Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . rS---. &»/r^^ J f;i :1 -- x. A VISIT TO THE FIRE-TEMPLE 367 was necessary to pass through several corridors and an ante-chamber, all of which help to render the shrine safer fromdesecration. On one side of the last passageway I observed apile of short logs, one or two feet long and several inches thick,that were used as fuel for the holy flame ;i it appeared to be well-dried and well-examined wood, as the Avesta enjoins.^ Fromthe anteroom I entered the large oblong chamber, or chapel,ad
Persia past and present; a book of travel and research, with more than two hundred illustrations and a map . rS---. &»/r^^ J f;i :1 -- x. A VISIT TO THE FIRE-TEMPLE 367 was necessary to pass through several corridors and an ante-chamber, all of which help to render the shrine safer fromdesecration. On one side of the last passageway I observed apile of short logs, one or two feet long and several inches thick,that were used as fuel for the holy flame ;i it appeared to be well-dried and well-examined wood, as the Avesta enjoins.^ Fromthe anteroom I entered the large oblong chamber, or chapel,adjoining the sanctum sanctorum in which the fire was ear caught at once the voice of the white-robed priests whowere chanting in the presence of the sacred element a hymn ofpraise sung by Zoroaster of old. It was a glorification ofVerethraghna, the Angel of Victory, in the Bahram Yasht, andI felt a thrill as I heard the Avestan verses—verethraghnemahuradhdtem yazamaide, we worship the Angel of Victory,created by Ahura—ring out from behind the walled recesswhere the fire was hidden. The door was open and I stoodwithin a f
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