If Zoroastrianism made saints, the First Dastur Meherji Rana and Dastur Jamshed Kukadaru would be near unanimous choices. However, suggest the name of their master, Dastur Azar Kaiwan Azar Gushasp, and eyebrows will be raised — and not only of the ultraorthodox. On the one hand, Kaiwan was the undisputed spiritual giant of the faith, but on the other hand he had undeniable Sufi linkages, to put it mildly. This creates a huge dilemma for the orthodox. As the perplexed nuns sang in The Sound of Music: How do you solve a problem like Maria?
The French scholar, Henry Corbin, describes......