Devil Worship: The Sacred Books and Traditions of the Yezidiz

CONTENTS

Chapter			Page
	Introduction—The Origin of the Manuscript		11
	Notes on the Introduction		22
	PART I. THE TRANSLATION OF THE ARABIC TEXT
	Preface, in the Name of the Most Compassionate God		29
	I.	Al-Jilwah—The Revelation	30
	II.	Mashaf Res—The Black Book	36
	III.	Appendix to Part I.	53
	IV.	The Poem in Praise of Šei? ‘Adi	70
	V.	The Principal Prayer of the Yezidis	73
	VI.	Seven Classes of Yezidis	75
	VII.	The Articles of Faith	77
	Notes on Part I.		83
	PART II. THE CRITICAL DISCUSSION OF YEZIDISM
I.	The Religious Origin of the Yezidis		89
	I.	The Yezidi Myth	89
	II.	The Christian Tradition	96
	III.	The Speculative Theories of Western Orientalists	103
	IV.	The Dogmatic View of Mohammedan Scholars and the Writer’s Own Explanation	118
	Notes on Part I.		138
II.	The Essential Elements in Yezidism		145
	I.	The Yezidi View of God	145
	II.	The Deity of the Second Degree	147
		1. Melek ?Â´Ûs	147
		2. Šei? ‘AdÎ	158
		3. Yezid	166
	Notes on Chapter II.		167
III.	Other Deities and Festivals		169
	I.	The So-Called Seven Divinities	169
	II.	The Day of Sarsal or New Year	174
	Notes on Chapter III.		177
IV.	Sacraments, Religious Observances and Sacerdotal System		178
	I.	Sacraments	178
	II.	Some Other Religious Practices	180
	III.	The Sacerdotal Orders	182
	Notes on Chapter IV.		185
V.	Their Customs		186
	I.	Marriage	186
	II.	Funerals	DEVIL WORSHIP Clyx.com