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Encyclopedia of Religion entry forBabakiyahThe followers of Babek, upon whom is supposed to have fallen the mantle of the Persian Mazdak (founder of a Religious Communism). Babek claimed to be God incarnate. His followers are said to have practiced the " extinction of the lamp " at their nightly festivals. According to Isfaraini, they assembled by night in the mountains and agreed upon all kinds of depravity with women and flute playing; they put out lamps and fires and each rises up to seize the female who sits nearest. But, as F. W. Bussell says, such charges are frequently leveled against all secret meetings of a suspected sect. citations: Encyc. of Rel., Canney
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