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'''Asterum''', also known as '''Ashtairam''' ([[Vaktrian language|Vaktrian]]: Ⲁϣⲧⲁⲓⲣⲁⲙ, ''Aštaıram''), was a [[Vaktrian people|Vaktrian]] prophet who founded what is now known as [[Asterism]]. His teachings began a movement that eventually became the dominant religion in Vaktria. He was a native speaker of [[Vaktrian language|Vaktrian]] and likely lived in southern Vaktria sometime between 1200 and 900 BCE, though his exact birthplace and birthdate remains uncertain. | '''Asterum''', also known as '''Ashtairam''' ([[Vaktrian language|Vaktrian]]: Ⲁϣⲧⲁⲓⲣⲁⲙ, ''Aštaıram''), was a [[Vaktrian people|Vaktrian]] prophet who founded what is now known as [[Asterism]]. His teachings began a movement that eventually became the dominant religion in Vaktria. He was a native speaker of [[Vaktrian language|Vaktrian]] and likely lived in southern Vaktria sometime between 1200 and 900 BCE, though his exact birthplace and birthdate remains uncertain. | ||
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| − | Asterum began | + | Asterum began learning about the spiritual traditions of Ancient Vaktria as a young child. He left his parents' home at adulthood to travel. After a decade of wandering from village to vilage and meditating, he experienced a revelation at the peak of a mountain. He saw a shining the heavens and earth shine and grow brighter into a blinding white light. Nav revealed itself to Asterum. He then decided to devote his life to teaching others about Nav. |
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| − | + | Asterum sees the human condition as the mental struggle between ''[[Aja|aža]]'' and ''[[Duj|duž]]''. The cardinal concept of ''aža''—which is highly nuanced and only vaguely translatable—is at the foundation of all Astamrian doctrine. It manifest as the creator [[Ahuda]] and creation itself and is expressed as matter and mind. This is opposed to ''duž'', which manifests as a demon diety and destruction. | |
The purpose of humankind, like that of all other creation, is to sustain and align itself to ''aža''. For humankind, this occurs through active ethical participation in life, ritual, and the exercise of constructive/good thoughts, words and deeds. | The purpose of humankind, like that of all other creation, is to sustain and align itself to ''aža''. For humankind, this occurs through active ethical participation in life, ritual, and the exercise of constructive/good thoughts, words and deeds. | ||
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Asterum emphasized the freedom of the individual to choose right or wrong and individual responsibility for one's deeds. This personal choice to accept ''aža'' and shun ''duž'' is one's own decision and not a dictate of Ahuda. For Asterum, by thinking good thoughts, saying good words, and doing good deeds we increase ''aža'' in the world and in ourselves, celebrate the divine order, and we come a step closer on the everlasting road to X. Thus, we are not the slaves or servants of Ahuda, but we can make a personal choice to be co-workers, thereby perfecting the world as X ("world-perfecters") and ourselves and eventually achieve the status of an X ("master of Aja"). | Asterum emphasized the freedom of the individual to choose right or wrong and individual responsibility for one's deeds. This personal choice to accept ''aža'' and shun ''duž'' is one's own decision and not a dictate of Ahuda. For Asterum, by thinking good thoughts, saying good words, and doing good deeds we increase ''aža'' in the world and in ourselves, celebrate the divine order, and we come a step closer on the everlasting road to X. Thus, we are not the slaves or servants of Ahuda, but we can make a personal choice to be co-workers, thereby perfecting the world as X ("world-perfecters") and ourselves and eventually achieve the status of an X ("master of Aja"). | ||
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Asterum, also known as Ashtairam (Vaktrian: Ⲁϣⲧⲁⲓⲣⲁⲙ, Aštaıram), was a Vaktrian prophet who founded what is now known as Asterism. His teachings began a movement that eventually became the dominant religion in Vaktria. He was a native speaker of Vaktrian and likely lived in southern Vaktria sometime between 1200 and 900 BCE, though his exact birthplace and birthdate remains uncertain.
Name and etymology
Asterum's name in his native language of Vaktrian was Aštaıram. In Vaktrian, aštaı means "rain". There is debate about the origin of the -ram suffix. It potentially denotes someone who does something, similar to the -em suffix in modern Vaktrian; this would suggest Aštaıram means "someone who causes or brings rain". Other scholars think -ram is a corruption of the Proto-Vaktrian diminutive form of rain hazhdaımum, which would indicate Asterum means "a large or great rain". The Iberic spelling Asterum derives from a 1st century CE Romanyan inscription.
Date
There is no consensus about when exactly Asterum lived. There are no written texts regarding Asterum, besides a handful of hieroglyphic inscriptions of Ancient Vaktrian dating back to 850 BCE. Based on these inscriptions, the dating of the type of hieroglyphs used and the dialect of Vaktrian, and contextualization of oral stories (that were later recorded) with other historical events, scholars think Asterum likely lived sometime between 1200 and 900 BCE.
Classical scholarship in the 2nd century BCE believed Asterum lived one thousand years before Chernastum I declared himself Ultvar of the Kingdom of Vaktria (c. 1800 BCE).
Place
The birthplace of Asterum is also unclear; however, the scholarly consensus is that he was born east of Dastivus in a village along the Maplas river. The oral traditions concur and this theory aligns with the place of origin of Asterism's first practitioners. The most common place cited as his home is X.
Life
Asterum is said to be of the Pavkar family, derived from the word for "white" in Vaktrian. His father was Ersachistam (Vaktrian: Eršafčistam, meaning "horse keeper"). His mother was Spiraza (Vaktrian: Spivraza, meaning "milkmaid"). All the names appear appropriate to the nomadic tradition.
Asterum began learning about the spiritual traditions of Ancient Vaktria as a young child. He left his parents' home at adulthood to travel. After a decade of wandering from village to vilage and meditating, he experienced a revelation at the peak of a mountain. He saw a shining the heavens and earth shine and grow brighter into a blinding white light. Nav revealed itself to Asterum. He then decided to devote his life to teaching others about Nav.
According to the tradition, he lived for several decades after this revelation. He managed to establish a faithful community that continously grew larger over the years. Asterum married multiple times and supposedly had nine children.
