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: Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>
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: [permaculture] Ancient permacultural earth stewardship - angels who cared for the Earth | Yazidi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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: Thu, 7 Aug 2014 22:59:29 -0400
[they are in the current news for reasons other than permaculture]
Ancient permacultural earth stewardship - angels who cared for the Earth |
Yazidi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi
The *Yazidi* (also *Yezidi*, *Êzidî*, Yazdani, ایزدیان) are a Kurdish
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurds
> ethno-religious community,
representing an ancient religion that is linked to Zoroastrianism
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism
>.[11]
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi#cite_note-PalmerBurgess2012-11
> They
live primarily in the Nineveh Province
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nineveh_Province
> of northern Iraq
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq
>. Additional communities in Armenia
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia
>, Georgia
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29
> and Syria
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syria
> have been in decline since the 1990s,
their members having emigrated to Europe, especially to Germany
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany
>.[12]
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yazidi#cite_note-12
>
[this is wonderful and applies in our time]
"The Yazidi believe in God <
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God
> as creator of
the world, which he placed under the care of seven holy beings or angels
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel
>, the chief of whom is Melek Taus
<
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melek_Taus
>, the Peacock Angel."
[permaculture] Ancient permacultural earth stewardship - angels who cared for the Earth | Yazidi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lawrence London, 08/07/2014
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