Attracted to rediscovering ancient Kyrgyzstan religions by a friend mariner visited while vacationing, he discovered that Judaism and Christianity didn’t invent anything – they copied ritual and theology from Zoroastrianism. Even Jesus rising on the third day was a standard belief for everyone. When a person died, their soul hung around for three days before being evaluated by Ahura Mazda, the unchallenged creator of all things, and then were raised to their afterlife. 
Ahura Mazda
Mariner urgently recommends that the reader watch on YouTube, Zoroastrianism Origin by Book of World History.
Ancient Mariner
Thanks for this piece. I’ve always been fascinated by Zoroastrianism. Did you know that there is a tiny group of members of this religion in India?
No, I didn’t know about India. In Kyrgyzstan 3% still follow Zoroastrian beliefs.
Is all this to say that there is always something before? Atman is Brahman