Mystery Babylon

Persia

• Zoroastrianism
• Mithra
  • intercessor between man and Ormuzd
    • divine power
      • invisible power which ruled the affairs of men
  • original cult of the Sun
    • "If you are not one of us you are nothing"
    • struggled against Christianity
    • Three ritualistic objects
      • crown
        • sun
        • supernatural power
      • hammer/club
        • creative activity
      • bull
        • nature, virility, increase
    • Degrees of initiation
      • Sacrament
        • could be administered to anyone who could be relied upon to keep a secret
        • eventually develop into a regular worshiper
        • The Crow
          • The Phoenix
          • the death of the new member
            • arise reborn as a new man
            • cancelled his allegiance to former and unaccepted beliefs
          • anciant Persian practice of exposing their dead to be eaten by carrion birds
            • still carried on by the Parsi community in India
              • follow parts of ancient Iranian religion as taught by Zoroaster
          • cult members superior to mortals
        • descend 7 steps into underground temple in shape of cavern
          • wild beasts
          • demons
          • fast 3 days
        • final ceremony
          • cymbals clash
          • drums beat
          • statue unveiling of Mithra
            • man carrying bull by hind legs
              • animal passion
                • overcame and disciplined himself
                • restrain self
                • mystery of Sphinx
                  • man is nothing but animal with a brain
          • drank wine from cymbal
          • two long lines of initiates knelt on either side of the low stone benches which traversed the crypt
            • initiate walked along central isle for Eating of the Bread
              • pieces of dried bread were placed on a drum
                • exposed to rays of sun to absorb some of its quality
              • similar to those which were being softly beaten by one of the priests
              • candidate ate morsel, signifying he accepted Mithra as source of his food
      • The Secret
        • brought to state of ecstasy
          • made to believe he has seen the statue of the god endowed with life
        • a sign similar to cross signifying the sun, made on the forehead of the initiate
          • marked as being owned by deity
        • crown placed before him hanging from point of sword
          • "Mithra alone is my crown"
          • Persian crown
            • from which pattern all present-day crowns are derived
            • golden sun-disc with hole in center for head
            • jagged at edges representing sun's rays
              • like Statue of Liberty
              • Oriental Crown
                • projections turned up
        • mock combat with soldiers and animals in caves
          • Emperor Commodus actually killed a participant
      • Soldier
      • Lion
        • in cave, honey smeared upon his brow
        • taken only by those who had decided to dedicate themselves completely to the cult
          • have no truck with the ordinary world
          • monk
        • trained into rites and told secrets
        • only conferred when sun is occupying the sign of Leo, about 7/21 - 8/20 during Asad
      • The Persian
      • the Runner of the Sun
      • Father
      • Father of Fathers
      • King of Kings
        • can be held only by the supreme king
        • preferably the Shahinshah of Persia
• Iran
  • Muhammed Mosaddegh
    • booted out Anglo-Persian Oil Company
      • nationalized oil
    • 1953 - CIA carried out operation to overthrow
      • Operation Ajax
      • All the Shah's Men
        • Stephen Kinzer
  • Ayatolla Khomeini
    • part-Azerbaijani like his father
  • Shahid Ardestani Airbase
    • Omidiyeh Airbase
    • 30°50′07″N 049°32′06″E
    • between 9/20 and 9/22/2020, S-300 deployed
      • Russian-made
      • surface to air missile system
        • defend against cruise missiles, aircraft missiles
        • intercept ballistic missiles