Religion made relevant

Theosophy kindled interest in Parsis to undertake a deeper study of Zoroastrianism
Parinaz Gandhi

It is easy to accuse a Parsi believing in the law of rebirth, of being a Theosophist…But I discovered this doctrine in Gatha (49-11) in 1908 many years before I joined The Theosophical Society (TS); and the TS does not enforce this doctrine on members as an article of faith; so its members are free to doubt its validity. Besides the Society is barely 80 years old while Zarathushtra’s message has had its influence for 8,000 years,” wrote Dastur Khurshed Dabu, then high priest of the H. B. Wadia Atash Behram in his treatise Message of Zarathushtra. As commented Sir Rustom......



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