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	<blockquote class="definition">In Zoroastrian eschatology, '''Creation''' is the first phase in a three-staged cosmic unfolding ([[Zoroastrian Narrative]], formalized in the [[Doctrine of the Three Times]]. During this initial phase, the universe is created, but it is static, uninteresting, and boring.<ref>Boyce, Mary. ''A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period.'' New York: E. J. Brill, 1996.</ref> Additional stages include [[Creation]] and [[Separation]].<ref>{{fromzoroaster}}</ref> In order to deal with this [[Problem of Ennui\|problematic ennui]], creation entrees into a second stage known as [[Mixture]]. </blockquote>		<blockquote class="definition">In Zoroastrian eschatology, '''Creation''' is the first phase in a three-staged cosmic unfolding ([[Zoroastrian Narrative]], formalized in the [[Doctrine of the Three Times]]. During this initial phase, the universe is created, but it is static, uninteresting, and boring.<ref>Boyce, Mary. ''A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period.'' New York: E. J. Brill, 1996.</ref> Additional stages include [[Creation]] and [[Separation]].<ref>{{fromzoroaster}}</ref> In order to deal with this [[Problem of Ennui\|problematic ennui]], creation entrees into a second stage known as [[Mixture]]. </blockquote>

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In Zoroastrian eschatology, '''Creation''' is the first phase in a three-staged cosmic unfolding (Zoroastrian Narrative, formalized in the Doctrine of the Three Times. During this initial phase, the universe is created, but it is static, uninteresting, and boring.Boyce, Mary. ''A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period.'' New York: E. J. Brill, 1996.
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<blockquote class="definition">In Zoroastrian eschatology, '''Creation''' is the first phase in a three-staged cosmic unfolding ([[Zoroastrian Narrative]], formalized in the [[Doctrine of the Three Times]]. During this initial phase, the universe is created, but it is static, uninteresting, and boring.<ref>Boyce, Mary. ''A History of Zoroastrianism: Volume One The Early Period.'' New York: E. J. Brill, 1996.</ref> Additional stages include [[Creation]] and [[Separation]].<ref>{{fromzoroaster}}</ref> In order to deal with this [[Problem of Ennui|problematic ennui]], creation entrees into a second stage known as [[Mixture]]. </blockquote>

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==Elements of the Zoroastrian Narrative==

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==Notes==

According to the Zoroastrian doctrine of the Three Times, creation emanates from Ahura Mazda linearly, and passes through three stages, these being Creation (where the world is created), [[Mixture]] (where oppositional forces tussle, and finally Separation (where creation is transformed and perfected).

In the Zoroastrian faith, the Mixture is not necessarily seen as a bad thing because it leads, in the end, to a better, more varied, creation. According to the Zoroastrian faith, the period of Creation is seen as simplistic, static, and undesirable, whereas the eternal period of separation, which follows upon the mixture, is characterized by a desirable variation and complexity, a complexity and variety derived from the “mixing” that goes on in the Mixture. Boyce (2011, p. 27) notes that the linear and staged nature of creation is also a break with earlier, cyclical cosmological frames

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