Mazdakites

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Definition

A radical 5th-6th century Persian religious movement led by Mazdak under Emperor Kavad I that promoted communal property and the abolition of patriarchal marriage. It was brutally crushed by Khosrow I.

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Miguel Conner on The Assassins: Gnostic Theology & Templar Connection

Aeon Byte Gnostic RadioJul 16, 2026

Miguel Conner explores the medieval Nizari Ismailis, better known as the Assassins, and argues they carried forward a hidden Gnostic and Persian Mithraic tradition rather than being simply a Muslim sect. Drawing on Jason Reza Jorjani's 'Iranian Leviathan' and Tracy Twyman and Alex Rivera's 'Baphomet: The Templar Mystery Unveiled,' he traces a lineage from the Carpocratian Gnostics through the Mazdakite movement to Hassan-i Sabbah's fortress of Alamut. He reinterprets the famous maxim 'Nothing is true, everything is permitted' as a Gnostic statement of spiritual liberation, and he previews a connection between the Assassins and the Knights Templar.

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