Hell Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==Other religions== ===Zoroastrianism=== {{Main|Zoroastrian eschatology}} [[Zoroastrianism]] has historically suggested several possible fates for the wicked, including annihilation, purgation in molten metal, and eternal punishment, all of which have standing in Zoroaster's writings. [[Zoroastrian eschatology]] includes the belief that wicked souls will remain in [[Duzakh]] until, following the arrival of three saviors at thousand-year intervals, [[Ahura Mazda]] reconciles the world, destroying evil and resurrecting tormented souls to perfection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/601_zoroastrianism.htm |title=An Introduction to Zoroastrianism |author=Meredith Sprunger |access-date=10 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070206152658/http://www.ubfellowship.org/archive/readers/601_zoroastrianism.htm |archive-date=6 February 2007 }}</ref> The sacred [[Gathas]] mention a "House of the Lie″ for those "that are of an evil dominion, of evil deeds, evil words, evil Self, and evil thought, Liars".<ref>[[Yasna]] 49:11, {{cite web | url=http://www.avesta.org/yasna/y47to50b.htm | title=Avesta: Yasna | access-date=11 October 2008 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009200459/http://www.avesta.org/yasna/y47to50b.htm | archive-date=9 October 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> However, the best-known Zoroastrian text to describe hell in detail is the [[Book of Arda Viraf]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hell-on-line.org/AboutZOR.html#The%20Fate%20of%20the%20Soul | title=About Zoroastrian Hell | author=Eileen Gardiner | date=10 February 2006 | access-date=10 October 2008 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015035745/http://www.hell-on-line.org/AboutZOR.html#The%20Fate%20of%20the%20Soul | archive-date=15 October 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> It depicts particular punishments for particular sins—for instance, being trampled by cattle as punishment for neglecting the needs of work animals.<ref>Chapter 75, {{cite web | url=http://www.avesta.org/pahlavi/viraf.html | title=The Book of Arda Viraf | access-date=10 October 2008 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008091012/http://www.avesta.org/pahlavi/viraf.html | archive-date=8 October 2008 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Other descriptions can be found in the ''Book of Scriptures (Hadhokht Nask), Religious Judgments (Dadestan-i Denig)'' and the ''Book of the Judgments of the Spirit of Wisdom (Mainyo-I-Khard)''.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.hell-on-line.org/TextsZOR.html#The%20Fate%20of%20the%20Soul | title=Zoroastrian Hell Texts | author=Eileen Gardiner | date=18 January 2009 | access-date=24 August 2010 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917075010/http://www.hell-on-line.org/TextsZOR.html#The%20Fate%20of%20the%20Soul | archive-date=17 September 2010 | df=dmy-all }}</ref> ===Mandaeism=== {{See also|World of Darkness (Mandaeism)|Ur (Mandaeism)}} The [[Mandaeism|Mandaeans]] believe in purification of souls inside of [[Leviathan]],<ref name="johannesbuch-a"">[[Mandaean Book of John|Das Johannesbuch der Mandäer]], ed. and transl. by [[Mark Lidzbarski]], part 2, Gießen 1915, p. 98–99.</ref> whom they also call [[Ur (Mandaeism)|Ur]].<ref name="jonas-gnostic"">[[Hans Jonas]]: The Gnostic Religion, 3. ed., Boston 2001, p. 117.</ref> Within detention houses, so called [[Matarta]]s,<ref name="ginza-a"">[[Ginza Rba|Ginza]]. Der Schatz oder das große Buch der Mandäer, ed. and transl. by [[Mark Lidzbarski]], Quellen der Religionsgeschichte vol. 13, Göttingen 1925, p. 183.</ref> the detained souls would receive so much punishment that they would wish to die a [[Second death]], which would, however, not (yet) befall their spirit.<ref name="ginza-b"">Ginza, ed. and transl. by Lidzbarski, p. 185–186.</ref> At the [[Eschatology|end of days]], the souls of the Mandaeans which could be purified, would be liberated out of Ur's mouth.<ref name="rudolph-theogonie"">[[Kurt Rudolph]]: Theogonie. Kosmonogie und Anthropogonie in den mandäischen Schriften. Eine literarkritische und traditionsgeschichtliche Untersuchung, Göttingen 1965, p. 241.</ref> After this, Ur would get destroyed along with the souls remaining inside him,<ref name="ginza-c"">Ginza, ed. and transl. by Lidzbarski, p. 203.</ref> so they die the second death.<ref name="ginza-e"">Ginza, ed. and transl. by Lidzbarski, p. 321.</ref> ===Wicca=== The [[Gardnerian Wicca]] and [[Alexandrian Wicca]] sects of [[Wicca]] include "[[wiccan laws]]" that [[Gerald Gardner]] wrote, which state that wiccan souls are privileged with reincarnation, but that the souls of wiccans who break the wiccan laws, "even under torture", would be cursed by the goddess, never be reborn on earth, and "remain where they belong, in the Hell of the Christians".<ref>Gerald Gardner, The Gardnerian Book of Shadows</ref><ref>Alex Sanders, The Alexandrian Book of Shadows</ref> Other recognized wiccan sects do not include Gerald Gardner's "wiccan laws". The influential wiccan author [[Raymond Buckland]] wrote that the wiccan laws are unimportant. Solitary wiccans, not involved in organized sects, do not include the wiccan laws in their doctrine. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page