A thousand-year-old land of mysticism, wisdom, and philosophy
“Homeland of philosophers and poets,” said the great Iranologist Henry Corbin of Iran. At the crossroads connecting the Middle and Far East, Iran was also a meeting point for religions, a land of encounters and synthesis. If Shiite Islam is today the official religion of the country, Iran has always been multicultural and multireligious. Certain religions, of great antiquity, are still alive, such as Mazdaism or Zoroastrianism, the original religion of the Iranians. Others have disappeared, but left deep marks in history. Founded in the 3rd century by Mani, Manichaeism influenced – at least distantly – numerous currents in the Christian and Muslim worlds. Indo-Iranian god, Mithra became the heart of Mithraism, a Mystery religion which spread at the beginning of our era in the Roman Empire. Judaism and Christianity (mainly Armenian, also Nestorian) are still present in Iran. From the Muslim era, Iran became the land of Sufis and an extraordinary flowering of Platonic and mystical philosophy. This exceptional journey invites you to visit the main sacred sites that have shaped Iran’s religions, from the ziggurat of the Elamites to the sanctuary of Imam Reza in Mashhad, including the subtle presences of Sufism and the perennial fires of the Zoroastrians.
Tabriz – Jolfa – Takht-e Suleyman – Hamadan – Kermanshah – Chogha Zanbil – Mashhad – Neyshabur – Bistam – Qom – Isfahan – Yazd – Shiraz
20 DAYS
