Abstract
The Communal Societies Collection at Burke Library, Hamilton College, has recently acquired a large collection of materials from the Mazdaznan movement. This neo-Zoroastrian cult was founded by Otoman Zar-Adusht Ha’nish (born Otto Hanisch) at the end of the nineteenth century. Mazdaznan followers were vegetarian, worshipped the sun, practiced breathing and vowel-sound exercises, and attempted to preserve male sexual potency through coitus reservatus, employed as a part of tantric sex.
Date
April 2017
Volume
11
Number
2
First Page
130
Last Page
140
Journal Title
American Communal Societies Quarterly
ISSN
1939-473X
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