Re: VMs: An Error in Allen's Star Names

[Bruce Grant <bgrant@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Big Jim wrote:

>  If someone would please render a
> better translation.
>
> Ainsi, chez les perses, chaque planete est
> surveillée par un génie placé dans une étoile fixe ;
> l' astre Taschter est chargé de la planete Tir
> ou de Mercure, qui est devenu l' ange Tiriel ,
> que les cabalistes appellent l' intelligence de
> Mercure ; Hafrorang est l' astre chargé de la
> planete Behram ou de Mars, etc. Les noms de ces
> astres sont aujourd' hui les noms d' autant d' anges
> chez les perses modernes.

"Thus, among the Persians, each planet is overseen by a spirit (or djinn)
located in a fixed star; the star Tascher is charged with the planet Tir or
Mercury, which became the angel Tiriel, which the cabbalists call the
intelligence of Mercury; Hafrorang is the star charged with the planet Behram
or Mars, etc. The names of the stars are today also the names of angels among
the modern Persians."

Bruce

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