The Scented Garden

The Unity of God. 53 ken of in the Oracles of Zoroaster as “ Intelligibles ”, “ Empyrean Rulers ” ; in short, Viceroys of the De- miourgos. They are the Mahayana “ Dhyana- Buddhas ” and the modern planetary gods Arathron, Bethor, Phaleg, Och, Hagith, Ophiel, Phul. The curious may consult Cornelius Agrippa for further details. 2. A common expression of surprise or shock. In such a connection it here becomes (to the Per- sian mind, at least) intensely ludicrious. As in the story of the King who climbed the wall (in the other “ Scented Garden ”. Ed.) where this form of jest is carried to its limit. 3. Unbeliever, i.e., the Christian, who ranks in Islam with the idolater and the polytheist.