Sina Vodjani - Zarathustra (2007)

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Sina Vodjani - Zarathustra (2007)
MP3 | VBR H.Q. 320 Kbps | 144 Mb
Genre: NewAge, Relaxion, Folk, Ethnic, Sacred
To many readers of MusicWeb International the name Zarathustra will perhaps most readily evoke thoughts of Richard Strauss and his symphonic poem Also Sprach Zarathustra of 1894. Strauss’s composition, of course, draws on Nietzsche’s appropriation of Zarathustra in his remarkable text, also entitled Also Sprach Zarathustra, written between 1883 and 1885.

The historical Zarathustra – sometimes referred to by the Greek form of his name, Zoroaster – was a religious prophet of quite extraordinary importance, the influence of whose ideas has extended, though place and time, to a degree that is nowadays seriously underestimated in most quarters. Actual adherents to the faith he established – usually known in the West as Zoroastrianism – are not especially numerous. There are perhaps 100,000 Zoroastrians in India - especially in Bombay, where they are often referred to as Parsis; there are some 15-20,000 in Iran, notably in and around the desert cities of Yazd and Kirman; there are smaller communities in Pakistan, and in Europe and North America.

Zoroaster lived in Eastern Iran, probably in the 6th century B.C. His teachings have a serious claim to be thought of as the earliest formulation of a monotheistic religion. Certainly his ideas exerted a real influence on later monotheistic creeds such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam, especially as regards ideas about the Last Judgement, Heaven and Hell and the resurrection of the dead. Zoroaster appears to have been the first religious teacher to promulgate such ideas. His ideas, and their expression by his followers, shaped much later religious iconography – notably that of the angels. Central to Zoroastrianism was the idea that the creator Ahura Mazda was opposed by a kind of twin spirit, Angrya Mainyu, a source of violence and evil. Man is free to choose between these two spirits; but Good will eventually triumph. The potential dualism of Zoroaster’s thinking perhaps lay behind such later religious movements as Mithraism and the Manichaeans; perhaps even, through indirect channels, behind such medieval Christian heresies as the Cathars.

The student of Zoroaster and his - often unacknowledged - influence is reasonably well served by modern scholars. The great English scholar Mary Boyce wrote with both learning and direct experience of the Zoroastrians around Yazd, in a series of publications which included Zoroastrians: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices (1979) and her History of Zoroastrianism (3 volumes: 1975, 1982 and 1991). The opening sentence of the first of these makes what may initially sound like an improbable claim: "Zoroastrianism is the oldest of the revealed world-religions, and it has probably had more influence on mankind, directly and indirectly, than any other single faith". Aspects of Zoroaster’s influence in the West - to leave aside what modern scholars now detect as its influence on modern Buddhism - are discussed in books such as The Image of Zoroaster: The Persian Mage through European Eyes by Jenny Rose (2000), J. Duchesne-Guillemin’s The Western Response to Zoroaster (1958) and, for readers of German, M. Stausberg’s Faszination Zarathustra (1998). A good place to start is Paul Kriwaczek’s excellent In Search of Zarathustra: The First Prophet and the Ideas that Changed the World (2002), an intelligent, well-written and wide-ranging account of a journey of personal discovery (currently available as an Orion paperback).

Now we have Sina Vodjani’s account – in three media – of his own odyssey towards Zoroaster and Zoroastrianism. Vodjani, son of an Iranian father and a French mother, was born in Iran (in 1954), in the beautiful city of Isfahan, and grew up in Tehran, San Francisco and Paris. Now living in Germany, he started his musical career singing pop songs and French chansons. He later studied classical and flamenco guitar. Much interested in religious traditions, he is not only a composer, but also a professional photographer and a widely exhibited painter. His extensive travels have taken him to India and Nepal amongst many other countries. He has made previous CDs on Buddhist themes, fusing oriental materials, including the prayer chants of Buddhist priests, with modern rhythms and sounds.

Prelude [1:33]
Choupan [6:58]
Ashem Vohu [6:46]
Dear Friend [4:57]
Sacred Fire [5:04]
Don’t Sleep [6:11]
Persepolis [6:07]
Chak Chak [8:09]
Dashti [5:24]
Wings of Love [6:45]
Be the One [1:56]
Emptiness [1:39]
Zarathustra [3:04]
Ahura & The Rising Sun [4:14]
Asha [3:15]

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