The ancient spiritual fires are dutifully guarded
Dastur (Dr) Firoze Kotwal
Edited excerpts from a submission for Zarathuštrōtema. Studies in Honour of Prof. Philip G. Kreyenbroek on the Occasion of His Retirement from the Chair of the Iranian Studies at the University of Göttingen, Germany, Ancient Iranian Series 3, ed., Shervin Farridnejad, Irvine, CA: Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture, Irvine, CA, 2018
The Gãthũ (a billet of knotted wood) Bhārvānī Kriyā (a ceremony to keep live fire smoldering and burning below the ashes to preserve the fire) is an ancient priestly ritual done to safeguard the fire and to ensure that if the sacred fire is ever in......