23/43 It is remarkable that the doctrine of Mazdak spread into the West. Two inscriptions found in Cyrene, in 1823, and explained by M.Gesenius, and by M.Hamaker of Leyden, prove clearly that his doctrines had been eagerly embraced by the remains of the ancient Gnostics; and Mazdak was enrolled with Thoth, Saturn, Zoroaster, Pythagoras, Epicurus, John, and Christ, as the teachers of true Gnostic wisdom. See St.Martin, vol. Hamaker, Lettre a M.Raoul Rochette, Leyden, 1825 .-- M.] [Footnote 39: The fame of the new law for the community of women was soon propagated in Syria (Asseman.Bibliot.Orient.tom.iii. p. |