Hammadi. The True History of Christianity “John Smith” 2005 D E D I C A T I O N S This book is dedicated to a number of individuals who played an important part in this project - Firstly, no greater thanks can go to my family who patiently waited 10 years while their dad finished this book, and to my folks for their assistance when the going was really tough. Thanks also to the idiot who undid my wheel nuts (almost wiping out an entire family), not to mention the vile piece of of filth who cut through my brake hose causing my vehicle to spin out of control. A heartfelt thanks must go to those academics who reviewed this work, even if they didn’t want to make a public declaration, the more so because many of their colleagues are bound to see it as controversial. Through them I gained a much greater insight into how I might refine its presentation, plus rectify whatever inaccuracies were present in the infant manuscript. Above all this book is dedicated to the search for the Truth, and to the great scholars of the past, present and future. I N M E M O R I A M W . B R O . H . C . A M B R O S E ( K N I G H T ’ S T E M P L A R ) , W H O W A S A X E D T O D E A T H I N J A N U A R Y 2 0 0 5 H E L P I N G H E R O I N A D D I C T S G E T T H E I R L I V E S B A C K I N O R D E R I N M E M O R I A M C L A U D I U S C A L L I D I U S , A N E N T E R P R I S I N G D U T C H M A N W H O S E L I F E W A S T U R N E D U P S I D E D O W N T R Y I N G T O S A V E W H I T E W I Z A R D S F R O M I N C I N E R A T I O N . J A I L E D I N 1 5 9 3 F O R D A R I N G T O W R I T E A N D P U B L I S H I N F O R M A T I O N A B O U T T H E F O R B I D D E N H I S T O R Y O F E U R O P E . F O R C E D R E C A N T A T I O N E N S U E D . Please note this book exists in two formats. One is entitled The Forbidden History of Europe and the other a ‘right- wing’ version called The Forbidden History of Europe - The Chronicles and Testament of the Aryan Nations. I felt compelled to do this so as to dispel accusations the original work was “White Supremacist propaganda”, an allegation I repeatedly encountered in the left wing bastions of the modern university system. Some academics point blank refused to evaluate the text upon seeing swastikas and the word Aryan, which even today is as taboo as ever. Any reader wishing to compare both copies will soon spot the difference. All rights reserved. No part of publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording or any other information storage and retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the author. © ‘John Smith’ 2005 4 The True History of Christianity 5 The True History of ChristianityNations P P art art I I Beginnings Beginnings Chapter I Chapter I Beginnings Beginnings BBEGINNINGS EGINNINGS 99 IINTRODUCTION NTRODUCTION 99 TTHE HE IINDO NDO-E -EUROPEANS UROPEANS 11 11 TTHE HE VENERABLE VENERABLE PAGANISM PAGANISM OF OF THE THE WIZARDS WIZARDS 11 11 Chapter II Chapter II Methodology Methodology TTHE HE IINDO NDO-E -EUROPEAN UROPEAN RESEARCH RESEARCH CONTROVERSY CONTROVERSY 15 15 TTHE HE BOOK BOOK’’SS DESIGN DESIGN 17 17 - Discovering the past is difficult! - Discovering the past is difficult! 18 18 - What is evidence? - What is evidence? 18 18 - The nationalistic agenda - The nationalistic agenda 19 19 TTHE HE TOOLS TOOLS OF OF THE THE DETECTIVES DETECTIVES 22 22 - Linguistics - Linguistics 22 22 * The Indo-European family * The Indo-European family 23 23 * The Slavic sub-family * The Slavic sub-family 25 25 * The IndoIranian sub- family * The IndoIranian sub- family 25 25 *- Non Indo-European families *- Non Indo-European families 28 28 * Non-Slavic word correlations * Non-Slavic word correlations 29 29 * Findings * Findings 30 30 * Why some Vedic and Avestan words survived 32 * Why some Vedic and Avestan words survived 32 and not others and not others * Factors against survival * Factors against survival 33 33 * Accidental modifications to religious terms 33 * Accidental modifications to religious terms 33 * Deliberate alterations to religious terminology 33 * Deliberate alterations to religious terminology 33 * Deliberate eradication of the language * Deliberate eradication of the language 33 33 * Aids to survival * Aids to survival 34 34 * Lack of schooling, lack of contact * Lack of schooling, lack of contact 34 34 with missionaries with missionaries * Commonality of words * Commonality of words 35 35 * Later linguistic correlations * Later linguistic correlations 35 35 - Archaeology - Archaeology 39 39 - History - History 42 42 - Genetics - Genetics 47 47 - Folklore and mythology - Folklore and mythology 48 48 - Religious texts - Religious texts 49 49 - Art - Art 52 52 CCULTURAL ULTURAL INTERACTION INTERACTION 110 110 IIMPORTANT MPORTANT COMPARATIVE COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE EVIDENCE 63 63 Chapter III Chapter III Magi - The Magicians Magi - The Magicians M MAGI AGI - T - THE HE M MAGICIANS AGICIANS 70 70 M MONOTHEISM ONOTHEISM IN IN PPERSIA ERSIA AND AND M MESOPOTAMIA ESOPOTAMIA 72 72 H HOW OW MANY MANY TYPES TYPES OF OF M MAGI AGI WERE WERE THERE THERE?? 81 81 TTHE HE GREAT GREAT COSMIC COSMIC BATTLE BATTLE 88 88 TTHE HE IINDO NDO-E -EUROPEANS UROPEANS 90 90 TTHE HE A ARYAN RYAN HORDES HORDES 94 94 A AGAINST GAINST THE THE A ARYAN RYAN INVASION INVASION THEORY THEORY 96 96 TTHE HE A ARYAN RYAN PENETRATION PENETRATION OF OF EEUROPE UROPE 97 97 TTHE HE A ACHAEMENID CHAEMENID PPERSIAN ERSIAN EMPIRE EMPIRE 100 100 SSCYTHIANS CYTHIANS 107 107 M MEANWHILE EANWHILE EEAST AST OF OF SSCYTHIA CYTHIA 112 112 TTHE HE LAST LAST DAYS DAYS OF OF THE THE M MAGI AGI 116 116 TTHE HE EXODUS EXODUS 122 122 TTHE HE W WIZARDS IZARDS COME COME TO TO EEUROPE UROPE 125 125 N NORDIC ORDIC M MAGI AGI 129 129 TTHE HE EEND ND OF OF D DAYS AYS 145 145 TTHE HE EEUROPEAN UROPEAN M MAGI AGI CONSOLIDATE CONSOLIDATE POWER POWER 150 150 TTHE HE SSLAVS LAVS 159 159 TTHE HE FORMATION FORMATION OF OF THE THE RRUS US’ ’ STATE STATE 168 168 EELIMINATING LIMINATING OPPOSITION OPPOSITION IN IN THE THE RRUS US’ ’ STATE STATE 175 175 TTIES IES WITH WITH THE THE SSILVER ILVER BBULGARS ULGARS 181 181 TTHE HE D DANUBIAN ANUBIAN BBULGARS ULGARS 188 188 TTHE HE CCELTIC ELTIC AND AND G GAULISH AULISH M MAGI AGI 199 199 - Druidic hierarchy - Druidic hierarchy 200 200 - Druidic education - Druidic education 201 201 - Druidic ritualism - Druidic ritualism 202 202 SSIBERIAN IBERIAN AND AND A ASIATIC SIATIC M MAGI AGI 204 204 VVOLKHVY OLKHVY - T - THE HE RRUSSIAN USSIAN M MAGI AGI 208 208 KKOLDUNY OLDUNY - T - THE HE SORCERERS SORCERERS 214 214 CCHALDEAN HALDEAN CUSTOMS CUSTOMS AND AND TRADITIONS TRADITIONS 219 219 CCHALDEAN HALDEAN CEREMONIES CEREMONIES 220 220 TTHE HE YEZIDIS YEZIDIS 227 227 YYEZIDIS EZIDIS RITUALISM RITUALISM 228 228 YYEZIDIS EZIDIS FESTIVALS FESTIVALS 230 230 YYEZIDIS EZIDIS MYTHS MYTHS 231 231 M MAGUS AGUS - T - THE HE ROSETTA ROSETTA STONE STONE FO FO EEUROPEAN UROPEAN PAGANISM PAGANISM 232 232 TTHE HE VVOLKHVY OLKHVY’’SS ROLE ROLE IN IN SOCIETY SOCIETY 233 233 - Offices of the subordinate initiates - Offices of the subordinate initiates 239 239 - The hierarchy of the Magi - The hierarchy of the Magi 240 240 - Priestly accoutrements - Priestly accoutrements 243 243 - Magical badges of office - Magical badges of office 254 254 TTHE HE WHITE WHITE M MAGI AGI 259 259 TTHE HE BLACK BLACK M MAGI AGI 260 260 PPAGAN AGAN SAINTS SAINTS - T - THE HE FFRAVASHIS RAVASHIS 262 262 - White fravashis - White fravashis 263 263 - Black fravashis - Black fravashis 265 265 - Odin the magician and witch - Odin the magician and witch 267 267 TTHE HE RROYALS OYALS WHO WHO RULED RULED RRUS US’’ 268 268 6 The True History of Christianity Chapter IV Chapter IV Paganism Paganism PPAGANISM AGANISM 273 273 PPREHISTORIC REHISTORIC ANIMISM ANIMISM 275 275 A ARYAN RYAN PREHISTORIC PREHISTORIC ANIMISM ANIMISM AND AND D DUALISTIC UALISTIC A ARYAN RYAN A ANIMISM NIMISM 275 275 A ARYAN RYAN- - BASED BASED PAGANISM PAGANISM 275 275 ZZOROASTRIAN OROASTRIAN PAGANISM PAGANISM 278 278 O ORTHODOX RTHODOX ZZOROASTRIANISM OROASTRIANISM 279 279 EEASTERN ASTERN DUALIST DUALIST PAGANISM PAGANISM 280 280 PPAGAN AGAN GNOSTICISM GNOSTICISM 281 281 PPAGAN AGAN GODS GODS WITH WITH INTERNATIONAL INTERNATIONAL CREDENTIALS CREDENTIALS 285 285 TTHE HE FOUNDATIONS FOUNDATIONS OF OF RRUS US’ P ’ PAGANISM AGANISM 288 288 RRUSSIAN USSIAN PAGANISM PAGANISM 293 293 - Heavenly deities - Heavenly deities 295 295 - Earthly deities - Earthly deities 301 301 - Demon gods - Demon gods 305 305 A ANCESTOR NCESTOR WORSHIP WORSHIP 316 316 - Prashchurs - Prashchurs 316 316 - Remembrance ceremonies for ancestors - Remembrance ceremonies for ancestors 316 316 O OTHER THER PPAGAN AGAN BELIEFS BELIEFS 318 318 - Diseases - Diseases 318 318 - The black and white kingdoms - The black and white kingdoms 318 318 - The black and white animals, Holy dogs - The black and white animals, Holy dogs 319 319 - Holy birds - Holy birds 320 320 IINTERCESSIONS NTERCESSIONS 320 320 - Making offerings - Making offerings 321 321 PPAGAN AGAN RELIGIOUS RELIGIOUS DUTIES DUTIES 322 322 - Matters of piety and impiety - Matters of piety and impiety 322 322 Chapter V Chapter V Astronomy, Astrology, education and the Astronomy, Astrology, education and the sciences sciences PPAGAN AGAN HOLY HOLY BOOKS BOOKS 324 324 O ON N THE THE IMPORTANCE IMPORTANCE OF OF BOOKS BOOKS 324 324 O ON N SCIENCE SCIENCE 326 326 TTHE HE A ARAB RAB LEGACY LEGACY 326 326 TTHE HE ANCIENT ANCIENT SCIENCES SCIENCES 329 329 BBOOK OOK BURNING BURNING 330 330 RREASONS EASONS FOR FOR THE THE BOOK BOOK BURNING BURNING 332 332 BBOOKS OOKS OF OF THE THE M MAGI AGI 334 334 H HOLY OLY BOOKS BOOKS OF OF THE THE RRUSSIAN USSIAN PAGANS PAGANS 337 337 KKNOWN NOWN RRUSSIAN USSIAN PAGAN PAGAN TREATISES TREATISES 339 339 - - Putnik Putnik 340 340 - - Ostrologiya, Zvezdochot Ostrologiya, Zvezdochot and and Kolyadnik Kolyadnik 348 348 - - Gromovnik Gromovnik 349 349 - - Snosydyets’, Volkhovnik, Travnik Snosydyets’, Volkhovnik, Travnik 350 350 - - Lichyebnik Lichyebnik 350 350 - - Tsvitnik Tsvitnik 352 352 - - Zilyeinik Zilyeinik 354 354 - Name lists and weather charts - Name lists and weather charts 356 356 - Works on divination - Works on divination 357 357 - Miscellaneous titles - Miscellaneous titles 357 357 W WERE ERE THESE THESE THE THE BBOOKS OOKS USED USED BY BY M MEDIAEVAL EDIAEVAL WITCHES WITCHES?? 359 359 A ASTRONOMY STRONOMY 359 359 A ANCEINT NCEINT G GREEK REEK ASTRONOMERS ASTRONOMERS 360 360 TTHE HE ALEXANDRIAN ALEXANDRIAN CONNECTION CONNECTION 360 360 TTHE HE ASTRONOMERS ASTRONOMERS’ ’ TRAVELS TRAVELS 361 361 TTHEIR HEIR LOVE LOVE OF OF THE THE STARS STARS 363 363 SSTARS TARS OF OF THE THE SOUTHER SOUTHER HEMISPHERE HEMISPHERE 363 363 TTHE HE A ALMAGEST LMAGEST 365 365 TTHE HE A ALMAGEST LMAGEST’’SS VIEW VIEW OF OF THE THE CONSTELLATIONS CONSTELLATIONS 365 365 VVIEWING IEWING DEVICES DEVICES 367 367 - Armillaries - Armillaries 367 367 - Fixed astrolabes - Fixed astrolabes 367 367 - Hand astrolabes - Hand astrolabes 367 367 A ASCENSION SCENSION TABLES TABLES 368 368 CCOLLABORATION OLLABORATION IN IN THE THE EAST EAST 369 369 A ASTRO STRO--CARTOGRAPHY CARTOGRAPHY (U (URANOGRAPHY RANOGRAPHY)) 370 370 O OPTICS PTICS IN IN ANCIENT ANCIENT ASTRONOMY ASTRONOMY 371 371 - Fostir and baptistir - Fostir and baptistir 372 372 - Dioptra - Dioptra 372 372 - Mirrors - Mirrors 372 372 RRUSSIAN USSIAN OBSERVATORIES OBSERVATORIES AND AND ASTRONOMY ASTRONOMY 373 373 W WERE ERE THE THE DRUIDS DRUIDS CONNECTED CONNECTED WITH WITH ASTRONOMERS ASTRONOMERS IN IN RRUS US’ ’ 375 375 O OTHER THER POSSIBLE POSSIBLE INFLUENCES INFLUENCES ON ON RRUSSIAN USSIAN ASTRONOMY ASTRONOMY 376 376 A ASTROLOGY STROLOGY 379 379 - Predestination - Predestination 380 380 TTHE HE SSLAVIC LAVIC ZODIAC ZODIAC 381 381 - Narodniye znaki zodiaka - Narodniye znaki zodiaka 381 381 - The other Slavic zodiacs - The other Slavic zodiacs 381 381 O OTHER THER POSSIBLE POSSIBLE INFLUENCES INFLUENCES ON ON RRUSSIAN USSIAN ASTRONOMY ASTRONOMY 376 376 CCHRISTIANS HRISTIANS, M , MUSLIMS USLIMS, J , JEWS EWS AND AND A ASTROLOGY STROLOGY 381 381 SSCHAST CHAST’’EE 383 383 - Invocations of luck and inviting misfortune - Invocations of luck and inviting misfortune 383 383 FFATE ATE AND AND DEATH DEATH 384 384 D DIVINATIONS IVINATIONS METHODS METHODS 384 384 - Anthropomancy, birds and birth cauls - Anthropomancy, birds and birth cauls 384 384 - Cocks, crystals, dream interpretation, fires - Cocks, crystals, dream interpretation, fires 385 385 and horosocopes and horosocopes - Temple horses, mirrors, waxen images, weather 386 - Temple horses, mirrors, waxen images, weather 386 Chapter VI Chapter VI Magic Magic M MAGIC AGIC 387 387 - White magic and black magic - White magic and black magic 387 387 M MAGICAL AGICAL RITUAL RITUAL 391 391 - High and Low Magic - High and Low Magic 391 391 M MAGIC AGIC THROUGH THROUGH THE THE EYE EYE OF OF AN AN HISTORIAN HISTORIAN 392 392 A ALCHEMY LCHEMY 395 395 - Hermetic alchemy - Hermetic alchemy 395 395 - Eastern alchemy and the Indian connection - Eastern alchemy and the Indian connection 395 395 - The “science” of alchemy - The “science” of alchemy 396 396 - But did it do anything? - But did it do anything? 397 397 G GNOSTIC NOSTIC MAGIC MAGIC 399 399 - The source of the power - The source of the power 400 400 - Pagan gnostic incantations - Pagan gnostic incantations 400 400 7 The True History of Christianity - Pagan gnosticism goes West - Pagan gnosticism goes West 401 401 - The Pagan Gnostics leave Egypt - The Pagan Gnostics leave Egypt 402 402 - Manichaean and biblical gnostic magic - Manichaean and biblical gnostic magic 402 402 KKABBALISTIC ABBALISTIC M MAGIC AGIC 403 403 - The origins of Kabbalism - The origins of Kabbalism 408 408 M MITHRAIC ITHRAIC M MAGIC AGIC 405 405 - The origins of Mithraism - The origins of Mithraism 408 408 - Mithraism goes West - Mithraism goes West 409 409 - Evidence of Mithraism in Mediaeval Rus’ - Evidence of Mithraism in Mediaeval Rus’ 409 409 - The Mithraic initiation - The Mithraic initiation 411 411 D DIONYSIAN IONYSIAN AND AND O ORPHIC RPHIC M MAGIC AGIC 411 411 - Dionysian rituals in Russia? - Dionysian rituals in Russia? 413 413 - Cannibalism; fact or fantasy? - Cannibalism; fact or fantasy? 413 413 PPRIMITIVE RIMITIVE MAGIC MAGIC 416 416 PPRIMITIVE RIMITIVE NECROMANCY NECROMANCY 416 416 SSKOMOROKH KOMOROKH’’SS MAGIC MAGIC 418 418 - On music and magic - On music and magic 420 420 - Musical instruments - Musical instruments 421 421 W WEAVER EAVER’’SS MAGIC MAGIC 422 422 RRUSSIAN USSIAN M MAGIC AGIC 423 423 M MAGICAL AGICAL OBJECTS OBJECTS AND AND TALISMANS TALISMANS 425 425 CCREATING REATING M MAGICKED AGICKED OBJECTS OBJECTS 425 425 - Theories of High Magic in the - Theories of High Magic in the 425 425 creation of magical objects creation of magical objects - Affinities of the lower bodies - Affinities of the lower bodies 427 427 LLITHICAS ITHICAS; ; GEMS GEMS AND AND THEIR THEIR PROPERTIES PROPERTIES 427 427 - In search of gems and knowledge - In search of gems and knowledge 429 429 Miscellaneous magical beliefs Miscellaneous magical beliefs 431 431 M MAGIC AGIC BECOMES BECOMES OUTLAWED OUTLAWED 433 433 Chapter VII Chapter VII The white rites The white rites A ARYAN RYAN PPAGAN AGAN RITES RITES 435 435 - The coronation of a king - The coronation of a king 436 436 - The singing of the Aryas - The singing of the Aryas 436 436 - - Soma Soma ((Sima Sima) rituals ) rituals 437 437 - The original - The original Soma Soma 438 438 - - Asvamedha Asvamedha - The horse sacrifice - The horse sacrifice 442 442 PPAGAN AGAN RITUALS RITUALS OF OF THE THE W WHITE HITE M MAGI AGI 443 443 - Coming of age - Coming of age 444 444 M MAGIAN AGIAN FUNERARY FUNERARY RITES RITES 444 444 EEXCARNATION XCARNATION - D - DEFLESHING EFLESHING 445 445 M MAGIAN AGIAN EXCARNATION EXCARNATION TRADITIONS TRADITIONS 446 446 FFUNERARY UNERARY TRADITIONS TRADITIONS IN IN A ANCIENT NCIENT RRUSSIA USSIA 446 446 A ABLUTIONS BLUTIONS AND AND PURIFICATION PURIFICATION RITES RITES 465 465 PPADYAB ADYAB, N , NAN AN AND AND BBARESHNUM ARESHNUM 465 465 PPATET ATET - M - MAGIAN AGIAN SACRAMENTAL SACRAMENTAL CONFESSION CONFESSION 468 468 SSAGES AGES, , THE THE WISE WISE MEN MEN - - WHITE WHITE M MAGIAN AGIAN CONFESSORS CONFESSORS 468 468 TTHE HE HEREAFTER HEREAFTER 469 469 - The Zoroastrian afterlife - The Zoroastrian afterlife 469 469 - The Finnish afterlife - The Finnish afterlife 473 473 - The Lettish afterlife - The Lettish afterlife 475 475 - The Lithuanian afterlife - The Lithuanian afterlife 475 475 - Rus’ realms of existence - Rus’ realms of existence 476 476 - Khors and the 12 kingdoms - Khors and the 12 kingdoms 476 476 TTHE HE PPAGAN AGAN CCOMMUNION OMMUNION OF OF THE THE RRUS US’ M ’ MAGI AGI, , AND AND ITS ITS ORIGINS ORIGINS 479 479 - How old is - How old is Haoma Haoma?? 480 480 - What plant was - What plant was Haoma Haoma?? 482 482 - What we do know about - What we do know about Haoma Haoma 483 483 - Golden Mistletoe - Golden Mistletoe 486 486 - - Haoma Haoma - The giver of life - The giver of life 488 488 - What is known of zurvanite ritualism? - What is known of zurvanite ritualism? 490 490 - Who could drink the - Who could drink the Haoma Haoma?? 491 491 PPREPARATION REPARATION OF OF THE THE H HAOMA AOMA 492 492 - Milk-based - Milk-based Haoma Haoma 492 492 - The elixir of power - - The elixir of power - Haumavarka Haumavarka (The wolf drink) (The wolf drink) 492 492 O OTHER THER LIBATIONS LIBATIONS 499 499 - - Beriozovitsa Beriozovitsa, mead, beer , mead, beer 499 499 PPAGAN AGAN G GNOSTIC NOSTIC LIBATIONS LIBATIONS - Kvas and wine - Kvas and wine 501 501 N NECROMANTIC ECROMANTIC AND AND DIVINATORY DIVINATORY CONCOCTIONS CONCOCTIONS 501 501 D DIVINE IVINE FOODS FOODS 502 502 - Holy biscuits - Holy biscuits 503 503 - Holy meat, drons and Holy gruel - Holy meat, drons and Holy gruel 504 504 TTHE HE G GAHS AHS 505 505 TTHE HE M MAGIAN AGIAN PROPHETIC PROPHETIC CALENDAR CALENDAR 505 505 PPAGAN AGAN CHRONOLOGY CHRONOLOGY IN IN THE THE BBALKANS ALKANS 508 508 CCALENDARS ALENDARS 509 509 - The Old Iranian calendar - The Old Iranian calendar 509 509 - Rus’ Pagan calendar - Rus’ Pagan calendar 510 510 - The Christian, Jewish and Muslim calendars - The Christian, Jewish and Muslim calendars 510 510 PPAGAN AGAN FEAST FEAST DAYS DAYS IN IN RRUS US’’ 511 511 - Vesna (Spring) - Vesna (Spring) 511 511 - Lyeto (Summer) - Lyeto (Summer) 512 512 - Osen’ (Autumn) - Osen’ (Autumn) 513 513 - Zima (Winter) - Zima (Winter) 514 514 G GAMES AMES 516 516 - Contests - Contests 516 516 - Board games - Board games 516 516 Chapter VIII Chapter VIII The black rites and pagan holy sites The black rites and pagan holy sites TTHE HE COMING COMING OF OF THE THE WOLVES WOLVES 517 517 EEASTERN ASTERN EEUROPE UROPE - A - A NEW NEW HOME HOME 526 526 VVOLKHVY OLKHVY AND AND GGARABANCIAS ARABANCIAS 526 526 BBRABANCONS RABANCONS AND AND GGRAMER RAMER 527 527 BBLACK LACK WITCHCRAFT WITCHCRAFT, , THE THE D DEVIL EVIL’’SS MYSTERIES MYSTERIES 529 529 O ON N DEVIL DEVIL WORSHIP WORSHIP 531 531 - The cult of appeasement - The cult of appeasement 532 532 - The division of the people into two flocks - The division of the people into two flocks 532 532 - A love of the Daevas - A love of the Daevas 533 533 - Zurvanites believed demons were gods - Zurvanites believed demons were gods 533 533 - Liberation from evil creation - Liberation from evil creation 533 533 - Zurvanite teachings on devil worship - Zurvanite teachings on devil worship 8 The True History of Christianity 533 533 BBLOOD LOOD SACRIFICES SACRIFICES, O , ON N HUMAN HUMAN SACRIFICE SACRIFICE 535 535 - The manner of sacrifice - The manner of sacrifice 538 538 FFEATURES EATURES OF OF HUMAN HUMAN SACRIFICE SACRIFICE 539 539 - Selected by lot to die - Selected by lot to die 539 539 - The individual had irredeemably defiled themself 540 - The individual had irredeemably defiled themself 540 - The person was born to suffer a sacrificial end 541 - The person was born to suffer a sacrificial end 541 - The victim was nearing the end of their life, 542 - The victim was nearing the end of their life, 542 or due to a calamity or due to a calamity - The person was killed as a penance for their sins 544 - The person was killed as a penance for their sins 544 - The person was sacrificed to accompany - The person was sacrificed to accompany 544 544 someone into the next world someone into the next world - Feeding the war god - Feeding the war god 545 545 CCRISIS RISIS OFFERINGS OFFERINGS 546 546 PPAGAN AGAN HOLY HOLY SITES SITES 547 547 KKHRAMI HRAMI - P - PAGAN AGAN TEMPLES TEMPLES 548 548 KKHRAM HRAM CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION 548 548 - Lotus shaped mounds - Lotus shaped mounds 551 551 - Towered temples - Towered temples 551 551 - Magian belfries - Magian belfries 555 555 - The underground places - The underground places 556 556 - Amphitheatres - Amphitheatres 557 557 - Svyatilishche - Svyatilishche 557 557 PPAGAN AGAN PILGRIMAGES PILGRIMAGES 558 558 PPAGAN AGAN HOLY HOLY SITES SITES 559 559 - Groves - Groves 560 560 - Sacred springs - Sacred springs 562 562 - Holy fires - Holy fires 563 563 - Samovars - were they really Magian fire urns? - Samovars - were they really Magian fire urns? 563 563 - Fire birds - Fire birds 570 570 - Founding a temple fire - Founding a temple fire 571 571 - Daily prayers - Daily prayers at the fire temple at the fire temple 572 572 PPAGAN AGAN IDOLS IDOLS 573 573 - The telestic arts - The telestic arts 573 573 - Indian idols - Indian idols 575 575 TTHE HE RRUS US’ I ’ IDOLS DOLS 580 580 TTHE HE HIERARCHY HIERARCHY OF OF IDOLS IDOLS 583 583 - Bolvan - Bolvan 583 583 - Kapishche, kap’, and kumirs - Kapishche, kap’, and kumirs 585 585 PPLACES LACES OF OF PPAGAN AGAN IDOLATRY IDOLATRY 586 586 TTHE HE DEATH DEATH OF OF THE THE RRUS US’ ’ IDOLS IDOLS 586 586 EENDNOTES NDNOTES PPART ART II 589 589 P P art art II II The beginning of the end The beginning of the end Chapter I Chapter I The Primitive Church The Primitive Church TTHE HE PRIMITIVE PRIMITIVE CHURCH CHURCH 660 660 A A TRADITIONAL TRADITIONAL PORTRAYAL PORTRAYAL OF OF THE THE CHURCH CHURCH’’SS FIRST FIRST YEARS YEARS 660 660 CCHRISTIANITY HRISTIANITY AND AND CHURCH CHURCH DIVERSITY DIVERSITY 663 663 CCHURCH HURCH AND AND STATE STATE 664 664 RRULERS ULERS, , WAR WAR AND AND EXPANSION EXPANSION 665 665 O ORDAINED RDAINED MINISTERS MINISTERS 666 666 - The secular church - The secular church 666 666 BBISHOPS ISHOPS 667 667 TTHE HE MONASTIC MONASTIC SYSTEM SYSTEM 669 669 M MONASTIC ONASTIC LIFE LIFE 670 670 CCHRISTIAN HRISTIAN CHURCHES CHURCHES 671 671 LLAY AY INVESTITURE INVESTITURE 672 672 CCHRISTIAN HRISTIAN STATUES STATUES 672 672 CCHRISTIAN HRISTIAN SCHOOLING SCHOOLING 674 674 TTHE HE AGE AGE OF OF MIRACLES MIRACLES 676 676 TTHE HE HISTORY HISTORY OF OF RELICS RELICS 677 677 IICONS CONS 677 677 TTHE HE HOLY HOLY SACRAMENTS SACRAMENTS 679 679 CCHRISTIAN HRISTIAN BURIALS BURIALS 688 688 CCHRISTIAN HRISTIAN EXCARNATION EXCARNATION IN IN THE THE M MIDDLE IDDLE A AGES GES 689 689 PPAGAN AGAN STEADFASTNESS STEADFASTNESS 693 693 TTHE HE TIME TIME OF OF THE THE CONVERSION CONVERSION 696 696 TTHE HE ARGUMENTS ARGUMENTS OF OF CONVERSION CONVERSION 698 698 D DVOEVERIYE VOEVERIYE - - THE THE TTWIN WIN BBELIEVERS ELIEVERS 699 699 RRIVAL IVAL COMMUNIONS COMMUNIONS OF OF IMMORTALITY IMMORTALITY 700 700 Chapter II Chapter II The eastern situation - that first encounter The eastern situation - that first encounter with the pagans with the pagans TTHAT HAT FIRST FIRST ENCOUNTER ENCOUNTER WITH WITH THE THE PAGANS PAGANS 702 702 PPRESTER RESTER JOHN JOHN AND AND THE THE CCHRISTIAN HRISTIAN M MAGI AGI 705 705 TTHE HE SAVIOUR SAVIOUR FORETOLD FORETOLD - J - JEWISH EWISH MESSIAH MESSIAH OR OR M MAGIAN AGIAN SSRAOSHA RAOSHA 710 710 TTHE HE SAINTS SAINTS 722 722 SSIMILARITIES IMILARITIES BETWEEN BETWEEN M MAGIANISM AGIANISM AND AND CCHRISTIAN HRISTIAN 724 724 SACRAMENTAL SACRAMENTAL OBSERVANCES OBSERVANCES BBAPTISM APTISM AND AND SACRED SACRED ABLUTIONS ABLUTIONS 726 726 CCONFESSION ONFESSION 728 728 IINDULGENCES NDULGENCES 730 730 PPRAYER RAYER SESSIONS SESSIONS 731 731 CCONTRACEPTION ONTRACEPTION 732 732 M MARRIAGE ARRIAGE 732 732 RRITUAL ITUAL GARMENTS GARMENTS 736 736 TTHE HE PRIEST PRIEST’’SS CURSE CURSE 737 737 TTHE HE UNINVITED UNINVITED GUESTS GUESTS WHO WHO SAT SAT AT AT CCHRIST HRIST’’SS WEDDING WEDDING TABLE TABLE 738 738 9 The True History of Christianity Chapter III Chapter III The conversion of Europe The conversion of Europe TTHE HE FRANKS FRANKS AND AND SAXONS SAXONS CONVERT CONVERT 740 740 RRELAPSAE ELAPSAE - - THE THE HEATHEN HEATHEN DAWN DAWN 744 744 TTHE HE CONVERSION CONVERSION OF OF THE THE SSLAVS LAVS AND AND THE THE MISSION MISSION TO TO KKIEV IEV 750 750 1054 AD - 1054 AD - THE THE GREAT GREAT SCHISM SCHISM 753 753 CCATHOLIC ATHOLIC CHURCH CHURCH REFORMS REFORMS IN IN THE THE M MIDDLE IDDLE A AGES GES 754 754 W WOLVES OLVES AMONG AMONG THE THE FLOCK FLOCK 756 756 TTROUBLE ROUBLE IN IN THE THE PAPACY PAPACY 759 759 Chapter IV Chapter IV Intermediate states of Christianity Intermediate states of Christianity TTHE HE HERETICS HERETICS SO SO--CALLED CALLED 763 763 BBELIEFS ELIEFS COMMON COMMON TO TO HERETICS HERETICS 764 764 VVISIONS ISIONS OF OF THE THE APOCALYPSE APOCALYPSE 764 764 - The fast encroaching millennial doom - The fast encroaching millennial doom 766 766 RRUSSES USSES - - TYPECASTE TYPECASTE AS AS THE THE LEGIONS LEGIONS OF OF GOG GOG AND AND MAGOG MAGOG 770 770 TTHE HE MARCIONITES MARCIONITES 780 780 TTHE HE M MASSALIANS ASSALIANS 781 781 TTHE HE PPAULICIANS AULICIANS 782 782 - Paulicianism’s beginnings - Paulicianism’s beginnings 783 783 TTHE HE M MANICHAEANS ANICHAEANS 785 785 - The Manichaean world view - The Manichaean world view 788 788 - Manichaean dress and ritualism - Manichaean dress and ritualism 789 789 - The fruit feast - The fruit feast 790 790 N NEO EO-M -MANICHEES ANICHEES 792 792 TTHE HE BBOGOMILS OGOMILS 792 792 TTHE HE BBOGOMIL OGOMIL ANTI ANTI--POPE POPE 795 795 TTHE HE BBOGOMILS OGOMILS ENTER ENTER EEUROPE UROPE 796 796 TTHE HE HERETICAL HERETICAL HIERARCHIES HIERARCHIES 797 797 TTHEIR HEIR BATTLE BATTLE WITH WITH THE THE CCHURCH HURCH 798 798 PPAGAN AGAN HOLY HOLY WAR WAR IN IN THE THE BBALKANS ALKANS 800 800 EEMPEROR MPEROR A ALEXIUS LEXIUS I - T I - THE HE SSWORD WORD OF OF BBYZANTIUM YZANTIUM 801 801 Chapter V Chapter V Medieval intrusitons of the oriental traditions Medieval intrusitons of the oriental traditions EEUROPE UROPE ON ON THE THE BRINK BRINK - T - THE HE ONSET ONSET OF OF DISASTER DISASTER 803 803 A A WORLD WORLD RIPE RIPE FOR FOR THE THE PICKING PICKING 805 805 TTHE HE FIRST FIRST DISCOVERY DISCOVERY OF OF THE THE HERETICS HERETICS 806 806 TTHE HE INFILTRATION INFILTRATION OF OF THE THE CCHURCH HURCH BY BY THE THE M MAGI AGI 807 807 FFRANKISH RANKISH ROYALS ROYALS - S - SUCCESSORS UCCESSORS TO TO THE THE M MEROVINGIANS EROVINGIANS 812 812 RREFORMIST EFORMIST CCHRISTIAN HRISTIAN PRIESTS PRIESTS VS VS THE THE M MAGIAN AGIAN CCHRISTIANS HRISTIANS 815 815 TTHE HE MARRIAGE MARRIAGE BAN BAN 816 816 M MAGIAN AGIAN-C -CHRISTIAN HRISTIAN CHURCHES CHURCHES 819 819 BBUILDING UILDING ON ON PAGAN PAGAN HOLY HOLY SITES SITES 820 820 M MEDIEVAL EDIEVAL CCATHOLIC ATHOLIC VIEWS VIEWS ON ON THE THE M MAGI AGI 846 846 Chapter VI Chapter VI Desperate measures Desperate measures TTHE HE ‘‘FINAL FINAL SOLUTION SOLUTION’ ’ TO TO THE THE GREAT GREAT HERESY HERESY 848 848 Chapter VII Chapter VII The medieval and later witches The medieval and later witches TTHE HE IINQUISITIONS NQUISITIONS 857 857 The Antichrist The Antichrist 864 864 A AGAINST GAINST THE THE GOD GOD OF OF HEAVEN HEAVEN 870 870 M MEDIAEVAL EDIAEVAL COVENS COVENS 870 870 W WITCHCRAFT ITCHCRAFT WAS WAS USUALLY USUALLY HEREDITARY HEREDITARY 871 871 - Witches and Fairies - Witches and Fairies 873 873 W WITCHES ITCHES - L - LEARNED EARNED SCHOLARS SCHOLARS 875 875 M MAN AN--GOD GOD 876 876 TTHE HE ROBES ROBES 880 880 H HEAD EAD--RINGS RINGS 880 880 JJABBING ABBING INSTRUMENTS INSTRUMENTS 881 881 SSCOURGING COURGING AND AND THE THE WITCHES WITCHES BROOM BROOM 881 881 W WITCH ITCH CEREMONIES CEREMONIES - Bonfire days - Bonfire days 884 884 - Esbats and sabbaths - Esbats and sabbaths 884 884 - Desecrations - Desecrations 892 892 - Grain stealing - Grain stealing 894 894 O OBOROTEN BOROTEN’’ 895 895 - Nights of the field battles - Nights of the field battles 895 895 - Shape-changers - Shape-changers 901 901 - Undergoing transformation and the - Undergoing transformation and the 902 902 causes of shape-changing causes of shape-changing N NECROMANCY ECROMANCY 903 903 O ON N THE THE IMPORTANCE IMPORTANCE OF OF CRIME CRIME 905 905 TTHE HE DANCE DANCE 906 906 TTHE HE LLUCIFERIAN UCIFERIAN DOCTRINE DOCTRINE 908 908 - Why was Lucifer like a cat? - Why was Lucifer like a cat? 913 913 - Was Luciferianism inverted Manichaeism? - Was Luciferianism inverted Manichaeism? 914 914 EEMPIRES MPIRES OF OF THE THE BLACK BLACK M MAGI AGI 916 916 H HUMAN UMAN AND AND ANIMAL ANIMAL SACRIFICE SACRIFICE IN IN THE THE BLACK BLACK WITCH WITCH RITES RITES 917 917 - On cock sacrifice - On cock sacrifice 919 919 - Child sacrifice - Child sacrifice 920 920 W WITCHCRAFT ITCHCRAFT NEVER NEVER EXISTED EXISTED?? 922 922 H HEY EY PPRESTO RESTO! - H ! - HISTORY ISTORY DISAPPEARS DISAPPEARS 933 933 D DOES OES POLITICAL POLITICAL CORRECTNESS CORRECTNESS HAVE HAVE A A PLACE PLACE IN IN HISTORICAL HISTORICAL 935 935 STUDIES STUDIES?? TTHE HE INNOCENT INNOCENT VICTIMS VICTIMS 939 939 - Torture - Torture 940 940 - False or inaccurate testimonies - False or inaccurate testimonies 942 942 TTHE HE WITCH WITCH TRIALS TRIALS - T - THE HE DEATH DEATH OF OF PPAGANISM AGANISM 945 945 10 The True History of Christianity Chapter VIII Chapter VIII Potential reasons for similarities Potential reasons for similarities between Christianity and Magianism between Christianity and Magianism PPOTENTIAL OTENTIAL REASONS REASONS FOR FOR SIMILARITIES SIMILARITIES BETWEEN BETWEEN 949 949 CCHRISTIANITY HRISTIANITY AND AND M MAGIANISM AGIANISM Epilogue - The End Epilogue - The End PPAGANISM AGANISM IN IN OUR OUR TIME TIME 981 981 W WITCHES ITCHES AND AND PAGANS PAGANS IN IN THE THE NEW NEW WORLD WORLD 992 992 TTHE HE A ARYAN RYAN SWAN SWAN SONG SONG 995 995 TTHE HE DEATH DEATH OF OF A ARYANISM RYANISM 997 997 TTHE HE DOWN DOWN--SIDE SIDE OF OF RELIGIOUS RELIGIOUS FERVOUR FERVOUR 999 999 BBIBLIOGRAPHY IBLIOGRAPHY 1012 1012 Appendixes Appendixes appendix i appendix i KKEY EY EVENTS EVENTS IN IN THE THE RISE RISE AND AND FALL FALL OF OF THE THE RRUS US’ ’ STATE STATE 1026 1026 appendix ii appendix ii PPAGAN AGAN NAMES NAMES 1034 1034 appendix iii appendix iii RRUS US’ ’ SOCIETY SOCIETY 1045 1045 CCASTES ASTES 1045 1045 CCLASSES LASSES 1045 1045 TTHE HE FIVE FIVE CHIEFTAINSHIPS CHIEFTAINSHIPS 1046 1046 M MAGIAN AGIAN FEUDALISM FEUDALISM 1047 1047 SSOCIAL OCIAL STATUS STATUS 1048 1048 TTHE HE SOCIO SOCIO--POLITICAL POLITICAL ORDER ORDER OF OF HEATHEN HEATHEN RRUS US’’ 1049 1049 - Rulers by blood - Rulers by blood 1050 1050 - Priestly bloodlines, Warrior fraternities - Priestly bloodlines, Warrior fraternities 1051 1051 - Mercantile bloodlines - Mercantile bloodlines 1052 1052 TTRIBAL RIBAL / / VILLAGE VILLAGE STRUCTURE STRUCTURE 1052 1052 - Upper and middle classes - Upper and middle classes 1053 1053 - Lower classes - Lower classes 1054 1054 CCITIES ITIES IN IN RRUS US’’ 1055 1055 LLIVING IVING CONDITIONS CONDITIONS 1056 1056 TTAXES AXES 1061 1061 TTHE HE LEGAL LEGAL SYSTEM SYSTEM 1061 1061 - Aryan law - Aryan law 1061 1061 - Magian perjury - Magian perjury 1064 1064 RRUSSIAN USSIAN LAW LAW 1063 1063 - Russian law during Christian times - Russian law during Christian times 1063 1063 - Penalties - Penalties 1065 1065 - Ordeals - Ordeals 1066 1066 LLAND AND OWNERSHIP OWNERSHIP AND AND TRADE TRADE 1068 1068 - Weights and measurements - Weights and measurements 1069 1069 CCURRENCY URRENCY 1070 1070 - Cattle money - Cattle money 1070 1070 - Coinage - Coinage 1070 1070 TTHE HE WATER WATER ROADS ROADS OF OF RRUS US’’ 1071 1071 - Boat and ship building - Boat and ship building 1072 1072 M MILITARY ILITARY STRUCTURE STRUCTURE 1073 1073 - The Kievan Rus’ order of battle - The Kievan Rus’ order of battle 1073 1073 - First echelon - First echelon 1074 1074 - Second Echelon - Second Echelon 1076 1076 - Third echelon - Third echelon 1077 1077 - Armour and weapons - Armour and weapons 1077 1077 - Prisoners of war - Prisoners of war 1079 1079 - Aryan war doctrine - Aryan war doctrine 1079 1079 - Killing your enemies - Killing your enemies 1079 1079 BINDING BINDING TIES TIES 1080 1080 - Families and Clans - Families and Clans 1080 1080 - Family life - Family life 1081 1081 - Marriage - Marriage 1081 1081 - marriage and incest - marriage and incest 1081 1081 - Sex-based roles - Sex-based roles 1081 1081 - offspring - offspring 1082 1082 - Pagan sexuality - Pagan sexuality 1082 1082 - bastards - bastards 1083 1083 BBRATCHINI RATCHINI AND AND OATHS OATHS 1084 1084 - Joining a brotherhood or sisterhood - Joining a brotherhood or sisterhood 1084 1084 - Military oaths - Military oaths 1084 1084 - Offenses against the brotherhood - Offenses against the brotherhood 1085 1085 D DRESS RESS 1085 1085 - Embroidery motifs - Embroidery motifs 1085 1085 JJEWELLERY EWELLERY 1086 1086 APPENDIX APPENDIX IV IV W WRITING RITING SYSTEMS SYSTEMS 1087 1087 EENDNOTES NDNOTES PPART ART IIII 1090 1090 Maps Maps M MAPS APS PPAGE AGE SSUBJECT UBJECT M MAP AP 11 13 13 H HUNNS UNNS M MAP AP 22 14 14 H HUNNS UNNS M MAP AP 22 23 23 LLINGUISTIC INGUISTIC MAP MAP M MAP AP 44 25 25 IINDO NDO-E -EUROPEAN UROPEAN LINGUISTIC LINGUISTIC MOVEMENT MOVEMENT M MAP AP 55 27 27 A AVESTAN VESTAN LINGUISTIC LINGUISTIC MOVEMENTS MOVEMENTS M MAP AP 66 31 31 LLINGUISTIC INGUISTIC CORRELATIONS CORRELATIONS M MAP AP 77 47 47 G GENETIC ENETIC BLURRING BLURRING M MAP AP 88 86 86 PPATRIARCHATES ATRIARCHATES M MAP AP 99 105 105 A ACHAEMENID CHAEMENID PPERSIA ERSIA M MAP AP 10 10 106 106 M MAP AP 44TH TH-5 -5TH TH CCENTURIES ENTURIES BC BC M MAP AP 11 11 113 113 33RD RD-1 -1ST ST CCENTURIES ENTURIES BC BC M MAP AP 12 12 123 123 M MAGIAN AGIAN MIGRATIONS MIGRATIONS M MAP AP 13 13 132 132 YYNGLINGA NGLINGA SAGA SAGA MIGRATIONS MIGRATIONS M MAP AP 14 14 161 161 RROMAN OMAN PERCEPTIONS PERCEPTIONS M MAP AP 15 15 178 178 EEMPIRE MPIRE BUILDING BUILDING - I - INTERNAL NTERNAL WARFARE WARFARE IN IN PPAGAN AGAN RRUSSIA USSIA, 840-989 AD , 840-989 AD M MAP AP 16 16 179 179 PPAGAN AGAN RRUS US’ ’ MILITARY MILITARY CAMPAIGNS CAMPAIGNS, , 860-989 AD 860-989 AD M MAP AP 17 17 284 284 RRELIGIOUS ELIGIOUS MAP MAP M MAP AP 18 18 799 799 M MOVEMENTS OVEMENTS OF OF HERETICS HERETICS M MAP AP 19 19 1019 1019 RRUSSIAN USSIAN RACIAL RACIAL MAP MAP M MAP AP 20 20 1020 1020 RRUSSIAN USSIAN CITIES CITIES AND AND TOWNS TOWNS P Part I art I B e g i n n i n g s B e g i n n i n g s It seems wild beyond belief that humanity’s earliest attempts to construct civilisation were accompanied by some of the largest monuments and edifices ever attempted by our species; yet that is precisely what happened.1 And today, as we spy those splendid works jutting up from the sands of Egypt and Mesopotamia, or an extremely ancient Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain, who can help but wonder why ziggurat, megalith and pyramid-builders so grand should just disappear from the face of the earth, and with them, the secret age of colossae. Could it really be that these talented ancients just drifted off into a coma of intellectual amnesia, or do our eyes deceive us? Their demise closed one whole chapter, one very major chapter, in human history. With their disappearance the guarded wisdom, secret building crafts and technology of the ancients seemingly evaporated amidst the dark and primitive ignorance of the countryside, amongst the very people who marvelled over such pathetically simple things as plough shares and scythes. General consensus is that under pressure from Christianity and Islam, all the Iranian Magi, and the pagan Gnostic philosophers of Egypt, Babylon and Greece, saw their respective religions as archaic, futile and illusory, and subsequently they abandoned their faiths without a second thought. But is it stretching the imagination too much to believe that they happily walked away from their idols, ceremonial rites and sanctuaries in droves, thereby relinquishing for all time everything that their ancestors had taught for the past one to two thousand years? In The True History of Christianity you will learn they did nothing of the sort. Instead the most committed adherents of the ancient order chose to migrate to lands that afforded them safe repose, and with them the old ways lived on, even into the Middle Ages. For the greater part of them the Orient was a natural destination. To explain why this was so, we must regress to the age of the “Aryans” (the twice-born) and the Magi. Until now this phase of forced and self-imposed exile remained the forgotten years. Introduction Introduction Pan-European folklore is rife with tales of wizards, witches and warlocks, mystical figures so intriguing that they have endured in our imagination for more than a thousand years. In legend, pointy hats, brooms, lengthy robes, veils, long hair, beards, magic, astrology, gems and wands were their trademarks. Nowadays they feature in high- profile novels, spectacular movies, popular television shows and video games. With millions of dollars riding on them, they have truly become hot property. Despite this level of public adulation few scholars felt a need to explore the past for genuine evidence of their existence. Little wonder they are but a dubious flight of fantasy. As it happens the truth is altogether different. European wizards were, for the most part, adherents of the religion of the Magi, a faith of fire and sun-worship vigorously driven from Iran by Arab forces intent on introducing Islam to Persia, and bringing the ancient creed of the Magi to its knees. For those unfamiliar with the title, Magus is the singular and Magi 11 The True History of Christianity the plural. The word Magians collectively relates to the Magi themselves, and their followers. Such then is the origin of the English word “magician”. Retracing the footsteps of the sages takes us back to Bronze Age Iran, a realm ruled by the tribe of the Medes. There its priestly caste of Magi revelled in arcana pertaining to the divine beings. To this can be added their impressive understanding of musical theory, politics, literature, medicine, mathematics, astrology, astronomy, meteorology and alchemy. Over the years their fame grew all the more, granting them exceptional renown and privilege throughout Persia, Egypt, Greece and Rome. Theirs was a race apart, for they and all their kindred had unique spiritual powers; powers to speak with angels and gods, to prophecy future events, to understand dreams, to converse with souls in the hereafter, to perform magic and the religious rites, to cast horoscopes, to heal and increase the fertility of nature. Their royal bloodline, passed on to their descendants, gave them these supernatural abilities, this second sight. Having beheld the remarkable gifts at their disposal, the common folk adored them as incarnate gods and goddesses. There’s one thing history amply demonstrates; things change. The march of time leaves nothing unscathed , even civilisations crumble away, crushed by the hungry wheels of that weighty juggernaut. In direct contrast to this maxim, history also confirms that some things never change. Tragic events are doomed to be relived by those unwilling to learn the lessons of prior ages. War begets war. It took a mere 20 years for the Muslims to go on the war path after the death of their prophet Mohammed. Between 642 and the first decade of the 8th century AD Arab Islamic forces pierced the vulnerable underbelly of Magian Iran, and across the Oxus river into the lands of the nomadic Turkic tribes. Tirelessly they annihilated the pre-Islamic Persian and Turkic cultures of the region, stealing for themselves the choicest jewels of Asia’s lucrative silk road ... Bokhara, Samarkand. It was political and missionary activity of a different kind. As the Arabs entrenched themselves throughout the newly-acquired Iran, remnants of the ousted Persian royal family, and the Magi of Zoroaster (an Aryan prophet who lived during the 6th Century BC) withdrew to Tabaristan near the Caspian Sea. Determined to preserve their people and faith from Islamic domination they established well-garrisoned settlements throughout Khoresmia, in conjunction with the region’s already sizeable Buddhist population. Yet even this refuge was destined to collapse in time. Location: The city of Khorezm, 712 AD, due east of the Caspian Sea, in the Land of the Sun. Khorezm, one of the last great bastions of the wizards, had fallen to Caliph Walid I. Islamic cavalry and footmen engaged the city’s last remaining defenders in pitched battles, as they seized control of the streets and public buildings. Smoke hung over it like a buzzard. Jumpy vultures swooped down on the many corpses littering its forlorn, sunburnt thoroughfares. Haunting screams reverberated around the dying city ... rape, people succumbing to wounds, weeping orphans. In the aftermath of the siege, its inhabitants were detained and questioned. Some if not many were executed, others deported to make way for the ensuing waves of Arab colonists. The Magi, the priesthood of astrologers and scientists so central to Iranian pre-Islamic culture, were not to be spared. To let them live was to invite a possible resurgence of the old faith. So they were put to death as encountered. They had governed large parts of Asia, served in the court of the Chinese Emperor, and studied alongside the priests, priestesses and philosophers of Greece, Rome, India and Egypt. Could it be that a religion so esteemed throughout antiquity should perish this ingloriously?Could it be that the Age of Wizards had ended? Arab soldiers rushed through the halls of the Herbadestans (Magian colleges), where wizards once trained. Rooms that formerly came alive with the orations of wise folk and academics stood deathly silent. All that remained was to destroy or commandeer the books kept by the wizards, a wealth of wisdom and higher learning accumulated by them since the Bronze Age. But as they furtively searched these institutions, they realised their worst nightmare had come true. Few writings were found... Evidently an unknown number of Magi had escaped their clutches. Under new suppression orders Persian writing was banned, Magian fire temples refurbished as mosques, and non-Islamic Iranian dhimmis subjected to extensive public humiliation, heavy taxation and extortion. Over the next hundred years Islam spread like wild fire across North Africa, even as far west as Spain. Location: Spain, the flourishing Moorish Caliphate of Seville, under the governance of Abd ar-Rahman II, Anno THE ARAB INVASION OF IRAN THE MAGI AND THEIR SPECIAL POWERS THE FALL OF KHOREZM 12 The True History of Christianity Domini 845 If it wasn't for the massive invasion fleet mustered off shore, it would have been an otherwise normal day in Islamic Spain. The muezzin should have been standing atop the minaret, his wail calling the faithful to the mosque. Instead, fearful citizens looked seaward in horror as hundreds of serpent-prowed ships glided ashore. They had sailed far just to get there, all the way from Russia, under orders from their king. As the longships of the Northmen beached, their angry raiders leaping overboard into shallow surf, it became obvious that Seville was about to get a call from some old friends - Al Madjus, the Magi. By the time the invaders had settled their grudge, much of the city lay in tatters. You see the Magi had not vanished at all. In the shadow of the lofty Caucuses the exiles rebuilt their temples, and hundreds of kilometres of stone defensive works and towers, all designed to keep the Muslims at bay. Others went further afield into Armenia,Transcarpathia, the Balkans, Russia and Scandinavia, into the arms of an even older enemy, the Christians. It was in such places that they regrouped, reorganised and planned retributive military action. Over the next two hundred years, combined heathen Norse, Russian and Alanic forces repeatedly launched brave attacks against the Islamic, Jewish and Christian heartlands of the east, brazenly foraying into Iran, Byzantium, Anatolia and the Caucuses. They were here to stay. The venerable paganism of the wizards The venerable paganism of the wizards There is an old saying “to the victor go the spoils”. Our understanding of the nature and history of paganism has suffered greatly as a result of the Dark and Middle Ages, for it was during that tumultuous era that the Church sought to suppress and eradicate the ‘idolatrous’, ‘superstitious’ and ‘heathen’ beliefs of pre-Christian Europe in order to supplant it with the more ‘enlightened’ Christianity. For this reason, the Mediaeval churchmen did not seek to record the authentic traditions of the pagans at any great length. All we are left with are views of our ancestors parading about silvan woodlands, ‘devilishly’ dancing around bonfires, getting blind drunk, feasting, prostrating themselves before blocks of wood, venerating the sun and natural springs, sacrificing cattle, telling and retelling ‘blasphemous’ and ‘obscene’ myths, or “false histories”. We also hear of their incest and the worship of men and trees. Are we to believe that for thousands of years, Europeans had no religious sense at all, and delighted in the profane? Are we to accept that the heathen faith (or faiths) was as ridiculously baboonish as it has been portrayed; a feast of carnal longings and foolhardiness, and that it is only we who have genuine beliefs and morality? You are about to discover just how much information on the pagans has been preserved, only academics specialising in paganism and witchcraft studies have not bothered to pursue some of these very valuable clues to their ultimate conclusion, unashamedly for ideological reasons of a religious or political nature. In doing so they would have found an historical reconstruction greatly at variance with the current, almost nihilistic, interpretations of European paganism. So, what was paganism? In brief it is a Latin term first coined by the Romans; paganus: “villagers”. It is therefore a contrived and deceptively naive term that conceals an amazingly wide range of beliefs. The term “heathen” possesses a similar quality. In Olden Rus’, the word pogan’,2 which was derived from Latin, differed from other terms for “a pagan” like yazychnik3 or busorman.3 It meant “bad”, “filthy”, or “dirty”. Pogan’ is most likely a word used by Christians during the post-conversion era when referring to devotees of the “Old Faith”. Another interpretation is that it was used when speaking of certain pagans who deliberately defiled themselves with filth, or who had a different standard of hygiene. Throughout greater Europe the word “pagan” need not have applied merely to those who reverenced bonfires in towers or woodland clearings. Mediaeval clerics could just as easily use it when speaking of Muslims, or Jews, followers of “the Jewish superstition”. In the Hodoeporicon of St Willibald, Huneberc of Heidenheim terms the Arabs “pagan saracens”. Here formal religions, complete with their own holy texts, are derided as “paganism” and “superstition”.4 Surviving data suggests that paganism connoted closeness with the land, fire, water and wind, and a deep reverence for created existence. It comprehended the march of time, the cycle of life, death and destruction. Pagans, in synchronisation with nature itsel...