During the historical period of its existence, the entire ancient world knew the teachings of Zoroaster or the teachings of the Avesta under the name “teachings of the magicians,” and the latter of the two words was usually applied to the priests of Persia, Babylonia and India. Meanwhile, the Avestan teaching arose in prehistoric times and contained the roots of ancient knowledge dating back to the disappearance of the northern continent of Arctida, which was in the Northern Ocean, which was not yet the Arctic Ocean, which is confirmed by modern studies of this ocean...

R.C. ZENERProfessor of Eastern Religion and Ethics at Oxford University, Member of the Council of the College of All Souls TEACHINGS OF THE MAGIC Compendium of Zoroastrian Beliefs Scientific Advisor P.P. GlobaTranslated into Russian by G.G. YastrebovTranslation of the publication: The Teachings of the Magi. A compendium of Zoroastrian beliefs (George Allen & Unwin, London, 1956).