The history of magic medicine in ancient Iran
Journal Title: International Research Journal of Applied and Basic Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 10, Issue 7
Abstract
Ancient Iran medical science, like astrology , has had an ethnic origin but with some effects from Babylonian science and civilization.Kassi ,Med, and Parsi peoples of Iran have been influenced by the Mesopotamia culture through the magic the magic class.The medical methods were based on two schools;one is the way of worship and the other is medication.The former was sorcery school and the latter was scientific school.For the first ,the believed that people became sick from doing a sin and they had to resort to gods to make the evils far; therefore, the ancient medicine was considered to be a magical-religious phenomenon.The magicians were the physicians who were in religious dress.They were assumed to make the evils far from the sick people through worship , and magical practices.Then,they identified the basis of disease through sorcery and horoscopy ;they gave anti-evil drugs to the patients or accompanied the patient by talisman.Iranian magicians played an important role in the history of religion and knowledge, government and mysticism of east and west people.Magicians were a native clan in Iran,neither Aryan nor Semi, who were considered to be the priest and forecaster of Med nation.
Authors and Affiliations
Zahra Tabrizi Shahrovi| Department of ancient languages and culture,faculty of humanities,islamic azad university,hamadan branch,hamadan,iran, email: Dina.tabrizi@yahoo.com
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