‪Mithraism came from Persia into Europe

‪Mithraism came from Persia into Europe, and was followed by Manichaeanism, which also came form Persia‬ ‪“…Mithraism came from Persia into Europe, and was followed by Manichaeanism, which also came form Persia … Professor [L.H.] Mills, of Oxford [early 20th c. prof. of Persian language and translator of the sacred Iranian text Avesta], says that … ‘everything which makes up the real value of our Christianity was there, in ancient Persia.’ Persia has been one of the most prolific religious centers in the world. It gave birth to Mazdeanism, Mithraism, Pharisaism, Manichaeanism, Essenianism, and the principal doctrines of Christianity. In our day it has given birth to Bahaism – a gallimaufry [hodgepodge] of Islam, Judaism, and Christianity” … Prof. Mills further writes “the Resurrection, the God-Unity, the Judgment, the Savior, Angelology, the Millenium, and Heaven and Hell were, in Persia, ‘Christianity before Christ’; that is, they are Mazdean [Iranian/Aryan, not Semitic] doctrines.” ~ excerpt from “Illuminate of Gorlitz Or [early 17th c. German mystic & original thinker in Lutheran tradition] Jakob Bohme's Life & Philosophy” (1923) by early 20th c. American philosopher and convert to Buddhism, Herman Vetterling [pic The Met: Zoroaster’s “the Gathas” (1700-1500 BCE) tells us that Ahura Mazda, the Wise Lord, “placed the seeds in the bodies of the Man and the Bull so that there would be abundant progeny for men and cattle” … in that regard, the pic here is a pair of gold earnings in the shape of bulls’ heads from N.W. Iran dated to early 1st millennium BCE … for educational purposes only]