Note 576 — Chapter VI · PRE-CHRISTIAN GNOSTICS: SIMON MAGUS
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The names of the Amshaspands of Zoroaster are, Vohu Mano, or Good Mind, and Asha Vahishta, or Truth; Khshathra Vairya, or Right Law, and Spenta Armaiti, or Wisdom; Haurvetat, or Good Health, and Ameretat or Immortality. The likeness between this and Simon’s system has been noticed by, among others, Harvey the editor of Irenaeus, in his Introduction to that author, pp. lxv sqq. For the resemblance between post-exilic Judaism and Zoroastrianism, see Cheyne, Jewish Religious Life, pp. 157, 210, 251, 257 sqq. But see p. 197, infra.