On Zarathustra, Thomas Paine, and freemasons
I recently had a chance to find a copy of Thomas Paine's writing on the freemasons, partly to verify what Dave Brody quoted from there, and it can be read below in full Most important is what Paine mentions Zarathustra and his Magi which happens three times, the first falsely claiming that freemasonry is the religion of the Magi the second is where Paine mentions falsely that Zarathustra created the Zodiac the third is where Paine mentions falsely that the Druids were the Magi of the british isles and Europe This is a example of how facts about Zarathustra and the freemasons are distorted, though they hold similar beliefs they are opposed, as Zarathustra teaches against holding secrets the way freemasons do along with other important differences, and mentioning facts instead of hiding them is righteous as Zarathustra taught.
