Zoroaster (Zoraster ~ Zarathrustra)
(Born 660 B.C)
Persian prophet
The Zoroastrian 'Zend-Avesta', an ancient Persian religious text of several hundred volumes, and said to have been written by Zarathustra (Zoroaster), refers to bhang as Zoroaster's "good narcotic" (Vendidad or The Law Against Demons).
Zarathustra gave hemp first place in the sacred Zend-Avesta, which lists over 10,000 medicinal plants.
Zoroaster's mother Dughdova was said to be a virgin since she conceived after she had been visited by a shaft of light. The parallel with Jesus Christ Who came later in evident. It is also interesting to note that Zoroaster's lineage is traced to Gayomart (the Persian Adam) through his father just as that of Jesus is traced by Luke to Adam through Joseph.
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote about Zoroaster in his work, 'Thus Spoke: Zarathustra;.
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