Sabianism

English Pronunciation en /ˈseɪ̯biənˌɪzəm/ /ˈsɑbiənˌɪzəm/ Etymology en :af Sabian<id:religion> -ism + 1 Use to mean "sun-worship" apparently derives from one of the groups that have historically been connected (or claimed connection) to the Qur'anic Sabians, the Harranians or Sabians of Harran, who had an astral religion. Noun - An unknown religion mentioned in the Qur'an. Usually identified with the Mandaeans or Elcesaites. The worship of the sun, moon and stars. 1877, Charles Debrille Poston, The Sun Worshipers of Asia, page 99: Zoroasterism, or the worship of fire, is simply a corruption of the earlier Chaldean Sabianism—the adoration of the "hosts of heaven." 1883, James Macfadzean, The Parallel Roads of Glenroy: Their Origin and Relation, page 105: The long absence of the sun also probably explains why Sabianism or sun-worship was the first form of idolatry. It has been well said that we never know the value of our greatest blessings till we lose them. 1921, Albert Gallatin Mackey, Robert Ingham Clegg, Mackey's Symbolism of Freemasonry: Its Science, Philosophy, ..., chapter 4, page 26: The dogmas of the unity of God and the immortality of the soul were lost sight of, and the first deviation from the true worship occurred [at Babel] in the establishment of Sabianism, or the worship of the sun, moon, and stars, among some peoples, and the deification of men among others. Of these two deviations, Sabianism, or sun-worship, was both the earlier and the more generally diffused. A recent writer thus eloquently refers to the universality, in ancient times, of sun-worship: "Sabianism, the worship of light, prevailed amongst all the leading nations of the early world." Synonyms en Sabaeanism en Sabaism en Sabaeism en Sabeism en Zabianism uncommon en Zabiism uncommon