This here is a playlist of mine in which I added youtube videos to it. Spiritual religious music of Bahá'i, Buddhism, Zoroastrianism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jainism, Judaism, Shinto Shikhism, Wiccan, and others. Ecspecially check out ones by Tammuz:
http://www.youtube.com/user/SuperSparte ... 43CCD427F7
The first link describes the Zoroastrian influence on Christianity and Jeudaism. The second on the duality of Zoroastrianism. The third consists of other Zoroastrian information and links.
http://www.pyracantha.com/Z/zjc3.html
http://www.pyracantha.com/Z/dualism.html
http://www.pyracantha.com/Z/
Here are links for Manichaeism: Regarding Mani and "Seal of the Prophets," see the second link for the clear explaination of it being metaphorical.
http://pluto.huji.ac.il/~stroumsa/Seal.pdf
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09591a.htm
http://pluto.huji.ac.il/~stroumsa/AspectsAn.pdf
http://www.ritmanlibrary.nl/c/p/pub/on_ ... /mani.html
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Religions ... _china.htm
A Buddhist shrine that was originally Manichean.
http://www.anchist.mq.edu.au/doccentre/Zayton.htm
The Gospel of Thomas portrays Christ as more of an Asian sage in his teachings:
http://www.earlychristianwritings.com/thomas.html
Tenrikyo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenrikyo
Konkokyo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkokyo
http://www.konkokyo.or.jp/eng/bri/histo ... index.html (click on the first picture to read the history).
Persian Television series on Manichaeism (there are English subtitles):
http://www.youtube.com/my_playlists?pi= ... D72EC4D811