crew—Aka Manah—The Evil Mind—Druj—The Kingdom of Wickedness—The adherents of Druj—Druj's followers are to be requited with evil in this world—Druj's disciples fare no better in the next world—Final defeat of the Druj—Aeshma—The demon of wrath.
Death lives by feeding on life—Death is man's last sleep from which he wakes up in the other world—The belief that he will one day meet the dear departed lightens man's burden of bereavement—The anomalies of earthly life and their final adjustment in heaven—Reward for the good and retribution for the evil—The soul reaps as it has sown—The Bridge of Judgment—Heaven—Abode of the righteous after death—The nature of reward in heaven—Intermediary place of Rewards—Between heaven and hell—Hell—The wicked are consigned to perdition—The nature of retribution in hell—Duration of punishment in hell.
The end of the world—The saviour Prophets—Universal Judgment—Righteousness triumphs over wickedness—The Kingdom of Righteousness: man's share in its inauguration.
THE AVESTAN PERIOD From about 800 b.c. to about a.d. 200 at the latest
The Avestan people—Zoroastrianism takes its root in Eastern Iran—Athravans, the Zoroastrian priests of Eastern Iran—The Medes and Persians of Western Iran—The religion of the Achaemenians—Magi, the Zoroastrian priesthood of Western Iran—Spread of Zoroastrianism in remote lands.
Zarathushtra is the chief of mankind as Tishtrya is of the stars—Zarathushtra invokes the Yazatas for various boons—Temptation of Zarathushtra—King Vishtaspa helps Zarathushtra in establishing his religion—Allusions to Zarathushtra in classical literature.
